Ross Bleckner emerged as a leading artist in New York during the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, creating paintings that explore change, loss, memory, and the human body. A central figure in the decade’s revival of painting, he developed a practice that merges psychological, social, and political themes within a strong conceptual framework. In 1995,...
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2 events, Featured Featured This exhibition marks the first major institutional solo presentation of Eric Freeman’s work in the East End, where the artist lived and worked for many years. Freeman’s radiant abstractions transform color into planes of light and pigment that construct space rather than merely depict it. Layers of luminous varnish and saturated tone generate a visual... | 3 events, Featured - Featured Overflowing with gorgeous melody, Mozart’s witty romantic comedy follows two sailors who switch places to test their fiancées’ faithfulness, with hilarious results. Hailed as “colorful, inventive” by The New York Times, Phelim McDermott’s (Satyagraha, Akhnaten, The Hours, The Enchanted Island) production updates the setting to an amusement park inspired by Coney Island in the 1950s,... | 3 events, - Join HamptonsFilm for their first-ever Industry Talks Out East. All are welcome! In this FREE series of talks, presented by Fox Rothschild, our first-ever Industry Talks will dive into some of the most salient issues facing filmmakers today. These talks are open to all on a first come, first served basis (no tickets required). Special... Free | ||||
3 events, - New York Premiere 240 min • Documentary Feature • USA • 2026 Academy Award® winner Alex Gibney (TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, HIFF 2007) returns with an incisive look behind the legend of Elon Musk, the world’s most heralded “inventor-entrepreneur.” Wielding thorough investigative research, revelatory interviews with close personal and professional figures, and a massive... | 4 events, - 125 min • Narrative Feature • Australia, USA • 2026 In 1953 Nepal, a British expedition including Colonel John Hunt (Willem Dafoe) and Edmund Hillary (Tom Hiddleston) sets out to become the first to ever summit Mount Everest. Gifted Himalayan climber Tenzing Norgay (Genden Phuntsok), driven by a deep spiritual connection to the mountain, earns... 106 min • Narrative Feature • USA • 2026 Stirring and soulful, this character study from director Rachel Morrison (THE FIRE INSIDE) follows Maya (Golden Globe® nominee Margaret Qualley, THE SUBSTANCE), a young Boston nurse whose life is upended after a sweeping romance with Charlie (Gabriel Basso) comes to a tragic end. Hurtling toward an... | 4 events, - 146 min • Narrative Feature • Denmark, France, Norway, Romania, Sweden • 2026 Winner of the Cannes Palme d’Or, FJORD follows a Norwegian woman (Academy Award® nominee Renate Reinsve) and her devout Romanian husband (Academy Award nominee Sebastian Stan) who relocate to a remote, close-knit coastal town with their five children. When simmering unease around... - 104 min • Narrative Feature • USA • 2026 Chris Rock writes, directs and co-stars in the tale of Misty Green (HIFF 2026 FLYTE Breakthrough Performer Rosalind Eleazar), a talented actress whose once-promising career has stalled, leaving her in a downward spiral. When she learns her dream role is being cast by a director (Rock)... | 4 events,141 min • Narrative Feature • France, Germany, Latvia • 2026 Two-time Academy Award® nominee Andrey Zvyagintsev (LOVELESS, HIFF 2017) re-interprets Claude Chabrol’s classic THE UNFAITHFUL WIFE within the world of the ultra-elite in contemporary Russia. Gleb (Dmitriy Mazurov), a successful company director, finds himself under siege from mounting corporate pressures, a struggling marriage to... - 122 min • Narrative Feature • USA • 2026 HIFF 2026 Flyte Breakthrough Director Jordan Firstman ('I Love LA') writes, directs, and stars in one of the year’s buzziest Cannes breakout hits. Hard-partying New York City club promoter Peter (Firstman) clings to drugs, casual sex, and all-night dance floors well into his thirties. His whirlwind... | 6 events, - 127 min • Narrative Feature • USA • 2026 In the follow-up to her Academy Award® Best Picture winner CODA, Siân Heder adapts the memoir of unrepentant disability rights activist Judith Heumann to tell the story of a coalition of outsiders who led a historic 28-day occupation of San Francisco's Federal Building in 1977.... - 90 min • Special Presentation Hamptons Film is proud to be hosting the PLURAL+ Youth Video Festival Ceremony, co-organized by