In recognition of HIFF's 25th Anniversary in 2017, we are offering our loyal audience the following new array of Silver Anniversary Packages at a 10% Discount* You know that our founder passes provide the best access to HIFF's movies, panels, parties and special events. With more levels and benefits now available, find the perfect Silver Anniversary Package for everyone on your list. Wrap Yours Up: Browse & Buy Today! Reminder: sale ends at 11:59pm on Saturday, December 31.  (*Members & past purchasers, check recent email for deeper discount links.) Winter Classic Screening: TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD Join HIFF Co-Chair Alec Baldwin and Artistic Director David Nugent for our annual Winter Classic screening at Guild Hall on January 7! HIFF is honored to revisit Alan J. Pakula‘s majestic 1962 drama TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD, adapted by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Horton Foote and starring Gregory Peck, both of whom won Academy Awards for their work.  Baldwin and Nugent will host a conversation following the screening. Tickets are on sale now! (Members, note procedures to receive your discount.)  #fineartmagazine

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Hamptons International Film Fest: Conflict, Compassion, Animal Rights, and the Environment are on the board this year

24th ANNUAL HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

UNVEILS FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT WITH SIGNATURE PROGRAMS

SELECTION OF FILMS ANNOUNCED FOR CONFLICT & RESOLUTION AND COMPASSION, JUSTICE & ANIMAL RIGHTS CATEGORIES

LAUNCH OF BRAND NEW AIR, LAND, & SEA PROGRAM TO HIGHLIGHT GLOBAL ISSUES OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION

Festival will run from October 6 to October 10

East Hampton, NY (August 23, 2016) – The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) unveiled today some of the Signature Programs for its 24th edition.  HIFF announced a selection of films that will screen as part of the returning Conflict & Resolution and Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights programs.  HIFF will also launch Air, Land, & Sea, a brand new section of the festival that focuses on global issues of environmental conservation, clean water, and the integrity of our planet’s natural resources, with an ocean-centric focus. The 24th annual Hamptons International Film Festival will take place October 6 - 10.

Films of Conflict & Resolution, dedicated to showcasing films that deal with the complex issues and societal effects of war and violence, and the attendant human dramas, in creative ways, will return with a mixture of features & shorts.  The program, supported by the Brizzolara Family Foundation will include the East Coast Premiere of Stephen Apkon & Academy Award®–nominated director Andrew Young’s DISTURBING THE PEACE, and screenings of Gianfranco Rosi’s Berlin Golden Bear Winner, FIRE AT SEA, and Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami’s Sundance award-winner SONITA. The shorts portion will include Daniel Mulloy’s HOME, Melissa Langer’s MY ALEPPO and Academy Award®–nominated director Orlando von Einsiedel’s THE WHITE HELMETS.

Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights, a program that provides a platform for filmmakers to share meaningful information, stories of inspiration, and tools for creating a safe and humane world for animals, will return for its sophomore year.  The program will include the New York Premiere of Academy Award®–nominated director Kief Davidson and Richard Ladkani’s THE IVORY GAME, and a screening of Academy Award®–nominated directors Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker’s UNLOCKING THE CAGE. This program bestows one film with the Zelda Penzel “Giving Voice to the Voiceless “ Award at the HIFF Award Ceremony during the festival. 

The Air, Land, & Sea program will launch with the goal to generate awareness around man-made environmental issues and allow filmmakers and experts to share information and discuss solutions to these global problems. The program will include a screening of Emmy-nominated director Michelle Dougherty and Daniel Hinerfeld’s SONIC SEA, which focuses on protecting aquatic wildlife from the destructive effects of oceanic noise pollution. The documentary is a call to action to reduce the impacts of the shipping, seismic, and sonar noise in the ocean.  Support for this new program is graciously provided by The Fond Group. 

“Our Signature Programs help to elevate the content of the festival's programming with films that continue to provide audiences with thought provoking material,” said David Nugent, HIFF Artistic Director. “Our hope with Air, Land, and Sea is for the festival to embrace the global discussion on environmental issues, and build a platform for filmmakers and audiences to engage and interact.”

