Todd Haynes to Receive Directing Award

Academy Award®-nominated filmmaker Todd Haynes will attend HIFF31 to screen his latest narrative feature MAY DECEMBER, and will receive the festival’s Achievement in Directing Award. Haynes will also take part in our A Conversation With… series, sponsored by The Macallan. Todd Haynes is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, director, and producer whose work has spanned more […]

Opening Night + More

We are thrilled to announce our Opening Night Film LIVING on October 7, our Centerpiece Film THE SON, our Breakthrough Artist Stephanie Hsu, and A Conversation With… Martin McDonagh, whose film THE BANSHEES OF INISHERIN will also screen in the Spotlight section. Browse the entire HIFF30 Film Guide. Opening Night Film: LIVING Director: Oliver Hermanus […]

Now Showing: Kate Winslet in ‘AMMONITE’

HamptonsFilm is pleased to continue to curate the hit screening series NOW SHOWING, featuring acclaimed first-run, art house, independent, and world cinema available to screen in the privacy of your own home. If you missed the US Premiere of Francis Lee’s AMMONITE at HIFF28, now is your chance. One of the most anticipated films of […]

A Conversation With… Kate Winslet, Leslie Odom, Jr., Steven Yeun

HIFF28 will include three intimate and wide-ranging conversations with actors starring in some of the Festival’s highly-anticipated films, all featured in our Virtual Cinema. You can watch beginning Friday, October 9, at 10am.  A Conversation With Kate Winslet Academy Award®–winning actress Kate Winslet has brought to life some of cinema’s most captivating and memorable roles. […]

Friday Flashback: Rest in Peace, Joel Schumacher

We join the film community in mourning the loss of legendary director Joel Schumacher, who passed away today at the age of 80. Former HamptonsFilm Advisory Board Chair Jeffrey Sharp shares his fond remembrances.   It seemed fitting to honor director Joel Schumacher as part of the 2014 Hamptons International Film Festival. The Hamptons had […]