the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations and the Hamptons International Film Festival, as part of HIFF 34. Please note: tickets to this event are FREE, but required. RSVP by adding tickets to your cart, and... - 126 min • Narrative Feature • USA • 2026 Gifted cellist Alex Serian (Pedro Pascal) has spent 20 transient years moving between regional symphonies and casual flings. Returning home to Los Angeles and confronted by his own fraught family history, he finds himself on a life-altering journey propelled by music—the constant, all-consuming river of his... - 105 min • Narrative Feature • USA • 2026 Academy Award® nominee Jesse Eisenberg (A REAL PAIN, HIFF 2024) returns with a playful love letter to the vibrant, larger-than-life world of community theater. When Mona Friedman (Academy Award winner Julianne Moore) is cast in a bit part at her local theater, she transforms from a... | 6 events, - Jesse Eisenberg is an Academy Award®-nominated actor and an acclaimed playwright and author. Eisenberg made his directorial debut with A24’s WHEN YOU FINISH SAVING THE WORLD, which premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival to glowing reviews and screened as a part of Critics Week at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival. Eisenberg’s second directorial effort,... - 91 min • Documentary Feature • USA • 2026 For the first time in seven years, beloved Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles, known for international pop anthems like 'Love Song' and 'Brave,' as well as the smash Broadway hit 'Waitress,' returns to the studio alongside close friends to record an album born of profound personal... - Academy Award®-winning filmmaker Ron Howard is one of this generation’s most celebrated directors. From the critically acclaimed Oscar-winning dramas A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001) and APOLLO 13 (1995) to the revealing documentaries WE FEED PEOPLE (2022) and PAVAROTTI (2019) and the hit comedies PARENTHOOD (1989) and SPLASH (1984), he has created some of Hollywood’s most memorable... - 88 min • Narrative Feature • USA • 2026 John Turturro gives one of the year’s most exceptional performances as Harry, an old-school hustler and classic native New Yorker who moves through life greasing palms, relying solely on his wits and connections. As times change, his daily pickpocket take of cash and wristwatches is replaced... | 6 events, - JOHN TURTURRO (actor, director, writer, producer) has appeared in such films as Spike Lee’s DO THE RIGHT THING, Martin Scorsese’s THE COLOR OF MONEY, and Robert Redford’s QUIZ SHOW. A frequent collaborator with Joel and Ethan Coen, Turturro won the Best Actor Award at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival for his role in BARTON FINK.... - Join us for a special screening in celebration of HIFF 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Bob Balaban and his iconic career defined by bringing joy and humanity to the big screen. Christopher Guest’s seminal laugh-out-loud classic BEST IN SHOW follows a troupe of wonderfully kooky characters as they prepare their prized canine companions for the... - 97 min • Documentary Feature • USA • 2026 As one of history’s most celebrated artists, Jean-Michel Basquiat left an indelible mark in the art world and beyond. From major art museum exhibits to murals and fashion trends, Basquiat’s audacious legacy continues to be shaped and preserved by the public—but what about the person behind... - 114 min • Narrative Feature • USA • 2026 In 1980s New York City, Irwin (Miles Teller) leaps into a too-good-to-be-true business opportunity with his ex-cop brother Gary (Adam Driver) in order to better provide for his wife Linda (Scarlett Johansson) and their children. When the brothers find themselves entangled in the dangerous world of... |
6 events, - 128 min • Narrative Feature • USA • 2026 ABOUT THE FILM Behind the juggernaut success of one of the most beloved sports films in history—celebrating 50 years since its original release—is an equally inspiring underdog story driven by ambition and perseverance. I PLAY ROCKY chronicles the electrifying true events of a then-unknown actor named... 