Four Spotlight Films Announced

HIFF31 is proud to announce the following Spotlight selections: Andrew Haigh’s ALL OF US STRANGERS, about a screenwriter who encounters a mysterious neighbor and is drawn back to his childhood home, where his long-dead parents seemingly still live Jennifer Esposito’s FRESH KILLS, which tells the story of the loyal women of an organized crime family […]

Five World Premieres Announced

HIFF31 is proud to host the World Premiere screenings of five narrative and documentary features. Spotlight selections include AVENUE OF THE GIANTS, directed by Finn Taylor and starring Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Robin Weigert and Luke Blumm, and I’LL BE RIGHT THERE, directed by Brendan Walsh and starring Edie Falco, Kayli Carter, Jeannie Berlin, Bradley Whitford, […]

Centerpiece, World Cinema + Animal Rights Films Announced for HIFF29

With HIFF29 just five weeks away, we’re delighted to announce that the US Premiere of Eva Husson’s MOTHERING SUNDAY will screen as the festival’s Sunday Centerpiece film on Sunday, October 10, sponsored by KORE Private Wealth. In the Spotlight Section, the festival will screen Mike Mills’s C’MON C’MON, Wes Anderson’s THE FRENCH DISPATCH, and the […]

Five Films From Award-Winning Filmmakers Announced

Five HIFF 2019 films were announced today, including the Sunday Centerpiece, three in the popular Spotlight section and one award winner in the World Cinema Narrative section.   Sunday Centerpiece film: In Fernando Meirelles’s THE TWO POPES, Anthony Hopkins and Jonathan Pryce star as Pope Benedict and the future Pope Francis as they attempt to […]

Spotlight Films Revealed!

Highlighting some of the fall’s most anticipated titles, from war dramas to timely novel adaptations about race,  the HIFF 2018 Spotlight films have been revealed! Passes and packages are on sale now, and offer the earliest selection for these popular titles! The slate includes the U.S. Premiere of BEN IS BACK, directed by Peter Hedges […]