Opening night of the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) will kick off with “Kill Your Darlings,” starring Daniel Radcliffe, Dane DeHaan, Michael C. Hall, and Jack Huston, in East Hampton. Southampton will screen “About Time,” starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachel McAdams and Bill Nighy. The Festival will close with “12 Years A Slave,” starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender, Paul Dano, and Brad Pitt.
Centerpiece Films are “August: Osage County,” starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts and Ewan McGregor, and “Nebraska,” starring Bruce Dern and Will Forte.
Spotlight Films include “Breathe In,” “Capital,” “Free Ride,” “Her,” “Labor Day,” “Louder Than Words,” “Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom,” and “The Past.”
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Dakota Fanning in Focus on UK Film Spotlight “Effie Gray.”(Courtesy Photo) |
The Golden Starfish Award for Best Narrative Feature Films feature “2 Autumns, 3 Winters,” “Blue Ruin,” “Mister John,” “Mother, I Love You,” and “The Selfish Giant.”
Conflict and Resolution films are “Plot for Peace,” “The Square,” “Ana Arabia,” “God Loves Uganda,” and “Sleepless Nights.”
The Golden Starfish Award for Best Documentary Feature Films include “Before The Revolution,” “Behind The Redwood Curtain,” “Chimeras,” “Code Black,” and “Desert Runners.”
Focus on UK Film Spotlight films feature “Burton and Taylor,” “Effie Gray,” “The Invisible Woman,” “Philomena,” “Get the Picture,” “Kiss The Water,” “One Chance,” and “Still Life.”
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“The Armstrong Lie” was written and directed by Alex Gibney. (Courtesy Photo) |
World Cinema consists of “American Masters – Marvin Hamlisch: What He Did For Love,” “The Armstrong Lie,” “Big Shot,” “Blue Is the Warmest Color,” “Bob Birdnow’s Remarkable Tale of Human Survival and the Transcendence of Self,” “The Broken Circle Breakdown,” “Camille Claudel 1915,” “Charlie Victor Romeo,” “Emptying the Skies,” “Exit Marrakech,” “A Fragile Trust,” “The Galapagos Affair: Satan Came to Eden,” “Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way,” “The Human Scale,” “If You Build It,” “In Bloom,” “Jimmy P,” “The Last Safari,” “Like Father, Like Son,” “The Maid’s Room,” “Misfire: The Rise and Fall of the Shooting Gallery,” “Mystery Road,” “The Notebook,” “Oh Boy,” “The Rocket,” “Running from Crazy,” “Sarah Prefers to Run,” “A Short History of Decay,” “Stephanie in the Water,” “Tanta Agua,” “Tasting Menu,” “This Is What They Want,” “Tim’s Vermeer,” “Under the Rainbow,” “Victor Young Perez,” and “Walking with the Enemy.”
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“Louder Than Words” stars David Duchovny and Hope Davis. (Courtesy Photo) |
World Cinema special screenings include “Absolute Wilson,” in partnership with the Watermill Center, and an encore screening of the SummerDocs Audience Award Winner “The Short Game.”
51 short films, which range from hilarious comedies to remarkable documentaries, will also screen during the Festival.
The 21st Annual Hamptons International Film Festival is Thursday, October 10, through Monday, October 14.
For more information visit hamptonsfilmfest.org.
