Festival Calendar
Hamptons International Film Festival
Hamptons International Film Festival
Hamptons Office (open as of September 1):
3 Newtown Mews
East Hampton
NY 11937 New York
United States
phone +1-631-324-4600
fax +1-631-324-1558
http://www.hamptonsfilmfest.org
email: info@hamptonsfilmfest.org
New York City Office (until August 31):
30 W 26th Street, 7th Floor
10010 New York, NY
United States
phone +1-212-675 3835
fax +1-646-607 0444
email: admin@hamptonsfilmfest.org
Artistic Director
Mr. David Nugent
programming@hamptonsfilmfest.org
Year of Foundation 1992
Event Date from 13 October 2013 till 17 October 2013
in The Hamptons, United States
Sections Golden Starfish Feature Competition; Golden Starfish Documentary Competition; Golden Starfish Short Film Competition; Films of Conflict and Resolution; World Cinema (non-competitive section for International Films)
Terms of Entry The films must have been made no earlier than June 2011; no prior commercial exploitation, no previous competition in any other USA festival; Premieres are favoured, but not required
Genre Art
Subtitles English subtitles necessary
Format 35 mm, DigiBeta PAL, DVD PAL
Registration Deadline Earlybird: tba
Regular: tba
Late: tba
Fees Short Film
$40 Early Deadline ()
$55 Regular Deadline ()
$70 Late Deadline ()
Narrative/ Documentary Features
$55 Early Deadline ()
$70 Regular Deadline ()
$85 Late Deadline ()
Attendance Figures 12,000 high percentage of academy members
Participants of the Film Industry approx. 300 (distributors/buyers, producers, agents, casting agents, festival scouts, TV programmers, entertainment lawyers)
Prizes/Awards Golden Starfish Feature Film Award (US$ 150,000 of in-kind services); Golden Starfish Documentary Feature Film Award (US$ 10,000); Golden Starfish Short Film Award - US$5,000); Golden Starfish Award for Best International Film (US$ 10,000); Films of Conflict & Resolution Award (US$ 5,000); The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Feature Film Prize in Science and Technology (US$ 25,000 ); The Kodak Award for Cinematography (US$ 6,000); The Brizzolara Family Inspirational Film Award (US$ 5,000); The Zicherman Family Foundation Award for Screenwriting (US$ 5,000)
2012
Spotlight
AMOUR (LOVE) by Michael Haneke (FR/DE/AT, X Filme Creative Pool)
Golden Starfish Award: Narrative
LORE by Cate Shortland (DE/AU/GB, Rohfilm)
World Cinema: Narrative
MERCY (GNADE) by Matthias Glasner (Knudsen & Streuber Medienmanufaktur, Schwarzweiss Filmproduktion, ophir film)
A ROYAL AFFAIR by Nikolai Arcel, Zentropa Entertainment (DK/SE/CZ/DE)
SIMON AND THE OAKS by Lisa Ohlin (SE/DK/DE/NO, Schmidtz Katze Filmkollektiv)
World Cinema: Documentary
THE FLAT (DIE WOHNUNG) by Arnon Goldfinger (DE/IL, zero one film)
Short Films
A GIRLS' NIGHT OUT (MÄDCHENABEND) by Timo Becker
Student Awards Program
Shorts FALLEN (GEFALLEN) by Christoph Schuler
German actor Elyas M’Barek has been named as one of „Variety’s 10 Actors to Watch: Breakthrough Performers 2012”, who will be presented at the Hamptons International Film Festival.
Number of Films Shown approx. 120 films (70 feature-length and 50 shorts) from 20 different countries
Media Coverage approx. 110 journalists from tv, radio and print outlets; support from local Long Island media and New York city community; International Trades include Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Screen International, Film Echo, etc.
Specific Characteristics The winner of the short film competition automatically qualifies for the OSCAR competition for the Best Short Film.Evaluation Over the past few years, the festival has become one of the more important US events and it offers an excellent opportunity to evaluate a film for the US market. Due to the closeness to New York City a large number of buyers and distributors attend the festival. The International Forum hosts international film export agencies and distributors for building promotional partnerships to support US distribution of their films.
Technical equipment International House: Working in conjunction with film export unions and distributors, the festival is building promotional partnerships that support US distribution and OSCAR campaigns.
