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 […]
HIFF27: Monday Slideshow
October 17, 2019 by
As HIFF27 wound down, Monday still offered a full day of films, screenings, events and awards, starting with the Awards Ceremony and Brunch held at Serafina. The Jury Awards were handed out to films in our Documentary and Narrative Competition sections, and all of the other awards that were bestowed before and during the Festival […]
HIFF27: Sunday Slideshow
October 16, 2019 by
Sunday was another chock-full day of films and events at HIFF27! From the NYWIFT Brunch celebrating women in film to the Guild Hall screenings of THE TWO POPES and MARRIAGE STORY, with World Premieres (CONSCIENCE POINT, WATERPROOF) and award-winning films in Films of Conflict & Resolution (FOR SAMA) and Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights (WATSON), […]
HIFF27: Saturday Slideshow
October 13, 2019 by
Saturday at HIFF27 was an embarrassment of riches! We welcomed our Lifetime Achievement Award winner Brian De Palma for an epic Conversation With Alec Baldwin at Guild Hall, which was followed by A Conversation with Alfre Woodard at Bay Street in Sag Harbor. In addition, we had two world premieres: ON BROADWAY and IN MEMORIAM, […]
HIFF27: Opening Night Slideshow
October 11, 2019 by
Opening Night of the 27th Annual Hamptons Film Festival was spectacular! Filmmakers, founders, board members, and film fans were rewarded for braving the weather in East Hampton. Before Executive Director Anne Chaisson and Artistic Director David Nugent officially opened the festival, HIFF Co-Chairs Alec Baldwin and Randy Mastro presented our Founding Chair Toni Ross with […]
