Monday night in New York City, HamptonsFilm celebrated the Screenwriters Lab with a screenplay reading of selected scenes from 2019 Melissa Mathison Fund recipient Kirsten Tan’s HIGHER: Trapped within a residential apartment building by a mysterious flood, residents fight for survival and resources, setting off five absurdist, interwoven short stories that grapple with morality, truth […]
Screenwriting Explained: Tamara Jenkins + Jim Taylor on April 6
Have you always been curious about what goes into writing a screenplay? For the fourth year, a key public component of our annual Screenwriters Lab is a Master Class with award-winning screenwriters. This year, HIFF is pleased to welcome two: Oscar®-winning screenwriter Jim Taylor (SIDEWAYS, ELECTION) and Oscar®-nominated screenwriter Tamara Jenkins (THE SAVAGES), who together will offer a behind-the-scenes deep […]
Alec Baldwin Hosts ‘TERMS OF ENDEARMENT’
During the 2019 Screenwriters Lab, HIFF will for the first time host a public screening of a classic film! Join us on Friday, April 5, 6pm, at Bay Street Theater for TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, starring Shirley MacLaine, Debra Winger, Jack Nicholson, and Jeff Daniels. A post-screening conversation between Alec Baldwin and David Nugent will follow. TERMS […]