For over two decades, the HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab has championed the artistic visions of up-and-coming filmmakers from around the world. In honor of our 21st Lab this weekend, we created a watchlist of films that have roots in the Lab. Click the titles to watch now! SHORT TERM 12 by Destin Daniel Cretton (2011 Lab) […]
Breakthrough Artists: Aldis Hodge, Camila Morrone, Lulu Wang
For the past eighteen years, HIFF has focused on emerging acting talent and highlights a dynamic class of actors each year. Since 2002, past honorees have included many future award winners and nominees, including award-winning actors Emily Blunt, Brie Larson, Adam Driver, Jessica Chastain, Mahershala Ali, Riz Ahmed, Alicia Vikander, Lupita Nyong’o, Emma Stone, Elisabeth […]
Slideshow: Screenplay Reading of ‘Mickey and the Bear’
This past Monday night, HIFF held a screenplay reading of selected scenes from Annabelle Attanasio‘s MICKEY AND THE BEAR before a packed house. Annabelle is an alumna of the 2017 HIFF Screenwriters Lab, and received funding from the Melissa Mathison Fund, established in 2016 to support female screenwriters in advancing their writing careers. Read more about the talented cast and crew. […]
You’re Invited: Screenplay Reading
Bullheaded, stoic, and scrappy, 17-year-old Mickey Peck lives a codependent existence with her charming, volatile father Hank. But when she falls for Wyatt, a confident newcomer with plans to move to San Francisco, Mickey realizes she wants to leave too. MICKEY AND THE BEAR tells the heartbreaking story of a teenage girl’s emancipation from her […]