HIFF27: Sunday Slideshow

Sunday was another chock-full day of films and events at HIFF27! From the NYWIFT Brunch celebrating women in film to the Guild Hall screenings of THE TWO POPES and MARRIAGE STORY, with World Premieres (CONSCIENCE POINT, WATERPROOF) and award-winning films in Films of Conflict & Resolution (FOR SAMA) and Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights (WATSON), […]

HIFF27 Audience Awards Announced

All the votes have been counted, and the audience has spoken! In addition, our first-ever Zicherman Family Foundation Screenwriting Award was presented on Closing Night. Congratulations and thank you to all of our filmmakers!  Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature THE TWO POPES, directed by Fernando Meirelles Audience Award for Best Documentary Feature OLIVER SACKS: […]

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 […]