HIFF will continues its tradition of recognizing emerging talent by announcing this year’s Breakthrough Artists. The festival will honor actors Kayli Carter (PRIVATE LIFE), Cory Michael Smith (1985, FIRST MAN), and Amandla Stenberg (THE HATE U GIVE), who will all be in attendance at the festival. Since 2002, for the last seventeen years, HIFF has […]
HIFF 2018 Closing Night: ‘BOY ERASED’
September 14, 2018 by
On Monday, October 8, the 26th Hamptons International Film Festival will close with writer/director Joel Edgerton’s BOY ERASED at Guild Hall in East Hampton. BOY ERASED examines a young boy’s experience when his parents send him to a healing refuge to cure his “homosexual” disease, starring Academy Award ® -nominated actor Lucas Hedges (MANCHESTER BY THE SEA), Academy Award® -winning actors Nicole […]
‘Bathtubs Over Broadway’ Wins SummerDocs Audience Award
September 7, 2018 by
Congratulations to Dava Whisenant’s delightful BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY, winner of the 2018 SummerDocs Audience Award, sponsored by Candescent Films! Catch an encore screening at HIFF 2018, and see how one man’s search for elusive industrial recordings uncovered the bizarre world of Broadway-style musicals about some of the country’s biggest corporations. BATHTUBS OVER BROADWAY Director: Dava Whisenant […]
Alan Alda to Receive Dick Cavett Award at HIFF 2018
August 30, 2018 by
Created and presented by HIFF co-chairman Alec Baldwin in 2017 in honor of Cavett himself, The Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award recognizes a lifelong advocate for artistic achievements and contributions to the industry. The 2018 recipient will be Academy Award®-nominated and Golden Globe®-winning actor Alan Alda. Alda will be lauded during a special presentation on […]
‘FIRST MAN’ + ‘ROMA’ to Screen at HIFF 2018; World Cinema Announced
August 30, 2018 by
Today HIFF 2018 added a number of highly anticipated films to the lineup, including Damien Chazelle‘s FIRST MAN, starring Ryan Gosling, as the Saturday Centerpiece film on October 6, and Alfonso Cuarón‘s semi-autobiographical 1970s drama ROMA, screening in the Spotlight section on Sunday, October 7. In addition, the World Cinema section will once again include premiere films and […]
