The 2024 edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival is shaping up to be one of the buzziest installments yet.
IndieWire can exclusively announce that HIFF 2024 will mark the U.S. premiere of John Crowley’s “We Live in Time,” starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. The romance-drama will be a Spotlight presentation at the festival, with Garfield participating in a “Conversation With…” event to celebrate the stateside debut. The film will have its world premiere at this year’s TIFF.
The 2024 Hamptons International Film Festival will run as an expanded, eleven-day event from October 4 through October 14.
Marielle Heller’s highly-anticipated “Nightbitch” will close out the festival on Sunday, October 13, with festival programming continuing through Monday, October 14. The screening will be the East Coast premiere of the feature starring Amy Adams as a stay-at-home mom who becomes convinced she is turning into a dog. Scoot McNairy plays her husband. Writer/director Heller will participate in a post-screening Q&A at the festival.
Additional programming highlights include Spotlight feature “A Real Pain,” directed by Jesse Eisenberg who also stars alongside Kieran Culkin. The duo play mismatched cousins who reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. Culkin will attend and participate in a post-screening Q&A.
“We feel incredibly fortunate to bring not only some of the most talked-about films of the season to this year’s edition of the festival, but also many of the talented voices at the helm of these projects, as well,” HamptonsFilm Artistic Director David Nugent said. “It is always a treat when we are able to enrich the moviegoing experience for our audiences with these uniquely intimate conversations with artists and filmmakers.”
HIFF also announced its lineup of features for this year’s Views From Long Island Signature Program, focused on local filmmakers, the area’s unique landscapes, and the important social and political issues facing Long Island communities. Presented with support from the Suffolk County Film Commission, the program will screen the World Premieres of Evan Ari Kelman’s “Barron’s Cove,” which follows a grieving father with a history of violence who kidnaps the child responsible for his son’s tragic death; Sam Pezzullo and Christopher Bouckoms’ largely improvised comedy “The Premiere”; and the previously announced Suffolk County-set “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point” which will make its North American premiere.
The festival opens with the East Coast premiere of R.J. Cutler‘s “Martha” documentary about the life and legacy of Martha Stewart.
Check out the lineup additions below.
CLOSING NIGHT FILM, Sponsored by UBS
NIGHTBITCH
East Coast Premiere
dir. Marielle Heller (USA), 2024
A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn. A Searchlight Pictures release.
SPOTLIGHT FILMS
Sponsored by Audi
A REAL PAIN
dir. Jesse Eisenberg (USA), 2024
Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions resurface against the backdrop of their family history. A Searchlight Pictures release.
WE LIVE IN TIME
US Premiere
dir. John Crowley (UK), 2024
Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together—falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family—a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley’s decade-spanning, deeply moving romance. An A24 release.
VIEWS FROM LONG ISLAND
With support from the Suffolk County Film Commission
BARRON’S COVE
World Premiere
dir. Evan Ari Kelman (USA), 2024
The story follows a grieving father (Garrett Hedlund) with a violent past, whose life is shattered by the tragic death of his young son. Consumed with the need for answers, he kidnaps the child (Christian Convery) he believes is responsible for his son’s death, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by the kidnapped boy’s powerful politician father (Hamish Linklater).
THE PREMIERE
World Premiere
dir. Sam Pezzullo, Christopher Bouckoms (USA), 2024
Drawing inspiration from cringe comedy classics, THE PREMIERE is a largely improvised comedy that blurs the line between fact and fiction, taking the audience on a hilarious and unpredictable ride from start to finish. Sam (played by Pezzullo), a painfully narcissistic and delusional theater producer, attempts to make a musical version of his favorite movie, SCREAM, at a local theater in Sag Harbor, New York, encountering a series of awkward and outrageous scenarios along the way. Supported by a cast of quirky characters and real life locals, the film is both a love letter to and a satirical commentary on the Hamptons that breaks the mold of traditional storytelling, described by the filmmakers simply as a mockumentary about a documentary about making a musical about a movie.
CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT
North American Premiere
dir. Tyler Taormina (USA), 2024
On Christmas Eve, a family gathers for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and generational tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own. An IFC Films release.
