It’s Shark Week, and you know what that means… we’re gonna need a bigger boat! It’s the 50th anniversary of JAWS (and the birth of the summer blockbuster), and our FREE screening of JAWS on Wednesday, July 23, at Main Beach broke HIFF attendance records! Check out all the photos on our Instagram account. HamptonsFilm […]
25th Annual Screenwriters Lab: A Celebration
April 7, 2025 by
Our 25th Annual Screenwriters Lab took place over the weekend, where we were thrilled to welcome our outstanding fellows Aliza Brugger, Pepi Ginsberg and Keaton Ventura, our talented mentors Dan Janvey, Justin Kuritzkes and Rachel Shukert, and all the guests who celebrated these new voices with us. Mentors and fellows arrived at the Maidstone Hotel […]
Winter Classic: ‘ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN’
February 11, 2025 by
Saturday, March 1 | 7:00pm | Guild Hall HamptonsFilm and Guild Hall’s Winter Classic series returns with HamptonsFilm Co-Chair Alec Baldwin and Artistic Director David Nugent presenting Alan J. Pakula’s 1976 landmark film ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MEN. Released four years after the Watergate scandal that began Richard Nixon’s downfall, the film won four Academy Awards® […]
Mathison Screenplay Reading: ‘Diary of a Muslim Cynic’
February 6, 2025 by
On Monday, February 10, at the Producers Club Theater in midtown Manhattan, HamptonsFilm presented a reading of selected scenes from our 2024 Melissa Mathison Award recipient Sarah Mokh’s original screenplay Diary of a Muslim Cynic. Stephanie Klapper and her team pulled together a wonderful cast of actors for the reading (see below), who mingled with […]
2023 Screenwriters Lab: Submissions Open
November 3, 2022 by
Celebrating its 23rd anniversary in 2023, the HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab champions the artistic visions of up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world. Save the dates for the 2023 Screenwriters Lab: April 14-16. Submissions are now closed. November 17, 2022: Early Bird Deadline December 8, 2022: Regular Deadline December 22, 2022: Late Deadline January 17, 2023: Extended […]
