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
August 15, 2018 by
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
October 6, 2017 by
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
October 5, 2017 by
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 […]
HIFF25 Opening Night Film ‘Itzhak’ + Seven World Premieres
August 30, 2017 by
We are thrilled to announce that Opening Night for the 25th Anniversary Hamptons International Film Festival will feature the World Premiere of Alison Chernick’s compelling documentary ITZHAK. Seven other films will also have their World Premieres at HIFF25! ITZHAK chronicles the extraordinary life of Israeli violin virtuoso and conductor Itzhak Perlman. Perlman, an East End resident, will […]
