Every year at HIFF, we are honored to welcome many of the talented individuals who have created the terrific films in the lineup. Q&As are scheduled for the following HIFF31 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.
A REVOLUTION ON CANVAS
Scheduled to appear:
Director Sara Nodjoumi, film subject Nicky Nodjoumi
• Friday, October 6, 4:45 PM, EH Regal UA
• Saturday, October 7, 11:45 AM, Sag Harbor Cinema
AMERICAN FICTION
Scheduled to appear:
Director Cord Jefferson
• Saturday, October 7, 2:15 PM, EH Regal UA
• Sunday, October 8, 2:00 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema
AMERICAN SYMPHONY
Scheduled to appear:
Director Matt Heineman
• Friday, October 6, 8:30 PM, EH Regal UA
ANGEL APPLICANT
Scheduled to appear:
Director Ken August Meyer
• Saturday, October 7, 2:30 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema
• Sunday, October 8, 11:00 AM, EH Regal UA
AVENUE OF THE GIANTS
Scheduled to appear:
Director Finn Taylor, cast members Slavko Sobin, Stella Stocker, Oskar Hes
• Friday, October 6, 5:00 PM, EH Regal UA
• Saturday, October 7, 11:00 AM, Sag Harbor Cinema
BEYOND UTOPIA
Scheduled to appear:
Director Madeleine Gavin
• Monday, October 9, 2:15 PM, EH Regal UA
CHUCK CHUCK BABY
Scheduled to appear:
Producers Anne Beresford and
Peggy Cafferty
• Saturday, October 7, 11:00 PM, EH Regal UA
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE
Scheduled to appear:
Director Nicole Newnham
• Friday, October 6, 6:45 PM, EH Regal UA
EX-HUSBANDS
Scheduled to appear:
Director Noah Pritzker, actors Griffin Dunne, Miles Heizer, Rosanna Arquette
• Saturday, October 7, 4:45 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema
• Sunday, October 8, 11:45 AM, EH Regal UA
THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED
Scheduled to appear:
Director Joanna Arnow, actor Scott Cohen and producer Graham Swon
• Sunday, October 8, 2:30 PM, EH Regal UA
• Monday, October 9, 7:30 PM, EH Regal UA
FRESH KILLS
Scheduled to appear:
Director/writer/producer Jennifer Esposito
• Saturday, October 7, 5:00 PM, East Hampton Middle School
• Tuesday, October 10, 5:00 PM, EH Regal UA
I’LL BE RIGHT THERE
Scheduled to appear:
Director Brendan Walsh, screenwriter Jim Beggarly, director of photography Aaron Medick
• Saturday, October 7, 2:00 PM, East Hampton Middle School
• Sunday, October 8, 11:00 AM, Sag Harbor Cinema
IN RESTLESS DREAMS: THE MUSIC OF PAUL SIMON
Scheduled to appear:
Director Alex Gibney (extended intro)
• Friday, October 6, 5:15 PM, East Hampton Middle School
MAESTRO
Scheduled to appear:
Nina Bernstein, Jamie Bernstein, Alexander Bernstein, producers Fred Berner and Amy Durning, production designer Kevin Thompson
• Thursday, October 12, 7:45 PM + 8:15 PM, EH Regal UA
MARY HEILMANN: WAVES, ROADS, & HALLUCINATIONS
Scheduled to appear:
Director Matt Creed, film subject Mary Heilmann
• Monday, October 9, 11:45 AM, EH Regal UA
MAY DECEMBER
Scheduled to appear:
Director Todd Haynes (intro on 10/9 only)
• Monday, October 9, 8:00 PM, East Hampton Middle School (new location)
THE MISSION
Scheduled to appear:
Director Jesse Moss
• Tuesday, October 10, 7:45 PM, EH Regal UA
MOURNING IN LOD
Scheduled to appear:
Director Hilla Medalia, producer Sheila Nevins
• Sunday, October 8, 4:30 PM, EH Regal UA
NYAD
Scheduled to appear:
Director Chai Vasarhelyi, subject Bonnie Stoll
• Thursday, October 5, 7:00 PM, East Hampton Middle School
• Friday, October 6, 8:45pm, Sag Harbor Cinema
PAST LIVES
Scheduled to appear:
Director Celine Song (HIFF Breakthrough Artist)
• Friday, October 11, 8:00 PM, EH Regal UA
THE PEASANTS
Scheduled to appear:
Directors DK Welchman and Hugh Welchman
• Saturday, October 8, 5:15 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema
• Sunday, October 9, 5:30 PM, EH Regal UA
THE PERSIAN VERSION
Scheduled to appear:
Director Maryam Keshavarz
• Friday, October 6, 7:45 PM, EH Regal UA
PRAYING FOR ARMAGEDDON
Scheduled to appear:
Directors Tonje Hessen Schei and Michael Rowley
• Sunday, October 8, 2:15 PM, EH Regal UA
QUIZ LADY
Scheduled to appear:
Directors Jessica Yu
• Saturday, October 7, 5:45 PM, EH Regal UA
• Sunday, October 8, 11:15 AM, East Hampton Middle School
RAD
ICAL
Scheduled to appear:
Director Christopher Zalla (both screenings), actor Eugenio Derbez (on 10/7 only)
• Saturday, October 7, 2:30 PM, EH Regal UA