“We are delighted to announce yet another year of incredible documentary, narrative and short films as part of our Signature Programs,” said HIFF Executive Director, Anne Chaisson. “Each year these sections have attracted some of the brightest filmmakers from across the globe to the Hamptons, bringing stimulating, entertaining and intelligent material to audiences.”

The lineup of announced films includes both veteran filmmakers and newcomers to the festival.  Some returning filmmakers include Orlando von Einsiedel, whose film VIRUNGA (nominated for an Academy Award® for Best Documentary) screened at the festival in 2014, and was awarded the Zelda Penzel “Giving Voice to the Voiceless” Award: Dedicated to Those Who Suffer in Silence by HIFF; Chris Hegedus and D.A. Pennebaker who brought their film RETURN OF THE WAR ROOM to the festival in 2008; and Kief Davidson whose short film OPEN HEART screened at the festival in 2012, and was nominated for the Academy Award® for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Additional films that will screen as part of the Signature Programs will be announced in the coming months.

The 24th annual Hamptons International Film Festival, which will be held over Columbus Day Weekend, October 6th – October 10th, 2016, greatly appreciates the support from their corporate sponsors, including Delta Air Lines, Altour International, BMW, and WNBC New York. Founders Passes are currently on sale. Ticket packages will be available for purchase beginning September 6th. Individual tickets will go on sale at the end of September. To purchase passes and for additional information please visit www.hamptonsfilmfest.org.

Full information on the announced films:

CONFLICT & RESOLUTION

DISTURBING THE PEACE (USA)

East Coast Premiere

Directors: Stephen Apkon, Andrew Young

The stirring documentary DISTURBING THE PEACE, from Award-winning director Stephen Apkon and Academy Award® nominated director Andrew Young, follows a group of Israeli soldiers and Palestinian fighters who bravely transition from former enemies to peace activists. Moving away from the protracted conflict that has caused nothing but disruption and tragedy in their own lives, they decide to form “Combatants for Peace” a bi-partisan organization whose main goal is finding a peaceful resolution to the conflict. Their transformational journey is a testament to the courage necessary to challenge the status quo despite the resistance encountered along the way.

FIRE AT SEA (Italy / France)

Director: Gianfranco Rosi

Berlin Golden Bear-winning documentary FIRE AT SEA is a beautifully crafted and poignant depiction of the European migrant crisis told from the perspective of a twelve-year-old boy. Due to its proximity to the African continent, the sleepy Sicilian island of Lampedusa has transformed in recent years into the primary transit point for migrants dreaming of freedom and a better life in Europe. Gianfranco Rosi’s masterfully shapes the story around a lively local boy, Samuele. Though his community has been thrown into transitory chaos, he seemingly lives a normal life: going to school, exploring the island, and spending time with his friends and family and Rosi skillfully juxtaposes his mundane activities over the tragedies unfurling in the background, daily, on the island.

HOME (Republic of Kosovo, United Kingdom)

Part of the Shorts Program

Director: Daniel Mulloy

A young English family sets out on a very different kind of holiday.

MY ALEPPO (USA)

Part of the Shorts Program

Director: Melissa Langer

Forced to flee to South Africa, a Syrian family anxiously awaits news from home.

SONITA (Germany / Iran / Switzerland)

Directors: Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami

Sonita Alizadeh is a young Afghan refugee living in Iran and dreaming of becoming a famous rapper. Her family, on the other hand, has different plans for Sonita, who is worth $9,000 as a bride. But Sonita's dreams are big and unyielding to the pressure surrounding her. She defies local expectations and fights back with her music by crafting powerful lyrics that condemn a society filled with violence and oppression. Together with Iranian filmmaker Rokhsareh Ghaem Maghami, who shifts from observer to active participant in Sonita’s life, they form a powerful coalition determined to bring joy and hope to everyone who witnesses their award-winning story.

THE WHITE HELMETS (United Kingdom)

Part of the Shorts Program

Director: Orlando von Einsiedel

Having chosen to remain in the war-torn city of Aleppo, the volunteer rescue group, the White Helmets, heroically risk their lives to aid their neighbors.

