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The Hamptons Intn’l Film Festival AWARDS!

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Golden Starfish, Documentary, Jury & Audience Awards

THE ARTIST directed by Michel Hazanavicius and Marc Levin’s HARD TIMES: LOST ON LONG ISLAND take the audience awards and were honored among the film industry’s finest.

THE FAIRY, directed by Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon, was selected by the jury as the winner of The Golden Starfish Narrative Feature Award. The Golden Starfish Award for Best Documentary went to Fellipe Barbosa’s LAURA.

Mark Jackson’s WITHOUT garnered two awards this weekend. The Kodak Award for Best Cinematography in the Narrative category as well as being awarded The Wouter Barendrecht Pioneering Vision Award.

The Narrative Jury awarded a special jury mention to THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD, “For engrossing storytelling that makes a specific cultural experience feel vividly personal.”

A special award of the festival went to YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED, which took the Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice.

“Once again the weekend proved to be a true celebration of the art of cinema, says Executive Director Karen Arikian. We are so moved by the continued support of our community and their appetite for the films we offered this year.” “Our audience really embraced the filmmakers & talent in attendance this year, and that means so much to us as a Festival”, says Director of Programming David Nugent. “My fellow programmers and I worked hard to select both challenging films & crowd pleasers and its great to see the warm reception that each received.”


Congratulations to the Winners…from all of us!!

*THE ARTIST*
Audience Award Narrative
Directed by Michel Hazanavicius

*HARD TIMES: LOST ON LONG ISLAND*
Audience Award Documentary
Directed by Marc Levin’s

*TWO’S A CROWD*
Audience Award Winner for Best Short
Directed by Jim Isler and Tom Isler

*THE FAIRY*
Narrative Jury Winner
Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon

*LAURA *
Documentary Jury Winner
Directed by Fellipe Barbosa’s

*THE STRANGE ONES*
Short Documentary Jury Winner
Directed by Christopher Radcliff and Lauren Wolkstein

*WITHOUT*
The Kodak Award for Best Cinematography.
The Wouter Barendrecht Pioneering Vision Award
Directed by Mark Jackson.

*YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED*
Winner of the Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice
Director Anthony Baxter

*SMALL, BEAUTIFULLY MOVING PARTS*
The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Feature Film Prize
Directed by Annie Howell and Lisa Robinson

*THE BULLY PROJECT*
The Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of
Conflict and Resolution
Directed By Lee Hirsch


Special Jury Mentions

*THE FORGIVENESS OF BLOOD *
Directed by Joshua Marston

*VODKA FACTORY*
Directed by Jerzy Sladkowski


Breakthrough Performer Recipients

Emily Browning – SLEEPING BEAUTY
Alexander Skarsgard- MELONCHOLIA
Stine Fischer Christensen – CRACKS IN THE SHELL
Ezra Miller – ANOTHER HAPPY DAY
Shailene Woodley – THE DESCENDANTS
Anton Yelchin – LIKE CRAZY

About Our Local International Film Festival


The Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to celebrate the Independent film – long, short, fiction and documentary – and to introduce a unique, varied spectrum of international films and filmmakers to the public. The Festival is committed to exhibiting films that express fresh voices and differing global perspectives, with the hope that these programs will enlighten audiences, provide invaluable exposure for filmmakers and present inspired entertainment for all. You can keep up with updates by following us on twitter @hamptonsmedia and bookmarking our People & Parties pages for full write-ups and videos and interviews…or even use the rss feed on this blog! You can find handy links to both The Hamptons International Film Festival plus lodging & dining from Westhampton to Montauk on “The Hamptons”.com

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