In the News 2021

Select mentions of Hamptons Film in the news:

DAN’S PAPERS | The East End Arts Scene: A 2021 Year in Review, by David Taylor, December 31, 2021

INDIEWIRE | Oscars 2022: Best Documentary Feature Predictions, by Anne Thompson, December 21, 2021

VARIETY | Gotham Awards Open Up to International Documentaries, by Addie Morfoot, November 29, 2021

DEADLINE | ‘Paper & Glue’ Clip: Artist-Filmmaker JR Transforms California Supermax Prison Into Canvas For Large Scale Portrait Of Inmates, by Matthew Carey, November 16, 2021

DEADLINE | ‘The First Wave’ Trailer: Matthew Heineman’s NatGeo Documentary Chronicles Covid Pandemic’s Impact On America, by Valerie Complex, November 4, 2021

COLLIDER | ‘The First Wave’ Trailer Takes Audiences Inside New York’s Hardest Hit Hospital, by Shawnee Haas, November 5, 2021

COLLIDER | ‘The Real Charlie Chaplin’ Trailer Delves Into the Icon’s Mysterious Life, by Shawnee Haas, October 31, 2021

EAST HAMPTON STAR | Discovering Selma, by Jennifer Landes, October 21, 2021

PEOPLE | Selma Blair Overcome with Emotion at Hamptons Premiere of Her New Documentary: ‘It Means So Much,’ by Nigel Smith, October 10, 2021

DAILY MAIL | Selma Blair sheds tears during emotional premiere for Introducing, Selma Blair documentary in The Hamptons: ‘It means so much,’ by Kevin Kayhart, October 10, 2021

DEADLINE | Hamptons Film Festival Winners Include ‘Murina’, ‘Ascension,’ by Patrick Hipes, October 11, 2021

FORBES | Hamptons International Film Festival Kicks Off 29th Season With Buzzed About Films, by Risa Sarachan, October 11, 2021

AWARDS RADAR | 2021 Hamptons Film Festival Announces Winner List, by Caillou Pettis, October 11, 2021

WOMEN AND HOLLYWOOD | Hamptons Film Fest Winners: “Murina,” “Ascension,” and More, by Staff, October 11, 2021

JUST JARED | Selma Blair Brought to Tears Over Applause at ‘Introducting Selma Blair’ Documentary Premiere in The Hamptons, by Staff, October 10, 2021

DAN’S PAPERS | Podcast: Dan Talks With David Nugent, HIFF Artistic Director, by Dan Rattiner, October 13, 2021

SAG HARBOR EXPRESS | The 29th Hamptons International Film Festival Award Winners, by Staff, October 13, 2021

INSIDER VOICE | Hamptons Film Fest Winners: “Murina”, “Ascension” and more, by Gary Miller, October 11, 2021

BLACK FILM AND TV | “Murina”, “Ascension” Among 29th Hamptons Film Festival Award Winners, by Wilson Morales, October 11, 2021

HAMPTONS MAGAZINE | The 29th Hamptons International Film Festival Announces Award Winners For Best Narrative Feature and Best Documentary Feature, by Veronica Chumbi, October 12, 2021

HOLLYWOOD LIFE | Hottest Celebrity Pics of this Week Oct 11-17, by Staff, October 11, 2021

LATF USA | 29th Hamptons International Film Festival Winners & Highlights, by Staff, October 11, 2021

PEOPLE | Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck Show PDA in N.Y.C., Plus George Clooney, Regé-Jean Page and More, by People Staff, October 11, 2021

SHOWBIZ 411 | Hamptons Film Festival Awards “Murina” Best Narrative Film, “Ascension” Best Documentary, by Roger Friedman, October 11, 2021

SHOWBIZ 411 | Hamptons Film Festival Opens with a Stunning “First Wave,” How Responders Reacted to COVID in New York, by Regina Weinreich, October 10, 2021

DAILY MAIL | Maggie Gyllenhaal is effortlessly chic in a flowing one-shoulder top as she cozies up to pal Alec Baldwin at screening of The Lost Daughter, by Carly Johnson, October 9, 2021

SHOWBIZ 411 | Oscar Movies Lining Up: Penelope Cruz Wows in “Parallel Mothers,” “Belfast” Jumps Out Front, Clifton Collins Jr “Jockeys” for Position, by Roger Friedman, October 9, 2021