COMPASSION, JUSTICE & ANIMAL RIGHTS

THE IVORY GAME (Austria / USA)

New York Premiere

Directors: Kief Davidson, Richard Ladkani

Bringing to light the dramatic and dire fate of the African elephant THE IVORY GAME documents the efforts to stop the systematic slaughter that is driving the African elephant to extinction. Poachers sow destruction in pursuit of the “white gold” of ivory, considered by many cultures a luxury item and status symbol. For more than a year, Award-winning director Richard Ladkani and Academy Award® nominated director Kief Davidson filmed in Africa and Asia with the help of conservationists, intelligence organizations, frontline rangers, and undercover activists trying to expose the institutionalized corruption that supports the illegal ivory trade.

UNLOCKING THE CAGE (USA)

Directors: Chris Hegedus, D.A. Pennebaker

In UNLOCKING THE CAGE, acclaimed filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus follow animal rights lawyer Steven Wise in his unprecedented attempt to break down the legal wall that separates animals from humans by filing the first lawsuits seeking to transform a chimpanzee from a “thing” with no rights to a “person” with legal protections. With Tommy and Kiko, former showbiz chimps now living in neglected cages, at the center of the debate, Wise makes a compelling argument that thrusts the case into the media spotlight. UNLOCKING THE CAGE is a riveting courtroom drama filled with heart and compassion in the face of overwhelming opposition.

AIR, LAND, AND SEA

SONIC SEA (USA)

Directors: Michelle Dougherty, Daniel Hinerfeld

Whales and other marine life are surrounded by a unique and powerful sonic symphony. These underwater sounds help define their existence and guide them towards food, mates, and safety. Narrated by Rachel McAdams, SONIC SEA dives into their fragile world and explores the tragic impact of industrial and military ocean noise. Featuring interviews from dedicated experts and activists, filmmakers Michelle Dougherty and Daniel Hinerfeld’s must-see documentary points to the man-made sources of oceanic noise pollution and explores ways in which we can act to protect these beloved creatures.

ABOUT THE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) is a year-round 501(c)3 non-profit organization with events, screenings, film workshops, comprehensive summer programs and an annual film festival each October. The Festival is the premiere film event on New York State's east end, and is an intimate showcase of some of the year's best offerings in contemporary cinema from around the world. With cash and in-kind prizes handed out totaling more than $225,000, HIFF continues to attract some of the best films of the year.

Selections from all of our programs continue to play an important role during awards season. 2016 marked the 6th time in a row that a film in the Festival has become the eventual Best Picture winner at the Oscars, making HIFF the only Festival on the East Coast with such a distinction. For more information please visit: www.hamptonsfilmfest.org

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Catch this Hiff preview in EastHampton 7/5 : GASLAND PART II

The Hamptons International Film Festival Continues their SummerDocs Series with

 GASLAND PART II

WHO | Director Josh Fox, The New York Times' Andrew Revkin, environmental reporter Karl Grossman, Series Presenter Alec Baldwin, HIFF Director Anne Chaisson, HIFF Artistic Director David Nugent ... additional TBA. 

WHEN | Friday, July 5th 

WHERE | Guild Hall | 158 Main Street, East Hampton NY

TIME |  Red Carpet: 7:45PM | Screening: at 8:00PM

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The Hamptons International Film Festival Kicks Off their SummerDocs Series June 15th with TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM

The Hamptons International Film Festival Kicks Off their SummerDocs Series 
June 15th with TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM

Guild Hall | 158 Main Street, East Hampton NY

 Red Carpet: 8:00PM | Screening: at 8:30PM

Following the screening, Lisa Fischer will participate in a Q&A Hosted by the legendary Dick Cavett 

Following the Q&A Lisa Fischer will treat the audience to a short performance

*Please note Darlene Love will no longer be in attendance*

 Triumphant and heartbreaking in equal measure, TWENTY FEET FROM STARDOM is a tribute to the unsung, yet unmistakable voices of the backup singers, which brought shape and style to popular music over the years. Gifted artists, spanning a range of manners, genres and eras, are featured sharing their uniquely fascinating and personal stories of life spent in the shadows of superstardom. Millions know their voices, but no one knows their names. Interviews with Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Wonder, Mick Jagger and Sting , to name a few, take a backseat to the diverse array of singers whose lives and stories take center stage in this compelling new documentary from award-winning director Morgan Neville.

