HIFF28: Opening Night + First Films Announced

Just six weeks until Opening Night of the 28th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival! We are thrilled to announce the first five films in the lineup. We hope you will join us for our expanded seven-day virtual edition of the festival (October 8–14), which will also feature select drive-in screenings. The Opening Night Film on […]

HIFF27: Opening Night Slideshow

Opening Night of the 27th Annual Hamptons Film Festival was spectacular!  Filmmakers, founders, board members, and film fans were rewarded for braving the weather in East Hampton. Before Executive Director Anne Chaisson and Artistic Director David Nugent officially opened the festival, HIFF Co-Chairs Alec Baldwin and Randy Mastro presented our Founding Chair Toni Ross with […]

‘The Kindergarten Teacher’ to Open HIFF 2018

On Thursday, October 4, the 26th Hamptons International Film Festival will open with writer/director Sara Colangelo’s THE KINDERGARTEN TEACHER at Guild Hall in East Hampton. The film stars Maggie Gyllenhaal, Parker Sevak, Rosa Salazar, and Gael García Bernal, telling the story of a kindergarten teacher who seeks to cultivate the poetic talents of one of her students […]

#HIFF25 Opening Night Slideshow

By all accounts, the World Premiere of ITZHAK provided one of the best Opening Night’s in HIFF’s 25-year history, as evidenced by the three (!) standing ovations following the film and the performance by Itzhak Perlman and former students from the Perlman Music Program. Before the screening, guests toasted the Silver Anniversary at Mulford Farm […]

#HIFF25 is Here! Opening Night + Screenings All Day

Today is the day! We’re thrilled to kick off the Silver Anniversary Hamptons International Film Festival with ITZHAK, Alison Chernick‘s portrait of man whose remarkable will to survive is never removed from his tremendous generosity and humor. Read more. Opening Night is presented by Delta Air Lines and Altour International. If you don’t have a ticket for Opening Night, there are […]