HIFF Celebrates the Academy Awards®

Films we featured at HIFF31 were just as well received by The Academy as they were by our audiences last fall.  Congratulations to the films, filmmakers and actors who joined us last October and received a nomination from The Academy this week! 🥂 🎉 HIFF was proud to screen six of the Best Picture nominees: […]

International Oscar Submissions at HIFF31

Each year, countries from around the world submit one film for consideration in The Academy Awards® race for the Best International Feature Film race. HIFF31 will present fourteen (!) of these films (and counting!), which include dramas, documentaries, romances and thrillers. How many will •you• see? Click on the images below to read more about […]

‘THE INSULT’: Sunday, February 18, 1pm, Bay Street Theater

HIFF presents an exciting new series of screenings, in partnership with Guild Hall and Bay Street Theater, that brings notable films currently in theaters to the East End. Curated by HIFF, the series features acclaimed first-run art house, independent, and world cinema. This February, Now Showing expands from East Hampton to include Sag Harbor! The Insult Sunday, February 18 […]

See the Oscar®-Nominated Shorts on February 11!

The Hamptons International Film Festival is thrilled to offer audiences a chance to see the new Academy Award® nominees in the categories of Best Animated Short Film and Best Live Action Short Film. For the 12th consecutive year, Shorts HD and Magnolia Pictures present this special theatrical experience, which has become a perennial hit with […]

‘Spotlight’ Wins Best Picture!

Films that have screened at HIFF earned 36 nominations at this year’s Academy Awards®, and several big names (and HIFF guests!) came away with the coveted statues last night. Also, HIFF has screened the eventual Best Picture Oscar winner in 7 of the last 8 years (including SPOTLIGHT in 2015), and is the only Festival on the East […]