• Sunday, October 8, 11:30 AM, Southampton Arts Center
RON DELSENER PRESENTS
Scheduled to appear:
Director Jake Sumner
• Tuesday, October 10, 5:15 PM, EH Regal UA
ROWDY GIRL
Scheduled to appear:
Director Jason Goldman (both screenings) and subject Renee King-Sonnen (10/11 only)
• Monday, October 9, 11:30 AM, EH Regal UA
• Wednesday, October 11, 8:15 PM, EH Regal UA
RULE OF TWO WALLS
Scheduled to appear:
Director David Gutnik and producer Sam Bisbee
• Monday, October 9, 5:00 PM, EH Regal UA
RUSTIN
Scheduled to appear:
Director George C. Wolfe (10/11 only)
• Wednesday, October 11, 7:45 PM, EH Regal UA
SONGS OF EARTH
Scheduled to appear:
Director Margreth Olin
• Friday, October 6, 6:15 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema
• Saturday, October 7, 8:45 PM, EH Regal UA
SUMMER QAMP
Scheduled to appear:
Director Jen Markowitz
• Sunday, October 8, 11:30 AM, EH Regal UA
• Monday, October 9, 4:45 PM, EH Regal UA
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE
Scheduled to appear:
Director İlker Çatak
• Saturday, October 7, 7:45 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema
• Sunday, October 8, 8:15 PM, EH Regal UA
TELL THEM YOU LOVE ME
Scheduled to appear:
Director Nick August-Perna
• Saturday, October 7, 2:45 PM, EH Regal UA
• Sunday, October 8, 2:30 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema
THESE DAYS
Scheduled to appear:
Director Junior Gonzalez, actors Robert Ascencio and
Carla Vila
• Sunday, October 8, 5:15 PM, EH Regal UA
THEY CALLED HIM MOSTLY HARMLESS
Scheduled to appear:
Director Patricia Gillespie
• Sunday, October 8, 8:00 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema
• Monday, October 9, 2:00 PM, EH Regal UA
THIS WORLD IS NOT MY OWN
Scheduled to appear:
Directors Petter Ringbom and Marquise Stillwell
• Saturday, October 7, 8:15 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema
• Wednesday, October 11, 5:00 PM, EH Regal UA
TREES AND OTHER ENTANGLEMENTS
Scheduled to appear:
Director Irene Taylor
• Friday, October 6, 1:45 PM, EH Regal UA
• Saturday, October 7, 5:00 PM, Sag Harbor Cinema
WILDING
Scheduled to appear:
Director David Allen
• Wednesday, October 11, 4:00 PM, EH Regal UA
THE ZONE OF INTEREST
Scheduled to appear:
Actor Christian Friedel
• Tuesday, October 10, 8:15 PM, EH Regal UA
Shorts Program: Documentary Short Film Competition
Scheduled to appear:
Amy Bench (BREAKING SILENCE), Sterling Hampton IV (MERMAN), Karen Lips (THE WAITING)
• Friday, October 6, 5:00 PM, EH Regal UA
Shorts Program: Fish Out of Water!
Scheduled to appear:
Maryam Mir, Aya Hamdan (SWEET REFUGE), Zander Coté, Timothy Nordwind (PILLOW FORTRESS)
• Saturday, October 7, 3:00 PM, EH Regal UA
Shorts Program: Fly! Shorts for All Ages
Scheduled to appear:
Alex Ross (THE SOCIAL CHAMELEON)
• Monday, October 9, 12:15 PM, EH Regal UA
Shorts Program: NARRATIVE SHORT FILM COMPETITION
Scheduled to appear:
Esteban Pedraza (BOGOTÁ STORY), Xinying Lao, Hangcheng Xu (XIAOHUI AND HIS COWS)
• Saturday, October 7, 5:30 PM, EH Regal UA
Shorts Program: NYWIFT Filmmakers Calling the Shots
Scheduled to appear:
Lauren Finerman, Leyla Fayyaz (FLOWER), Meryl Jones, Jane Stiles, Rozz Therrien (GOLDILOCKS), Michèle Stephenson, Joe Brewster (BLACK GIRLS PLAY), A. Lauren Lee, Deane Yang, Haulston Mann, Wesley Han (HALMONI’S POT)
• Sunday, October 8, 4:00 PM, EH Regal UA
Shorts Program: State of the Union
Scheduled to appear:
Sheila Nevins, Trish Adlesic, Naz Habtezghi (THE ABC’S OF BOOK BANNING); Luchina Fisher (THE DADS)
• Saturday, October 7, 12:00 PM, EH Regal UA
Shorts Program: University Short Films
Scheduled to appear:
Major Dorfman, Grace Merriman (CLASSMATES), Donovan Tolledo (SO THEY SAY), Nica Fazio (DAYDREAMING SO VIVIDLY ABOUT OUR SPANISH HOLIDAYS); Karen Madar, Margot Ouazana (ME & AYDAROUS)
• Sunday, October 8, 10:45 AM, EH Regal UA
Shorts Program: Views From Long Island
Scheduled to appear:
Sam Hamilton, Julian Alvarez (FORGOTTEN FOUNDERS: DAVID HEMPSTEAD, SENIOR), Sam Roebling, Willie Orbison (MERV), Nora DeLigter, Claire Read, Alex Wolfe (THE PEDESTRIAN)
• Monday, October 9, 6:00 PM, EH Regal UA
Shorts Program: Without a Roadmap
Scheduled to appear:
Alden Ehrenreich (SHADOW BROTHER SUNDAY), Aemilia Scott (HELP ME UNDERSTAND), Tyler Riggs, Rob Cristiano, Matthew Leone (BLUE BOY), Yero Timi-Biu, Busayo Ige (ESSEX GIRLS)
• Friday, October 6, 7:30 PM, EH Regal UA
