HIFF30: Scheduled to Attend

Every year at HIFF, we are honored to welcome many of the directors, cast and crew who have created the terrific films in the lineup. Q&As are scheduled for the following HIFF30 screenings; we hope you will join us to hear the stories behind the storytelling.

Note: This list is a work in progress. All guests’ attendance are subject to change.


THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN

Attending: Director Martin McDonagh, Composer Carter Burwell
• Sunday, October 9, 3:45 PM, East Hampton Middle School

BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT

Attending: Director Moses Bwayo
• Saturday, October 8, 2:30 PM, EH Regal UA3
• Sunday, October 9, 11:00 AM, EH Regal UA3

CALL JANE

Attending: Actors Cory Michael Smith, Director of Photography Greta Zozula
• Sunday, October 9, 5:00 PM, EH Regal UA1

THE CAVE OF ADULLAM

Attending: Director Laura Checkoway
• Friday, October 7, 1:15 PM, EH Regal UA4
• Saturday, October 8, 5:00 PM, Southampton Arts Center

CHRISSY JUDY

Attending: Director/Actor Todd Flaherty, Actor Wyatt Fenner
• Sunday, October 9, 8:00 PM, EH Regal UA5
• Monday, October 10, 5:15 PM, EH Regal UA3

DESPERATE SOULS, DARK CITY AND THE LEGEND OF MIDNIGHT COWBOY

Attending: Director Nancy Buirski, Film Subject Bob Balaban
• Sunday, October 9, 8:45 PM, EH Regal UA3
• Monday, October 10, 2:15 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema 2

DEVOTION

DEVOTION

Attending: director JD Dillard, lead actress Christina Jackson, and producer Rachel Smith
• Sunday, October 9, 12:15 PM, East Hampton Middle School
• (Note: this is the second screening)

THE EXILES

Attending: Directors Ben Klein + Violet Columbus, Subject Christine Choy, Executive Producer Chris Columbus
• Sunday, October 9. 5:30 PM, EH Regal UA3
• Monday, October 10. 1:30 PM, EH Regal UA5

THE FIRE THAT TOOK HER

Attending: Director Patricia E. Gillespie, film subject Bonnie Bowes
• Friday, October 7, 3:30 PM, EH Regal UA3
• Saturday, October 8, 2:15 PM, Southampton Arts Center

THE FOREST MAKER

Attending: Director Volker Schlöndorff
• Friday, October 7, 4:00 PM, EH Regal UA4
• Saturday, October 8, 5:45 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema

FREEDOM ON FIRE

FREEDOM ON FIRE: UKRAINE’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM

Attending: Director Evgeny Afineevsky
• Saturday, October 8, 5:00 PM, EH Regal UA4
• Sunday, October 9, 2:00 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema 2

GOOD NIGHT OPPY

Attending: Director Ryan White, Producer Darryl Frank
• Sunday, October 9, 1:45 PM, EH Regal UA1
• Monday, October 10, 11:30 AM, EH Regal UA3

THE GOOD NURSE

Attending: Film Subject Amy Loughren, Screenwriter Krysty Wilson-Cairns
• Sunday, October 16, 5:15 PM, EH Regal UA2

GROUCHO & CAVETT

Attending: Subject Dick Cavett, Director Robert S. Bader, Moderator Alec Baldwin
• Saturday, October 8, 2:00 PM, EH Regal UA4

HOW TO BLOW UP A PIPELINE

Attending: Director Daniel Goldhaber, Screenwriter Jordan Sjol
• Saturday, October 8, 5:45 PM. EH Regal UA3
• Sunday, October 9, 11:30 AM. EH Regal UA3

JANUARY 6TH

JANUARY 6TH

Attending: Directors Jules Naudet + Gédéon Naudet
• Saturday, October 8, 2:45 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema 1
• Monday, October 10, 4:15 PM, EH Regal UA5

KENTUCKY PRIDE

Attending: Accompanying pianist Donald Sosin
• Wednesday, October 12, 5:30 PM, EH Regal UA1

