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 […]
Mathison Screenplay Reading: ‘Diary of a Muslim Cynic’
February 6, 2025 by Kristin McCracken
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2024 Screenwriters Lab a Success!
April 8, 2024 by Kristin McCracken

Our 24th Annual Screenwriters Lab took place over the weekend, where we were thrilled to welcome our talented fellows Chheangkea, Agnes Skonare and Sarah Mokh, our invaluable mentors Celine Song, Michael Covino and Bart Freundlich, and all the guests who heralded these new voices with us. Mentors and fellows arrived at the Huntting Inn on […]
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2024 Screenwriters Lab Mentors + Participants
March 19, 2024 by Kristin McCracken

For the 24th year, the annual HIFF Screenwriters Lab (April 5-7, 2024), will pair rising screenwriters with established screenwriters, directors, and creative-producers for a weekend of one-on-one mentoring sessions. An intimate gathering taking place each spring in East Hampton, the Lab fosters emerging talent with these film industry veterans advising the participating fellows on their […]
Filed Under: Behind the Scenes, Education, Film News, HIFF Events, HIFF Year-Round, Home Page Feature, Screenwriters Lab Tagged With: agnes skonare, bart freundlich, celine song, Chheangkea, hiff 2024, lab, mike covino, sarah mokh, Screenwriters' Lab, screenwriting