| Hamptons International Film Festival | |
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| Location | Hamptons, New York, USA |
| Language | International |
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Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to provide a forum for independent filmmakers from around the world to express their vision. The Festival is traditionally held for five days in mid-October in theatre venues from Montauk to Southampton and attracts roughly 15,000 visitors annually. At least twenty countries are represented in the slate of roughly 100 films that are showcased each year, with an awards package worth over $200,000. The festival continues to play a part in the awards season, with the 2008 edition featuring eventual Best Picture winners of the Academy Award, Golden Globe and Independent Spirit Award.
In addition to short films (for which we are an Academy-qualifying festival), documentaries and narratives, the Festival offers special presentations such as; a Breakthrough Performers program, which showcases up-and-coming acting talent (past participants include Emily Blunt and Blake Lively); “A Conversation With…”, an intimate Q&A session with a film luminary (past participants include Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Vanessa Redgrave, Frances McDormand, Sidney Lumet, Julian Schnabel, Isabella Rossellini, Gena Rowlands, and Robert Altman); and Films of Conflict & Resolution, which utilizes the power of cinema to increase understanding of the human realities of war and conflict. The festival maintains a presence year round with other events as well such as screenings out east and in the city, and its annual Screenwriters Lab. The Lab, which recently wrapped its 10th edition, develops emerging screenwriting talent by pairing established writers with up-and-coming screenwriters (chosen by the festival in collaboration with key industry contacts).
The Hamptons International Film Festival has received a great deal of prestigious recognition, with the 2008 edition featuring the East Coast premiere of the eventual Academy Award winner for Best Picture (Slumdog Millionaire). The festival’s awards success in 2008 also included highlights such as the 8 total Academy Awards for Slumdog Millionaire (including Best Picture, Editing, Writing, Cinematography, Direction and the Golden Globe for Best Picture), The Wrestler (Golden Globe for Best Actor, Independent Spirit Award for Best Picture), The Black Balloon (US premiere, Australian Film Institute Award for Best Picture, Screenplay, Direction, Editing), Synecdoche, NY (US premiere), Two Lovers and three short films that were nominated for Academy Awards. In 2007, Taxi to the Dark Side, which screened in our World Cinema section, went on to win the Academy Award for Best Documentary, while our Sloan Award-winner The Diving Bell and the Butterfly captured a Best Director nomination and Spotlight Film The Savages garnered a Best Actress nomination for Laura Linney. In 2005, films screened at the Festival went on to receive 13 Oscar nominations, including the Oscar for Best Live Action Short for the film Six Shooter, which had its US premiere at the Festival. Nowhere in Africa, which had its US premiere at the festival, went on to win the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2002.
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2010 Festival News
Named as one of indieWIRE's Top 50 Film Festivals
Mean Streets Screening in association with Guild Hall
Talking Tough and Singing Soft with Bruce Weber, Hosted by Alec Baldwin
SummerDoc Series: The Art of the Steal
Karen Arikian
Stuart Match Suna
Steve Novick
Bob Balaban
Kim Brizzolara
Jeremy Nussbaum
Joseph Zicherman
Pat Swinney Kaufman
George Friedman
Toni Ross
Kenneth Lonergan
Ed Pressman
Barry Sonnenfeld
Whit Stillman
Kathleen Turner
Bruce Weber
Gary Winick
Steven Spielberg
Alec Baldwin
Ann Barish
Linda Biscardi-Fuller
Nan Bush
Gerry Byrne
Jonathan Canno
Lori Cheml
Patricia Duff
Bob Giraldi
Caroline Hirsch
Abbe Klores
Michael Lesser
Judy Licht
Michael Lynne
Randy Mastro
Jarrod Moses
Joshua Sapan
Henry Schleiff
Alan Siegel
Darren Star
Mitchell Steir
Claude Wasserstein
Jeremy Wiesen
Robert Wiesenthal
Denise Wohl
Richard Abramowitz
Peter Brown
Nancy Buirski
Beverly Camhe
Anne Chaisson
Charlie Corwin
Julie Fontaine
Sarah Greenberg
Andrew Hurwitz
Denise Kasell
Leslie Klotz
Karol Martesko-Fenster
Luke Parker Bowles
Rajendra Roy
Jeffrey Sharp
Rand Stoll
Mark Urman
Gordon VeneKlasen
Shaun Woodward
Awards granted as part of the each year's festival
The Hamptons Writers’ Lab is an intimate gathering that takes place each Spring in East Hampton (most recently April 16 - 18, 2010). The Lab develops emerging screenwriting talent by pairing established writers with up-and-coming screenwriters (chosen by the Hamptons in collaboration with key industry contacts). The mentors advise in a one-on-one laboratory setting while additional daily events bring the participants together with board members, sponsors, the local artistic community, and other friends of the festival. The lab allows accepted screenwriters the chance to improve their script and meet with industry professionals to help find ways to get their scripts made.