LIFT

Attending: Director David Petersen, Special Advisor Misty Copeland, Subject Steven Melendez, Producer Mary Recine, Executive Producer Jannat Gargi
• Saturday, October 8, 12:00 PM, EH Regal UA2
• Sunday, October 9, 10:30 AM, EH Regal UA4

LIVING: Opening Night Film

Attending: Director Oliver Hermanus
• Friday, October 7, 7:00 PM, East Hampton Middle School

LOUIS ARMSTRONG’S BLACK & BLUES

Attending: Director Sacha Jenkins
• Saturday, October 8, 6:30 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema 1

NAKED GARDENS

Attending: Directors Patrick Bresnan + Ivete Lucas
• Saturday, October 8, 8:00 PM, EH Regal UA5
• Sunday, October 9, 8:00 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema 2

NANNY

Attending: Director Nikyatu Jusu, Actor Anna Diop
• Monday, October 10, 2:00 PM, EH Regal UA2
(Note: this is the second screening) 

ONE FINE MORNING

ONE FINE MORNING

Attending: Director Mia Hansen-Løve
• Monday, October 10, 5:30 PM, EH Regal UA1

OUR FATHER, THE DEVIL

Attending: Director Ellie Foumbi, Actor Souleymane Sy Savane
• Saturday, October 8, 8:30 PM. EH Regal UA4
• Monday, October 10, 4:30 PM, EH Regal UA4

PINBALL: THE MAN WHO SAVED THE GAME

Attending: Directors Austin Bragg and Meredith Bragg, Actors Crystal Reed, Mike Doyle, Kenneth Tigar and Damian Young, Film Subject Roger Sharpe, producers Rob Pfaltzgraff, Lana Link, Stacey Parks, Summer Crockett Moore, and Tony Glazer
• Saturday, October 8, 11:15 AM, East Hampton Middle School
• Sunday, October 9, 2:30 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema 1

THE POWER OF COMMUNITY

Attending: Director Markie Hancock, Producer Kathryn Gregorio
• Thursday, October 13, 7:30 PM, EH Regal UA1

PRAY FOR OUR SINNERS

Attending: Director Sinead O’Shea
• Saturday, October 15, 5:00 PM, EH Regal UA2
• Sunday, October 16, 2:30 PM, EH Regal UA2

THE QUIET EPIDEMIC

Attending: Directors Lindsay Keys + Winslow Crane-Murdoch, Producer Chris Hegedus
• Sunday, October 16, 11:00 AM, EH Regal UA1

R.M.N.

R.M.N.

Attending: Director Cristian Mungiu
• Tuesday, October 11, 5:15 PM, EH Regal UA2

A RADICAL LIFE

Attending: Director Ricki Stern
• Sunday, October 9, 1:15 PM, EH Regal UA4
• Monday, October 10, 11:00 AM, EH Regal UA4

RAYMOND & RAY

Attending: Director Rodrigo García
• Saturday, October 8, 11:00 AM, EH Regal UA4

RETROGRADE

Attending: Director Matthew Heineman, Producer Caitlin McNally
• Monday, October 10, 2:00 PM. EH Regal UA4

RETURN TO SEOUL

Attending: Director Davy Chou, Actor Park Ji-min
• Friday, October 14, 2:15 PM, EH Regal UA2

RODEO

Attending: Director Lola Quivoron, Writer/Actor Antonia Buresi
• Saturday, October 15, 2:00 PM, EH Regal UA2

ROSALINE

ROSALINE

Attending: Director Karen Maine, Actor Kaitlyn Dever, Screenwriter Michael H. Weber, Producer Shawn Levy
• Sunday, October 9, 8:15 PM, EH Regal UA1

Attending: Screenwriter Michael H. Weber
• Monday, October 10, 11:15 AM, EH Regal UA2

THE SAME STORM

Attending: Director Peter Hedges, Actors Cory Michael Smith + Raúl Castillo
• Monday, October 10, 2:30 PM, EH Regal UA1