VARIETY | How Matthew Heineman’s COVID Doc ‘First Wave’ Evolved During an ‘Exhausting and Terrifying’ Production, by Addie Morfoot, October 6, 2021

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | ‘The First Wave’: Film Review, by Sheri Linden, October 7, 2021

DEADLINE | ‘The First Wave’ Review: Harrowing Covid Documentary Will Give You Chills And Reason To Get Vaccinated — Hamptons Film Festival, by Pete Hammond, October 7, 2021

DAN’S PAPERS | Toni Ross Weaves Her Way into HIFF Poster Artist Pantheon, by Oliver Peterson, October 7, 2021

INDIEWIRE | ‘The First Wave’ Review: Matthew Heineman’s COVID Doc Is Overwhelmingly Emotional, by David Ehrlich, October 7, 2021

LONG ISLAND PRESS | The Weekender: 5 Things to Do on Long Island This Weekend, by Staff, October 8, 2021

THE WRAP | ‘The First Wave’ Film Review: Harrowing, Intimate Documentary Revisits the Beginning of the Pandemic, by Todd Gilchrist, October 7, 2021

DAN’S PAPERS | Fast Five: PBS Film Critic Bill McCuddy Shares His HIFF Picks, by Bill McCuddy, October 8, 2021

FIRST SHOWING | Netflix Trailer for ‘Found’ Doc Following Three Adopted Teenage Girls, by Alex Billington, October 8, 2021

SCENESTER | Acclaimed STORM LAKE On Family’s Fight For Community, Local Newspaper, Journalism’s Future, By Staff, October 6, 2021

DAN’S PAPERS | Hamptons Events Highlights This Week: October 7–12, 2021, by Rebekah Yahoves, October 6, 2021

HAMPTONS MAGAZINE | The Hamptons International Film Festival Takes Center Stage This Month. by Elisabeth Brigham, October 6, 2021

INDIEWIRE | ‘The First Wave’: Why Were Film Festivals Too Scared to Show Matthew Heineman’s Covid Doc?, by Anne Thompson, October 6, 2021

THE SOUTHAMPTON PRESS | Lights, Camera, Action: Hamptons International Film Festival Returns In Person For 29th Year, by Michelle Trauring, October 5, 2021

NEWSDAY | The First Wave, COVID doc set at LI hospital, opens this year’s Hamptons Film Festival, by Rafer Guzmán, October 4, 2021

DAN’S PAPERS | HIFF Review: ‘Storm Lake,’ by Dan Rattiner, October 3, 2021

DAN’S PAPERS | Local Heroes: The Long and Short of HIFF Films From East End Filmmakers, by Bill McCuddy, October 4, 2021

DAN’S PAPERS | 29th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival Schedule, by David Taylor, October 4, 2021

VARIETY | Hamptons Festival Film Slate Includes ‘Spencer,’ ‘The French Dispatch,’ ‘Power of the Dog’, by Jennifer Yuma, September 15, 2021

DAN’S PAPERS | From the Courtroom, to the Mayor’s Office, to the Hamptons Film Festival, Randy Mastro Helps Lead the Way to New Beginnings, by Todd Shapiro, October 1, 2021

DEADLINE | New York Film Festival Returns To Hallowed Ground As Fall Fests Navigate Path Back To Audiences, by Dade Hayes, September 24, 2021

EAST HAMPTON STAR | The Flicks Hit the Fans, Back in Theaters, by Jennifer Landes, September 15, 2021

NEWSDAY | ‘The First Wave’, COVID doc set at LI hospital, opens this year’s Hamptons Film Festival, by Rafer Guzman, October 1, 2021

HAMPTONS REAL ESTATE SHOWCASE | The Hamptons International Film Festival Brings Cinema Back to the Theater, by Heather Buchanan, September 27, 2021

NEW YORK LIVE | Hamptons International Film Festival Segment, by Staff, September 29, 2021

AWARDS DAILY | Hamptons International Film Festival Announces Full 2021 Slate, by Clarence Moye, September 15, 2021

NEWSDAY | Diana biopic ‘Spencer’ to have East Coast premiere at Hamptons Film Festival, by Rafer Guzman, September 15, 2021

