Our 2013 SummerDocs series included the charming documentary THE SHORT GAME, which follows the lives of a handful of the best 7-year old golfers in the world as they train for and compete in the 2012 U.S. Kids Golf World Championship. This perfect film for the whole family is now streaming on Netflix. Following our […]
David Nugent Looks Back at 10 Years of SummerDocs!
As we count down to #HIFF’s 10th #SummerDocs season, Artistic Director David Nugent is sharing memories from the past decade of documentaries! In early 2009, HIFF’s astute Advisory Board suggested that HIFF become a place for the then-burgeoning popularity of documentaries, and start to showcase several each summer. From this meeting was born SummerDocs, in […]
#HIFF2013: Focus On Sports
Covering everything from cycling to tennis to golf, these HIFF selections are must-sees for sports-lovers: Acclaimed documentarian Alex Gibney (ENRON: The Smartest Guys in the Room) masterfully pieces together raw, unseen footage and interviews from the 2009 Tour de France, documenting Armstrong’s post-cancer return to cycling and the deafening controversy surrounding his current cultural status as […]
#HIFF2013: Focus On Family Fare
Got kiddos? Inspire the love of film in them from an early age with these delightful selections: Debut director Josh Greenbaum turns his lens on eight young golfers, ages seven and eight, who descend on the World Championship of Junior Golf––including Anna Kournikova’s younger brother Allan, and Amari “Tigress” Avery, who shares a birthday, hometown, […]