Shorts Program: CONFLICT & RESOLUTION

Attending: Directors Cynthia Wade + Sharon Liese (THE FLAGMAKERS), Josh Seftel (STRANGER AT THE GATE), Sarah McCarthy + film subject Anastasia Schevchenko (ANASTASIA)
• Friday, October 7, 4:30 PM, EH Regal UA5

Shorts Program: DOCUMENTARY COMPETITION

Attending: Directors Haley Elizabeth Anderson + Kyle Thrash, Film Subject Michael Thompson (THE SENTENCE OF MICHAEL THOMPSON), Director Shuli Huang + Sound Designer Jingxi Guo (WILL YOU LOOK AT ME)
• Sunday, October 9, 2:00 PM, EH Regal UA5

Shorts Program: NARRATIVE COMPETITION

Attending: Director Crystal Kayiza + Producer Brit Fryer (REST STOP), Director Hazel McKibbin (SHE ALWAYS WINS), Producer Rodrigo Díaz (THE MELTING CREATURES)
• Saturday, October 8, 3:00 PM, EH Regal UA5

Shorts Program: Views from Long Island

Attending: Director John Madere + Producer Ruth Mamaril (ROCCO UP), Director Ben Potter (THE ROLLING EAST)
• Thursday, October 13, 5:30 PM, EH Regal UA2

Attending: Director John Madere and Producer Ruth Mamaril (ROCCO UP), Director Ben Potter (THE ROLLING EAST), Director Pepi Ginsberg (THE PASS), Director Emily Sundberg (THE END)
• Saturday, October 15, 1:30 PM, EH Regal UA1

THE SON

THE SON: Centerpiece Film

Attending: TBA
• Sunday, October 9, 7:00 PM, East Hampton Middle School

SR.: Closing Night Film

Attending: Director Chris Smith
• Saturday, October 15, 7:15 PM, EH Regal UA1

SUMMER WITH HOPE

Attending: Director Sadaf Foroughi, Producer Kiarash Anvari
• Saturday, October 8, 11:15 AM, EH Regal UA3
• Sunday, October 9, 2:15 PM, EH Regal UA3

TILL

Attending: Screenwriter/Producer: Keith Beauchamp
• Wednesday, October 12, 7:45 PM, EH Regal UA1

THE VOLCANO: RESCUE FROM WHAKAARI

Attending: Director Rory Kennedy, Producer/Writers Mark Bailey + Dallas Rexer, Editor Jawad Metni
• Saturday, October 8, 5:15 PM, EH Regal UA1
• Sunday, October 9, 5:30 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema

WHO INVITED CHARLIE?

Attending: Director Xavier Manrique, Screenwriter Nicholas Schutt, Producer Jason Dubin, Executive Producer David Frankel, Actors Adam Pally, Jordana Brewster, Reid Scott, Peter Dager, Rhys Coiro
• Saturday, October 8, 2:15 PM, East Hampton Middle School
• Sunday, October 9, 2:00 PM, Southampton Arts Center

Winick Talk: A MORNING WITH CHRIS COLUMBUS

Attending: Chris Columbus
Moderator: Michael H. Weber
• Monday, October 10, 10:00 AM, Rowdy Hall

Winick Talk: DOCUMENTING DEMOCRACY

Attending: Sarah McCarthy + Anastasia Schevchenko (ANASTASIA), Moses Bwayo (BOBI WINE: THE PEOPLE’S PRESIDENT), Ben Klein + Violet Columbus (THE EXILES), Evgeny Afineevsky (FREEDOM ON FIRE: UKRAINE’S FIGHT FOR FREEDOM), Jules Naudet + Gédéon Naudet (JANUARY 6TH)
Moderator: Addie Morfoot, Variety
• Sunday, October 9, 10:00 AM, Rowdy Hall

Winick Talk: EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE

Attending: Directors Daniel Kwan + Daniel Scheinert, Breakthrough Artist Stephanie Hsu
Moderator: Producer Jonathan Wang
• Saturday, October 8, 10:00 AM, Rowdy Hall

WOMEN TALKING: Centerpiece Film

Attending: Actors Judith Ivey and Sheila McCarthy
• Tuesday, October 11, 8:00 PM, EH Regal UA1