106 min • Narrative Feature • USA • 2026 Stirring and soulful, this character study from director Rachel Morrison (THE FIRE INSIDE) follows Maya (Golden Globe® nominee Margaret Qualley, THE SUBSTANCE), a young Boston nurse whose life is upended after a sweeping romance with Charlie (Gabriel Basso) comes to a tragic end. Hurtling toward an... - 106 min • Narrative Feature • USA • 2026 Stirring and soulful, this character study from director Rachel Morrison (THE FIRE INSIDE) follows Maya (Golden Globe® nominee Margaret Qualley, THE SUBSTANCE), a young Boston nurse whose life is upended after a sweeping romance with Charlie (Gabriel Basso) comes to a tragic end. Hurtling toward an... - 105 min • Narrative Feature • Hungary • 2026 Tired of her solitary existence in her medieval English village, an ostracized fisherwoman (Academy Award® winner Olivia Colman) commissions a husband to be made by the local basketmaker (Emmy Award® winner Peter Dinklage). When her wicker husband (Emmy Award winner Alexander Skarsgård) proves more spectacular than... | 3 events, Featured - Featured Six-Week Course Tuesdays, October 13, 20, & 27 and November 3, 10, & 17 6-7:30 PM Take your improv skills to the next level in this dynamic six-week course focused on creating richer characters, stronger relationships, and compelling scenes. Through dramatic, comedic, and even musical improvisation, students will explore point of view, build longer-form... | 3 events, Featured - Featured Verdi’s thrilling take on the immortal Shakespearean drama centers on the doomed Scottish king, haunted by the ghosts of his murderous ascent to the throne, and his power-mad wife, whose ruinous ambition damns them both. Two of opera’s most extraordinary artists, baritone Quinn Kelsey (Tosca, Rigoletto) and Lise Davidsen (Tristan und Isolde, Fidelio, Tosca, Der... | 3 events, Featured - Featured We Met at Grossinger’s is an immersive journey through the Jewish Catskills—once known as the Borscht Belt—reviving the iconic resort that inspired Dirty Dancing and defined an era of Jewish American life. The screening will be followed by a conversation with producer, Robert Friedman, and Jennie Grossinger’s granddaughter, Susan Etess moderated by Emmy award winning co-host... | |||
3 events, Featured - Featured Art Social is a monthly gathering where attendees enter into a supportive and judgment-free session of art/craftmaking and socializing. Bring your friends and expect to make new ones while tapping into your creative selves. Workshops will be led by experts in their practice, and the projects are designed to be easily and enjoyably accomplished by... | 3 events, Featured - Featured By Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley Directed by Academy Award®-winner Danny Boyle (Trainspotting, Slumdog Millionaire), Frankenstein features Benedict Cumberbatch (Hamlet, BBC’s Sherlock) and Jonny Lee Miller (Elementary, Trainspotting) alternating between the roles of Victor Frankenstein and his creation. Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature is cast... | 4 events, Featured - Featured Gather your crew and spend the day getting creative at Guild Hall! Each month, Family Day brings hands-on art workshops, kid-friendly tours of our galleries led by the Teen Arts Council, and lively performances from local student artists in the Hilarie and Mitchell Morgan Theater. It’s a fun, free day for families to make, explore, and... Free Featured - Featured Go behind the scenes of The Living Ancestors, a new multimedia dance-theater work conceived and directed by j. bouey, a 2026 Guild Hall William P. Rayner Artist-in-Residence. Through performance excerpts and conversation, this In-Process presentation invites audiences into the development of bouey’s ambitious disco-funk space opera. Guided by a poetic libretto by Junauda Petrus, The Living Ancestors imagines a... | ||||
| 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 0 events, | 2 events, Featured - Featured $1,500 PER GOLFER/$6,000 PER FOURSOME Golf at the historic, ocean-front Maidstone Club in East Hampton. Practice on the gorgeously maintained grounds while you work up an appetite for a delicious lunch served on the Clubhouse veranda overlooking one of the most beautiful ocean beaches in America. A shotgun tournament will be followed by cocktails and hors d’oeuvres... Featured - Featured Get ready for a hauntingly good time at Guild Hall’s Halloween Silent Disco Dance Party — where three DJs, three channels, and one unforgettable night of beats collide! Slip on your glowing headphones, show off your best costume, and choose your frequency… if you dare. With electrifying lights, spooky prizes, and a dance floor full... | 0 events, | 1 event, Featured - Featured Close out Halloween weekend with Mel Brooks’s hilarious classic Young Frankenstein in this continuation of Guild Hall’s Feel Good Films series. Gene Wilder leads a brilliant comic cast in this loving spoof of classic monster movies, packed with iconic gags, unforgettable lines, and spooky fun—proof that even the undead can deliver monstrous laughs. |