Recent mentors include: Michael Cunningham (The Hours, Evening); James Vanderbilt (Zodiac); J. Robin Baitz (People I Know, The Substance of Fire); Whit Stillman (Metropolitan, The Last Days of Disco); Ira Sachs (40 Shades of Blue, This Married Life); Jeff Sharp (Producer, You Can Count on Me, Evening); Maria Maggenti (The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love); Sabrina Dhawan (Monsoon Wedding, Cosmopolitan); Gregory Widen (Highlander, Backdraft); Mark Christopher (54); Maggie Greenwald (Songcatcher, Ballad of Little Jo); Belinda Haas (Angels and Insects, Blood Oranges); Lawrence Lasker (Sneakers, War Games); Michael Weller (Ragtime, Hair, Spoils of War); Chap Taylor (Changing Lanes, National Treasure); and Dylan Kidd (Roger Dodger, P.S.) are among the writers who have served as mentors at our Screenwriters’ Lab.
We seek a broad selection of screenplays addressing a wide subject matter. Additionally, in collaboration with The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation’s initiative in furthering the public understanding of science, we encourage you to submit screenplays that explore science, technology, mathematics, invention, and engineering in fresh and innovative ways.
Best Narrative Feature - The Misfortunates [Felix Van Groeningen]
Zicherman Award for Best Screenplay - The Misfortunates [Felix Van Groeningen]
Kodak Award for Best Cinematography - The Misfortunates [Felix Van Groeningen]
Outstanding Achievement by an Actor - Paprika Steen [Applause]
Best Documentary Feature - Long Distance Love [Elin Jonsson & Magnus Gertten]
Best Film of Conflict & Resolution - Rabbit a la Berlin [Bartek Konopka]
Conflict & Resolution Development Award - The Harvest [Robin Romano]
Best Short Film - Dust Kid [Yumi Jung]
Audience Awards
Kanbar Indie Award - My Adventures in Ladies' Undergarments [Antonio Campos]
Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize - Agora [Alejandro Amenabar]
RoC(c) Gold Standard in Filmmaking for a Feature Female Director - Cheryl Hines [Serious Moonlight]
Outstanding Achievement in Acting - Sharon Stone
The Wouter Barendrecht Pioneering Vision Award - Big River Man [John Maringouin]
Student Awards
Avenue Montaigne [Daniele Thompson]
Antonia’s Line [Marleen Gorris]
Bee Season [Scott McGehee & David Siegel]
Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead [Sidney Lumet]
Bernard and Doris [Bob Balaban]
Birth [Jonathan Glaser]
Body of War [Phil Donahue & Ellen Spiro]
The Cooler [Wayne Kramer]
Croupier [Mike Hodges]
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly [Julian Schnabel]
El Crimen del Padre Amaro [Carlos Carrera]
Elf [Jon Favreau]
Enigma [Michael Apted]
The Fog of War [Errol Morris]
The Fountain [Darren Aronofsky]
Girl With A Pearl Earring [Peter Webber]
Gods and Monsters [Bill Condon]
The Hawk is Dying [Julian Goldberger]
Heavenly Creatures [Peter Jackson]