WLIW – GEORGE HIRSCH LIFESTYLE RADIO | “Hollywood,” by George Hirsch and Alex Goetzfried, September 26, 2021 (interview segment begins at 28:30)

MSN | Alec Baldwin, Maggie Gyllenhaal, more set to appear at in-person Hamptons Film Festival, by Sophia Hall, September 25, 2021

THEHAMPTONS.COM | HamptonsFilm Announces Full 2021 Slate for the 29th Hamptons International Film Festival!, by Lizi Obolensky, September 15, 2021

SHOWBIZ 411 | Hamptons Film Festival In Overdrive with Schedule of Hits with Kristen Stewart, Penelope Cruz, “French Dispatch,” “Cyrano,” Maggie Gyllenhaal Directing Debut, by Roger Friedman, September 15, 2021

DAN’S PAPERS | Hamptons Film Festival (HIFF) Reveals Exciting Movies for 2021, by Oliver Peterson, September 15, 2021

SAG HARBOR EXPRESS | The Hamptons International Film Festival Announces 2021 Slate, by Annette Hinkle, September 15, 2021

SAG HARBOR EXPRESS | Hamptons International Film Festival sets COVID-19 Guidelines, by Annette Hinkle, September 14, 2021

VARIETY | ‘Mothering Sunday’ Sets U.S. Premiere at Hamptons International Film Festival, by Rebecca Rubin, September 1, 2021

DEADLINE | Nat Geo Documentary Films Set To Dominate Telluride Film Festival; ‘Fauci’, ‘The Rescue’, ‘Becoming Cousteau’ And More To Premiere, by Pete Hammond, September 1, 2021

THE EAST HAMPTON STAR | More Films Revealed for Festival, by Jennifer Landes, September 1, 2021

AWARDS DAILY | HamptonsFilm Announces U.S. Premiere Of ‘Mothering Sunday’ for 29th Festival, by Clarence Moye, September 1, 2021

THE HAMPTONS | Hamptonsfilm Announces The U.S Premiere Of Mothering Sunday As Centerpiece Film At 29th Hamptons International Film Festival + Additional Films!, by Staff, September 1, 2021

NEWSDAY | ‘Mothering Sunday’ will be Hamptons Film Festival’s ‘Sunday Centerpiece’, by Rafer Guzman, September 1, 2021

JAMES LANE POST | ‘Lily Topples The World’ Concludes HamptonsFilm’s SummerDocs Series, by Richard Lewin, August 24, 2021

EAST HAMPTON STAR | All (the Dominoes) Fall Down, by Zoe Lubetkin, August 19, 2021

SAG HARBOR EXPRESS | ‘Lily Topples the World’ Rounds Out SummerDocs Season at Guild Hall, by Sophie Griffin, August 18, 2021

DEADLINE | Matthew Heineman’s Covid Doc ‘The First Wave’ To Open Hamptons Film Festival, by Patrick Hipes, August 12, 2021

THE PURIST | HIFF Sneak Preview, by Ray Rogers, August 13, 2021

EAST HAMPTON STAR | HamptonsFilm’s Fest Is Live This Year, by Jennifer Landes, August 12, 2021

AWARDS DAILY | Heineman’s ‘First Wave’ to Open 29th Annual Hampton International Film Festival, by Clarence Moye, August 12, 2021

NEWSDAY | ‘The First Wave,’ a pandemic doc set at an LI hospital, will open the Hamptons Film Festival, by Rafer Guzmán, August 12, 2021

AWARDS WATCH | 29th Hamptons Film Festival to open with world premiere of Matthew Heineman’s COVID doc ‘First Wave’, by Erik Anderson, August 12, 2021

SAG HARBOR EXPRESS | The 29th Hamptons International Film Festival will Run October 7 to 13, by Annette Hinkle, August 12, 2021

THE HAMPTONS | Hamptons International Film Festival Announces Opening Night Film, Additional Signature Programs + Poster Artist for 29th Edition!, by Staff, August 12, 2021

JAMES LANE POST | The 29th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival To Open With The World Premiere Of Matthew Heineman’s ‘The First Wave’, by Staff, August 12, 2021

