Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF), announced today they are welcoming internationally celebrated Artemis Rising Foundation as the Presenting Sponsor of this year’s festival. HIFF also announced that world-renowned painter Mary Heilmann has been selected as the featured poster artist. The 32nd annual festival will run as an expanded 11-day event from October 4 – 14, 2024.
Artemis Rising Foundation, led by founder and CEO Regina K. Scully, is dedicated to supporting media, film and education that transform our culture and challenges the status quo. The foundation champions powerful stories about some of the most important social justice issues of our time — including mental health, trauma recovery, addiction, sustainability of our earth, and personal empowerment. Ms. Scully has helped produce hundreds of the most impactful documentary films of the past two decades. These have affected meaningful changes to legislation & policy, education, corporate protocols and cultural norms across all sectors of society. Award-winning Artemis Rising Foundation films include FANTASTIC FUNGI; WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR?; THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM; COMMON GROUND; WATERPROOF; FED UP; MISS REPRESENTATION; ALIVE INSIDE; ATHLETE A; WHAT WOULD SOPHIA LOREN DO?; and THE INVISIBLE WAR.
“This partnership will enhance our ability to create more opportunities and support filmmakers,” said HamptonsFilm Executive Director Anne Chaisson. “We are grateful to our board member Regina K. Scully and her Artemis Rising Foundation for recognizing the ongoing importance of film festivals and the art of filmmaking as a cultural hallmark of our times.”
“Now more than ever, we need to find, support, and highlight our gifted storytellers. Our stories define our culture. Through the lens of film and media, we evolve individually and collectively,” said Scully.
HamptonsFilm also shared the poster art for the 2024 festival, continuing the 32-year tradition of featuring artwork from local Hamptons artists. This year’s poster features the internationally acclaimed artist Mary Heilmann’s piece “Maricopa Highway”: 2014, oil on canvas, 42 x 42 x 1.5”, © Mary Heilmann. (Photo credit: Marie Catalano, courtesy of the artist, 303 Gallery, New York, and Hauser & Wirth.)
A documentary on Heilmann’s life and career, Matt Creed’s MARY HEILMANN: WAVES, ROADS, AND HALLUCINATIONS, had its world premiere at the 2023 Hamptons International Film Festival and is scheduled to be released by Tribeca Films. HIFF will hold a screening of the documentary and unveil the striking new poster with Ms. Heilmann’s work at an event this summer in conjunction with The Parrish Art Museum.
