The Hamptons International Film Festival is proud to partner with the YMCA East Hampton Rec Center to present Summer Cinema: a FREE film series for the community.
Weather permitting and with the support of Clifford Ross and Nicolette Donen, HIFF and the YMCA will show films-for-all Friday nights at 7:45pm, from June 30 through September 22, outside at the YMCA East Hampton Rec Center (2 Gingerbread Lane, East Hampton). Admission is free and seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Parking is limited.
Bring a beach chair, blanket, and best friend, and join us for some movie magic under the stars—with complimentary popcorn to boot! For updates regarding weather announcements and other changes, please follow HIFF on Facebook and Twitter.
Friday, September 8: CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
Dir. Steven Spielberg (1977)
Rated PG | 137 min
7:45pm
After an encounter with U.F.O.s, a line worker feels undeniably drawn to an isolated area in the wilderness where something spectacular is about to happen. Starring Richard Dreyfuss, Teri Garr.
Friday, September 15: WEST SIDE STORY
Dirs. Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise (1961)
Not rated | 132 min
7:45pm
Two youngsters from rival New York City gangs fall in love, but tensions between their respective friends build toward tragedy. Starring Natalie Wood, Richard Beymer, Rita Moreno.
Friday, September 22: THE ‘BURBS
Dir. Joe Dante (1989)
Rated PG | 101 min
7:45pm
An overstressed suburbanite and his fellow neighbors are convinced that the new family on the block are part of a murderous Satanic cult. Starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Dern, Carrie Fisher.
Past Screenings:
Friday, June 30: HOOK
Dir. Steven Spielberg (1991)
Rated PG | 142 min
7:45pm
When Captain Hook kidnaps his children, an adult Peter Pan must return to Neverland and reclaim his youthful spirit in order to challenge his old enemy. Starring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts.
Friday, July 7: SITA SINGS THE BLUES
Dir. Nina Paley (2008)
Not rated | 82 min
7:45pm
An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw.
Friday, July 14: BACK TO THE FUTURE
Dir. Robert Zemeckis (1985)
Rated PG | 116 min
7:45pm
Marty McFly, a 17-year-old high school student, is accidentally sent 30 years into the past in a time-traveling DeLorean invented by his close friend, the maverick scientist Doc Brown.
Friday, July 21: ATLANTIS
Dirs. Gary Trousdale, Kirk Wise (2001)
Rated PG | 95 min
7:45pm
A young adventurer named Milo Thatch joins an intrepid group of explorers to find the mysterious lost continent of Atlantis. Starring Michael J. Fox.
Friday, July 28: LIFE ANIMATED
Dir: Roger Ross Williams (2016)
Rated PG | 92 min
7:45pm
A coming of age story about a boy and his family who overcame great challenges by turning Disney animated movies into a language to express love, loss, kinship and brotherhood.
Friday, August 4: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
Dir. Frank Oz (1986)
Rated PG-13 | 94 min
7:45pm
A nerdy florist finds his chance for success and romance with the help of a giant man-eating plant who demands to be fed.
Friday, August 11: JUMANJI
Dir. Joe Johnston (1995)
Rated PG | 105 min
7:45pm
When two kids find and play a magical board game, they release a man trapped for decades in it and a host of dangers that can only be stopped by finishing the game.
Friday: August 18: ADDAMS FAMILY VALUES
Dir. Barry Sonnenfeld (1993)
Rated PG-13 | 94 min
7:45pm
A comical Gothic horror-movie-type family tries to rescue their beloved uncle from his gold-digging new love. Starring Angelica Huston, Raul Julia, Christina Ricci.
Friday, August 25: SPIRITED AWAY
Dir. Hayao Miyazaki (2001)
Rated PG | 125 min
7:45pm
During her family’s move to the suburbs, a sullen 10-year-old girl wanders into a world ruled by gods, witches, and spirits, and where humans are changed into beasts.
Friday, September 1: WHALE RIDER
Dir. Niki Caro (2002)
Rated PG-13 | 101 min
7:45pm
A contemporary story of love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