HAMPTONS.COM | HamptonsFilm’s SummerDocs Series Presents: “Lily Topples the World”, by TJ Clemente, August 18, 2021

EAST HAMPTON STAR | A Leonardo Masterpiece or Not?, by Jennifer Landes, July 22, 2021

HAMPTONS.COM | Guild Hall: “The Lost Leonardo” Special Presentation, by Richard Lewin, July 27, 2021

JAMES LANE POST | HamptonsFilm SummerDocs Screening Of ‘The Lost Leonardo’, by Staff, July 26, 2021

EXPRESS NEWSGROUP | SummerDocs’ Second Summer Showing: “The Lost Leonardo”, by Sophie Griffin, July 19, 2021

JAMES LANE POST | HamptonFilm SummerDocs Series Continues With ‘The Lost Leonardo’, by Staff, July 8, 2021

EXPRESS NEWSGROUP | The Season of SummerDocs, by Sophie Griffin, June 24, 2021

EAST HAMPTON STAR | SummerDocs Opens With Music in Harlem, by Jennifer Landes, June 17, 2021

THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER | Questlove’s ‘Summer of Soul’ to Open HamptonsFilm SummerDocs Series, by Etan Vlessing, June 17, 2021

AWARDS DAILY | HamptonsFilm Announces 2021 SummerDocs Series, by Clarence Moye, June 17, 2021

JAMES LANE POST | The HamptonsFilm SummerDocs Series Returns, by Staff, June 21, 2021

HAMPTONS.COM | “SummerDocs” To Feature “Summer Of Soul (…Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised),” “The Lost Leonardo” And More, by Nicole Barylski, June 17, 2021

HAMPTONS.COM | Free Film Series At Herrick Park To Include Screenings Of “Shrek,” “Mean Girls,” “The Wizard Of Oz,” And More, by Nicole Barylski, June 3, 2021

EAST HAMPTON STAR | Herrick Park goes to Hollywood, by Jennifer Landes, May 27, 2021

27 EAST | HamptonsFilm Summer 2021 Outdoor Screening Series, by Staff, May 24, 2021

MOVIE MAKER | 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee in 2021, Presented by FilmFreeway, by Ryan Coleman and MM Editors, April 26, 2021

EAST HAMPTON STAR | HamptonsFilm Announces Screenwriters Lab Participants, By Jennifer Landes, March 29, 2021

27EAST | 21st HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab, by Staff, March 29, 2021

HAMPTONS.COM | Charlotte Rabate’s “Samir, the Accidental Spy,” Zoë Maltby’s “Bear Lake,” And Lana Wilson’s “Back Seat” Selected For 21st Annual Screenwriters Lab, by Nicole Barylski, March 29, 2021

THE HAMPTONS | HamptonsFilm Announces Selected Screenwriters, Screenplays + Mentors for 21st Edition of The Screenwriters Lab!, by Lizi Oblensky, March 29, 2021

AWARDS DAILY | HamptonsFilm Announces Participants in 21st Screenwriters Lab, by Clarence Moye, March 29, 2021

FASHION MANNUSCRIPT | Spring in the Hamptons, by Norah Bradford, April 1, 2021

TIMES SQUARE CHRONICLES | HamptonsFilm Announces New Edition of Screenwriters Lab, By Elizabeth Taylor, March 30, 2021

27EAST | HIFF Films Garner 30 Oscar Nominations, by Staff, March 23, 2021

HAMPTONS.COM | Hamptons Art Network’s 2021 THAW Fest To Feature Virtual Screenings, Workshops, Concerts, And Much More, by Nicole Barylski, March 11, 2021

THE EAST HAMPTON STAR | Young Activists Sue for a Safer Planet, By Mark Segal, March 11, 2021

27EAST | Kids Take On The Government In Groundbreaking Climate Change Case, By Annette Hinkle, March 9, 2021

HAMPTONS.COM | INTERVIEW: Filmmaker Christi Cooper On Her Documentary, “Youth v Gov,” The Inspiring Youth Behind Juliana v. United States, And More, By Nicole Barylski, March 9, 2021

INDIEWIRE | Don’t Call It a Comeback: 2021 Film Festivals Remain Vital in Whatever Form They Take, by Eric Kohn, January 8, 2021