Tickets for the screenings are available for purchase at www.guildhall.org or at the Guild Hall Box Office.

The 21^st Annual Hamptons International Film Festival will be held over Columbus Day Weekend, October 10^th – 14^th 2013.

ABOUT THE HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The Hamptons International Film Festival was founded in 1993 to celebrate independent film- long, short, fiction and documentary - and to introduce a unique, varied spectrum of international films and filmmakers to the public. The Festival is committed to exhibiting films that express fresh voices and differing global perspectives, with the hope that these programs will enlighten audiences, provide invaluable exposure for filmmakers and present inspired entertainment for all. Taking place among the charming seaside historic villages of Long Island's East End, the Hamptons International Film Festival's intimate, informal atmosphere makes the festival an ideal destination for cinephiles.  For more information about the Festival, visit our website at www.hamptonsfilmfest.org.

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Fine Art Magazine Covers The Hamptons International Film Festival

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Two Interviews From The Hamptons International Film Festival

The Loving Story @ The Hamptons International Film Festival

and Augusta Films
present



THE LOVING STORY

Screening at the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival
Friday, October 14 at 7:30PM – UA East Hampton Theater
Saturday, October 15 at 11:30AM – UA Southampton

For more information on these screenings, please visit
http://www.ticketinguide.com/hiff2011/Loving_Story_The.html


Directed by
Nancy Buirski


They didn’t ask to be heroes... just to be happy.


HBO Documentary Films and Augusta Films presents THE LOVING STORY, the inspiring documentary debut of Nancy Buirski, producer of Timepiece and Sweet Dreams.

This evocative documentary recounts the little-known story of the Lovings. The marriage of Mildred (who is part black and part Native American) and Richard (who is white) was declared illegal in 1958 by their home state of Virginia.

They refused to leave one another and, with the help of the ACLU, relentlessly pursued their right to happiness. Their case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court where, in 1967, laws against interracial marriage in this country were struck down once and for all.

With luminous, newly discovered 16mm footage of the Lovings and their lawyers, first-person testimony and rare documentary photographs, this film takes us behind the scenes of the legal challenges and the emotional turmoil of the case.

The Loving Story recreates a seminal moment in history and reflects a timely message of marriage equality in a personal, human love story.


www.lovingfilm.com

Sun City Picturehouse @ The Hamptons International Film Festival

SUN CITY PICTUREHOUSE
A RYOT FILMS PRODUCTION
 

Website & Trailer:
http://www.suncitypicturehouse.com/

Directed by: David Darg
Produced by: Bryn Mooser
Executive Producers: Maria Bello & Olivia Wilde
Running Time: 27 Minutes
MPAA Rating:  N/A

***The film will be screening in the Hamptons International Film Festival***
Thursday, October 13th @ 5:00 PM at the East Hampton UA
Saturday, October 15th @ 6:30 PM at the East Hampton UA
Director David Darg & Producer Bryn Mooser will be available for interviews.

Synopsis: After watching the last of the old colonial movie theaters destroyed in the earthquake, a young Haitian man enlists the help of a priest and two young aid workers to build Haiti's only movie theater on a hill above a tent city. With some outside help and in four days, residents of a post-earthquake tent city outside Port-au-Prince erect a movie house. On opening night the new marquee lights and children's laughter dispel some of their world's bitter darkness. This is the joyful and moving story of a community torn apart by disaster then united in a singular vision.


