32nd Hamptons International Film Festival Reveals Award Winners

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