Hamptons International Film Festival

The Hamptons International Film Festival takes place annually in October, with a number of additional events held year round in New York City and the Hamptons. Named one of MovieMaker Magazine’s 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World as well as one of 50 Film Festivals Worth the Entry Fee, HIFF is the premier film event on New York State's east end, and an intimate showcase of some of the year's best offerings in contemporary cinema. Recently referred to as "Telluride East" by Variety, the publication cited HIFF as "one of America's most glamorous displays of the best in cutting-edge cinema." Festival selections continue to play an important role during awards season, with a significant number of titles highlighted every year at the Academy Awards. Films in the 2020 Festival received 30 Academy Award nominations, including 4 of the Best Picture nominations. The Festival has screened the eventual Academy Award Best Picture winner 11 years in a row, the only festival in the world with such a distinction. In a recent article about HIFF, Variety noted "The Festival has grown a reputation for being able to read the Academy voting tea leaves and routinely promotes Oscar race front-runners, but has also become the place to see emerging talent before they become marquee names." Overall, films in the last 14 editions have received a total of 451 Oscar nominations. The festival draws national film industry attendees, including representatives from a wide array of film and media companies, a range of journalists including the film trades, Oscar Bloggers, local publications as well as national journalists & New York based press. The Festival hosts multiple competitions focused specifically on early-career filmmakers, in the hopes of bolstering their work at an important juncture and helping develop a discussion around their films, both within the film community and beyond. With prizes of cash & in kind goods and services valued at more than $130,000, HIFF continues to support the artists that create some of the best films each year. The festival also features four signature programs: Films of Conflict & Resolution; Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights; Air, Land & Sea; and Views From Long Island. Recent program highlights include NOMADLAND (Academy Award Winner), MINARI (Academy Award Winner), SOUND OF METAL (Academy Award Winner), THE FATHER (Academy Award Nominee), ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI (Academy Award Nominee), COLLECTIVE (Academy Award Nominee), TIME (Academy Award Nominee), THE TRUFFLE HUNTERS (Academy Award Shortlist), GUNDA (Academy Award Shortlist), AMMONITE (Academy Award Shortlist), I AM GRETA, PARASITE (Academy Award Winner; Cannes Palme d’Or Winner), MARRIAGE STORY (Academy Award Winner), JOJO RABBIT (Academy Award Winner), THE IRISHMAN (Academy Award Nominee), THE TWO POPES (Academy Award Nominee), FOR SAMA (Academy Award Nominee), THE CAVE (Academy Award Nominee), LES MISERABLES (Academy Award Nominee; Cannes Jury Prize Winner), KNIVES OUT (Academy Award Nominee), PORTRAIT OF A LADY ON FIRE (National Board of Review Winner), ATLANTICS (Cannes Grand Jury Prize Winner), WAVES (Gotham Award Winner, Film Independent Spirit Nominee), ROMA (Academy Award Winner), THE FAVORITE (Academy Award Winner), SHOPLIFTERS (Academy Award Nominee, Cannes Palme d’Or Winner), CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME (Academy Award Nominee), GREEN BOOK (Academy Award Winner), FIRST MAN (Academy Award Winner), COLD WAR (Academy Award Nominee), BORDER (Academy Award Nominee), CAPERNAUM (Academy Award Nominee), BURNING (Cannes FIPRESCI Prize Winner), THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM (Cinema Eye Honors Award Winner), THE SHAPE OF WATER (Academy Award Winner), THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI (Academy Award Winner), CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (Academy Award Winner), DARKEST HOUR (Academy Award Winner), I, TONYA (Academy Award Winner), A FANTASTIC WOMAN (Academy Award Winner), ICARUS (Academy Award Winner), THE FLORIDA PROJECT (Academy Award Nominee), THE SQUARE (Academy Award Nominee, Cannes Palme d’Or Winner), STRONG ISLAND (Academy Award Nominee), MOONLIGHT (Academy Award Winner), MANCHESTER BY THE SEA (Academy Award Winner), LA LA LAND (Academy Award Winner), THE SALESMEN (Academy Award Winner), LOVING (Academy Award Nominee), 20TH CENTURY WOMEN (Academy Award Nominee), TONI ERDMANN (Academy Award Nominee), I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO (Academy Award Winner), FIRE AT SEA (Academy Award Winner), THE RED TURTLE (Academy Award Nominee), and THE HANDMAIDEN (Golden Globe Nominee). Guests & attendees of the Festival include Meryl Streep, Jessica Chastain, Edward Norton, Laura Dern, Riz Ahmed, Julie Andrews, Brie Larson, Jordan Peele, Steven Yeun, Frances McDormand, Richard Gere, Timothée Chalamet, Kate Winslet, Annette Bening, Margot Robbie, Noah Baumbach, Charlie Kaufman, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Todd Haynes, Holly Hunter, Damien Chazelle, Olivia Wilde, Sir Ben Kingsley, Adam Driver, Mahershala Ali, Lulu Wang, Alan Alda, Sam Rockwell, Tom McCarthy, Alfre Woodard, Madonna, Amandla Stenberg, Julianne Moore, Leslie Odom Jr., Sir Patrick Stewart, Liev Schreiber, John Slattery, Daveed Diggs, Bill Murray, Kumail Nanjiani, Melissa Leo, Jonathan Pryce, Mark Ruffalo, Rosamund Pike, Rob Reiner, Trey Edward Shults, Sienna Miller, Domhnall Gleeson, Michael Moore, Jamie Bell, Bruce Dern, Amy Ryan, Camila Morrone, Zazie Beetz, Darren Aronofsky, Nadine Labaki, Alec Baldwin, Andy Serkis, Susan Sarandon, Spike Jonze, Kelvin Harrison Jr, Aldis Hodge, Emilio Estevez, Matthew Broderick, Joe Wright, Tye Sheridan, Calvin Klein, Lakeith Stanfield, Jennifer Garner, Renee Zellweger, Peter Sarsgaard, Rupert Everett, Daniel Kaluuya, Ralph Lauren, Hilary Swank, Jason Blum, Paul Giamatti, Richard Jenkins, Paul Dano, Dakota Fanning, Diane Kruger, Alan Cumming, Peter Hedges, Mariska Hargitay, Alex Gibney, Sally Hawkins, Michael Barker, Hong Chau, Helena Bonham Carter, Rob Morgan, Freida Pinto, Jamie Dornan, Brian De Palma, James Schamus, Sting, Tom Hooper, Werner Herzog, Tim Blake Nelson, Elle Fanning, Alexander Skarsgard, Patricia Clarkson, Howard Stern, Isabella Rossellini, Julian Schnabel, Chinonye Chukwu, Stanley Tucci, David Duchovny, Geralyn Dreyfus, Alessandro Nivola, Malin Akerman, Alex Winter, Neil Labute, Edie Falco, Shailene Woodley, Jane Goodall, Davis Guggenheim, Lee Isaac Chung, Christine Baranski, Don Lemon, Candice Bergen, Steve Buscemi, Marcia Gay Harden, Rufus Wainwright, Sandy Powell, Harry Belafonte, Wim Wenders, Doug Liman, Matthew Modine, Mark & Jay Duplass, Ezra Miller, Dick Cavett, Winston Duke, James Cromwell, Bill Pullman, Costa-Gavras, Christie Brinkley, Christine Vachon, Dane DeHaan, Timothy Hutton, Billy Joel, Emma Roberts, Kayli Carter, Jeff Zucker, Emily Browning, Oren Moverman, Josh Singer, Lola Kirke, Lucy Walker, and Amagansett resident Carter Burwell.