For additional information please contact:



Marian Koltai-Levine (NY)– marian.koltai@pmkbnc.com - 212-373-6130
Freida Orange (NY) – freida.orange@pmkbnc.com – 212.373.0114
Heidi Schaeffer (LA) – Heidi.Schaeffer@pmkbnc.com – 310- 649-1643



Freida Orange
622 Third Avenue, 8th floor
New York, New York 10017
212.373.0114 o
freida.orange@pmkbnc.com
 

You've Been Trumped @ The Hamptons International Film Festival

In this eye-opening David and Goliath story for the 21st century,
a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on the celebrity tycoon, Donald Trump.
At stake is one of Britain's very last stretches of wilderness…

YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED

OFFICIAL SELECTION
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

*** Special Jury Prize, Traverse City Film Festival ***
*** Green Award, Sheffield International Documentary Festival ***
*** Scottish Screen Archive Prize, Best Feature Documentary, Edindocs ***

Filmmaker Anthony Baxter will be in New York October 11-13 and is available for interviews.
Film Premieres at HIFF on October 15th.


The billionaire property developer Donald Trump has bought up hundreds of acres on the northeast coast of Scotland, best known to movie-lovers as the setting for the 1983 classic film “Local Hero.”  And like the American oil tycoon played by Burt Lancaster, he needs to buy out a few more locals to make the deal come true. In a land swimming with golf courses, Trump is going to build two more – alongside a 450-room hotel and 1,500 luxury homes.  The trouble is, the land he purchased occupies one of Europe’s most environmentally sensitive stretches of coast, described by one leading scientist as Scotland’s Amazon rain forest.  And the local residents don't want it destroyed. 

After the Scottish Government overturns its own environmental laws to give Trump the green light, the stage is set for an extraordinary summer of discontent, as the bulldozers spring into action. Water and power is cut off, land disputes erupt, and some residents have thousands of tons of earth piled up next to their homes.  Complaints go ignored by the police, who instead arrest the film's director, Anthony Baxter.  Local exasperation comes to a surreal head as the now  “Dr” Trump scoops up an honorary doctorate from a local university, even as his tractors turn wild, untouched dunes into fairways.  

Told entirely without narration, You've Been Trumped captures the cultural chasm between the glamorous, jet setting and media savvy Donald Trump and a deeply rooted Scottish community, whose local dialect demands a liberal use of subtitles.  What begins as an often amusing clash of world-views grows increasingly bitter and disturbing.

Funny, inspiring and heartbreaking in turns, You’ve Been Trumped is an environmental parable for our celebrity driven times.

Directed by Anthony Baxter, “You’ve Been Trumped” was produced by Angus based independent production company Montrose Pictures Ltd.  The film score features music from world the world renowned Sigur Ros and the band’s frontman Jonsi.

PELOTERO @ Hamptons International Film Festival

PELOTERO
Will have its World Premiere at the upcoming

Hamptons International Film Festival this October

 

In attendance & available for interviews on behalf of the film:

Directors, Jonathan Paley, Ross Finkel & Trevor Martin as well as

Producers, Bobby Valentine & Andrew Muscato


Narrated by John Leguizamo, PELOTERO tells the story of young Dominican baseball

players in the running for the Major Leagues.



Each year, a handful of Dominican players, almost always from low-income families, are selected to begin their careers in the United States. That invitation comes with a signing bonus and the promise of a secure future for their families. The system, however, is flawed. A must-see for fans of baseball, PELOTERO tells the story of two of the nation’s most talented hopefuls, and their long, rocky road towards achieving their dreams.



PELOTERO provides an intimate portrait of two young prospects as they navigate the calculating, mercenary and often corrupt elements that surround Major League Baseball's recruitment of the island's top talent.


The central question behind PELOTERO is a simple one: Why are Dominicans so good at baseball? The tiny island nation is consistently overrepresented in the Major Leagues, and as America’s pastime continues to globalize, every year brings a fresh crop of young Dominican Peloteros to the top levels of the game.


PELOTERO sheds light on some of the most pressing issues regarding the export of Dominican baseball players to the US: age and identity fraud, exploitation, and the opaque role Major League Baseball plays in determining the fates of young players and their families. 



Screenings at HIFF
Saturday, October 15th | 5:15pm @ UA Theater
Sunday, October 16th | 4:30pm @ UA Theater

http://peloterothemovie.com/