Hotel Rwanda [Terry George]
The Human Stain [Robert Benton]
Japanese Story [Sue Brooks]
Jesus’ Son [Alison Maclean]
Judy Berlin [Eric Mendelsohn]
Kinsey [Bill Condon]
Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang [Shane Black]
The Last Good Time [Bob Balaban]
Lemon Tree [Eran Riklis]
The Life and Times of Hank Greenberg [Aviva Kempner]
Life as a House [Irwin Winkler]
Living Out Loud [Richard LaGravenese]
Madness and Genius [Ryan Eslinger]
Mondovino [Jonathan Nossiter]
Monsieur Ibrahim [Francois Dupeyron]
My Architect [Nathaniel Kahn]
No Man’s Land [Danis Tanovic]
Nowhere in Africa [Caroline Link]
Off the Map [Campbell Scott]
Ondskan (Evil) [Mikael Hafstrom]
Open Water [Chris Kentis]
Osama [Siddiq Barmak]
The Piano [Jane Campion]
Pollock [Ed Harris]
Rabbit-Proof Fence [Phillip Noyce]
The Savages [Tamara Jenkins]
The Situation [Philip Haas]
Slumdog Millionaire [Danny Boyle]
Songcatcher [Maggie Greenwald]
Starting out in the Evening [Andrew Wagner]
State and Main [David Mamet]
Synecdoche, New York [Charlie Kaufman]
Tango [Carlos Saura]
Taxi to the Dark Side [Alex Gibney]
Teeth [Mitchell Lichtenstein]
The Tic Code [Gary Winick]
The Naked Brothers Band [Polly Draper]
The Triplets of Belleville [Sylvain Chomet]
Tumbleweeds [Gavin O’Connor]
Turn the River [Chris Eigeman]
Two Lovers [James Gray]
Valentino: The Last Emperor [Matt Tyrnauer]
The Walker [Paul Schrader]
The Weather Man [Gore Verbinski]
Who The $#%& is Jackson Pollock? [Harry Moses]
Why We Fight [Eugene Jarecki]
The Wrestler [Darren Aronofsky]
Robert Altman
Darren Aronofsky
Ellen Burstyn
Kurt Steinmuller
Damon Dash
Heather Graham
Ted Hope
Bridget Moynahan
Anna Deavere Smith
James Lipton
Kathleen Turner
Charlize Theron
Joaquin Phoenix
Kevin Bacon
Kyra Sedgwick
Alan Cumming
Liza Minnelli
Kevin Bacon
Kyra Sedgwick
Campbell Scott
Famke Janssen
Illeana Douglas
Faye Wray
Betty Comden
Garland Jeffreys
Jamie Johnson
Keri Russell
Lynda La Plante
Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Patricia Neal
Anthony LaPaglia
Isabelle Nanty
Bill Plympton
George McGovern
Elisabeth Moss
David Rooney
Sally Kellerman
Joan Allen
Tom Noonan
Tim Daly
Mark Urman
Maria Bello
Jon Favreau
Danny Aiello
Kelly Ripa
Harry Connick, Jr.
Billy Joel
Isabella Rosellini
Connie Nielsen
Rosie Perez
Rachel Roy
Mercedes Ruehl
Molly Shannon
Todd Solondz
John Waters
Bruce Weber
Jason Alexander
Wes Craven
Quincy Jones
Mark Ruffalo
Julie Andrews
Guillermo del Toro
Harvey Keitel
Jeri Ryan
Michael Apted
Faye Dunaway
Virginia Madsen
Liev Schreiber
Alec Baldwin
Edie Falco
Gretchen Mol
Dieter Kosslick
Martin Scorsese
Billy Baldwin
Lee Grant
Julianne Moore
Ally Sheedy
Ned Beatty
Marcia Gay Harden
Samantha Morton
Christine Vachon
Jennifer Tilly
Steven Soderbergh
Marisa Berenson
Ed Harris
Bill Murray
Steven Spielberg
Steve Buscemi
Philip Seymour Hoffman
Haley Joel Osment
Gena Rowlands
Gary Winick
William Hurt
Aidan Quinn
Miranda Richardson