The 32nd Hamptons International Film Festival, presented by HamptonsFilm, announced the winners for feature and short competition sections and audience awards. This year HIFF screened a lineup of films that are 45% female-directed and represent 50 countries from around the world. The festival screened 89 features and 61 shorts with 14 World Premieres, 2 International Premieres, 9 North American Premieres, 15 US Premieres, 18 East Coast Premieres, and 33 New York Premieres.
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL CONGRATULATES THE 2024 WINNERS:
HIFF Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature
ARMAND, directed by Halfdan Ullman Tøndel
HIFF Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature
VIKTOR, directed by Olivier Sarbil
HIFF Best Documentary Feature Special Mention
WALK WITH ME, directed by Heidi Levitt
HIFF Award Winner for Best Narrative Short Film
L’AVANCE, directed by Djiby Kebe
HIFF Award Winner for Best Documentary Short Film
UNTIL HE’S BACK, directed by Jacqueline Baylon
HIFF Best Narrative Short Film Special Mention
BEAUTIFUL MEN, directed by Nicolas Keppens
HIFF Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature
BOB TREVINO LIKES IT, directed by Tracie Laymon
HIFF Audience Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO ALLEE WILLIS, directed by Alexis Spraic
HIFF Audience Award Winner for Best Short Film
A SWIM LESSON, directed by Rashida Jones & Will McCormack
The Peter Macgregor-Scott Memorial Award
JANE AUSTEN’S PERIOD DRAMA, directed by Julia Aks and Steve Pinder
The 2024 Brizzolara Family Foundation Award to Films of Conflict and Resolution
ANTIDOTE, directed by James Jones
Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice
I’M YOUR VENUS, directed by Kimberly Reed
The Zelda Penzel Giving Voice to the Voiceless Award
CHECKPOINT ZOO, directed by Joshua Zeman
Suffolk County Next Exposure Grant
CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT, directed by Tyler Taormina
The Sherzum Award
A NICE INDIAN BOY, directed by Roshan Sethi
SABBATH QUEEN, directed by Sandi DuBowski
New York Women in Film & Television Award for Excellence in Narrative Filmmaking
BOB TREVINO LIKES IT, Tracie Laymon
New York Women in Film & Television Award for Excellence in Documentary Filmmaking
THE LAST OF THE SEA WOMEN, Sue Kim
University Short Film Awards
PRAEIS, directed by Dovydas Drakšas (London Film School)
TORNADO, directed by Jack Kendrick (NYU)
BUG DINER, directed by Phoebe Jane Hart (California Institute of the Arts)
MY MORNING, directed by Liav Tamuz (Minshar School for Art, Israel)
THE TRUCK, directed by Elizabeth Rao (NYU)
Previously Announced Awards:
Career Achievement in Acting Award
Demi Moore
Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award
Liev Schreiber
Breakthrough Performer Award
Clarence Maclin
Breakthrough Director Award
Malcolm Washington
Achievement in Screenwriting Award
Meg LeFauve and Dave Holstein
HIFF Narrative Feature Competition Jury
Joanna Arnow, THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED (HIFF 2023) filmmaker, writer and actor
Wyatt Cenac, comedian and writer, best known for his work on “The Daily Show”
Genevive Villaflor, Executive Director of Sag Harbor Cinema
HIFF Documentary Feature Competition Jury
Ebs Burnough, Sundance Institute Board Chair, (THE CAPOTE TAPES, HIFF 2019)
Rachel Fleit, documentary filmmaker (INTRODUCING, SELMA BLAIR, HIFF 2021)
Tomris Laffly, film critic and entertainment journalist; member of the New York Film Critics Circle
