HamptonsFilm has announced the 32nd annual edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival will take place from October 4 to 14 this year. The expanded, 11-day festival will feature live and in-person screenings and events across the Hamptons. The festival is now accepting submissions via FilmFreeway. To submit a project and for more details on upcoming deadlines, visit filmfreeway.com/HamptonsFilm.
“After 31 successful editions, we are incredibly proud to witness our festival’s continued growth year after year,” said HamptonsFilm Executive Director Anne Chaisson. “It is thanks to our loyal and passionate audiences that we are able to expand our festival days and continue showcasing the year’s most exciting titles each fall. We are counting down the days until October!”
HamptonsFilm will continue to give awards totaling $130,000, with special awards events taking place throughout the festival. Last year’s film programming garnered 43 Oscar nominations, including a Best Animated Feature nomination for “Robot Dreams,” Best International Feature Film nominations for “Perfect Days,” “Society of the Snow,” “The Teachers’ Lounge,” and “The Zone of Interest.” Best Picture nominations included “American Fiction,” “Anatomy of a Fall,” “The Holdovers,” “Past Lives,” “The Zone of Interest,” and Closing Night Film “Maestro.”
In addition to the fall festival, HamptonsFilm announced plans to continue some of the highlights of their year-round programming. Celebrating its 24th edition this year, the HamptonsFilm Screenwriters Lab, held April 5 to 7, champions the artistic visions of up-and-coming filmmakers worldwide. It will pair selected fellows with established writers and creative producers for a weekend of one-on-one mentorship. The upcoming 17th annual SummerDocs documentary showcase will feature a series of banner screening events hosted throughout the summer, highlighting some of the year’s most anticipated and talked-about documentary features. HamptonsFilm will also plan to host its Outdoor Screening Series featuring family favorite films once again this summer.
“It has always been critical to our mission at HamptonsFilm to support the cinematic arts year-round, beyond the yearly film festival,” said HamptonsFilm Artistic Director David Nugent. “Our Screenwriters Lab retreat has proven to be a unique opportunity to cultivate a new generation of talent, and the perennial favorite SummerDocs series allows us to showcase some of today’s most prolific documentarians and their works.”
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