JESSICA CHASTAIN

JESSICA CHASTAIN
At HIFF 2010Photo by Eric Roffman

JESSICA CHASTAIN
At HIFF 2010Photo by Eric Roffman

JESSICA CHASTAIN CHATTING WITH HARVEY WEINSTEIN
At HIFF 2010Photo by Eric Roffman

JESSICA CHASTAIN
At HIFF 2010Photo by Eric Roffman

JESSICA CHASTAIN
At HIFF 2010Photo by Eric Roffman

JESSICA CHASTAIN
At HIFF 2010Photo by Eric Roffman

Jessica Chastain is one of the stars in the Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or prize-winning TREE OF LIFE. She plays Brad Pitt's wife and the mother of (the young) Sean Penn

I met her at the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF 2010), where she was honored as one of the Rising Stars.  I've included some snapshots of her from the Hamptons Festival (above).  She also played Desdemona in a very interesting Public Theater/LAByrinth Theater production of Othello, with John Ortiz as Othello and Phillip Seymour Hoffman as Iago. (Click on the production photo below to link to our story about this production.)

Jessica is currently in at least six (SIX!) other pictures that have not been released. She plays Salome alongside, and directed by Al Pacino in WILDE SALOME; she is in another Terrence Malick picture (untitled so far) with Javier Bardem and Rachel McAdams that is currently being filmed, and she is in THE WETTEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD. She is also in CORIOLANUS, directed by Ralph Feinnes, and two films scheduled for release this summer, THE FIELDS, a dark film about murder in Texas, and THE HELP, with Viola Davis and Emma Stone, about race relations in Mississippi.

According to Wikipedia and IMDB, after graduating from the Juilliard acting program, Jessica appeared in many theatrical productions of classical dramas (Shakespeare, Chekhov...) before her film career began taking off. She was born Jessica Howard, but took her mother's maiden name. She has been dancing since she was nine, and acting in Shakespeare since she was a teenager.

Jessica is  30 years old (Mar 29, 1981), is 5' 4", has long red hair, and -- in the Hamptons at least -- wears bright red lipstick.

HERE ARE SOME LINKS TO REFERENCES ON JESSICA CHASTAIN AND HER FILMS,

followed by some production photos, and another of my snapshots of Jessica from HIFF 2010.

(Click on the photos below for links to our stories in which Jessica appears.)

JESSICA CHASTAIN on IMDB & WIKIPEDIA

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1567113/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Chastain

THE TREE OF LIFE on IMDB & WIKIPEDIA

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0478304/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Life_(film)

WILDE SALOME

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0795459/

UNTITLED TERRENCE MALICK PROJECT

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1595656/

WETTEST COUNTY IN THE WORLD

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1212450/

Jessica Chastain, Sam Worthington & Marton Caokas
THE DEBT

John Ortiz as Othello, Jessica Chastain as Desdemona, and
Philip Seymour Hoffman as Iago in OTHELLO
Photo by Armin Bardel  

Jessica Chastain
THE DEBT at HIFF 2010
Rising Star / Breakthrough Performer
Photo by Eric Roffman

MIRAL JULIAN SCHNABEL RULA JEBREAL

An article in the NYT Style section on Mar 24, 2011 about the screening of MIRAL, directed by artist/director Julian Schnabel from a novel by Rula Jebreal -- an article which also described their new relationship -- sparked some interest. Here are some snapshots taken at the screening of MIRAL at the Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF) in 2010.

Julian Schnabel & Rula Jebreal
At the screening of MIRAL
At HIFF 2010
Photo by Eric Roffman
Rula Jebreal and her daughter Miral
At the screening of MIRAL
At HIFF 2010
Photo by Eric Roffman

Here are some more stories about HIFF and Julian Schnabel:

HIFF 2010 WITH PARTY PIX & RED CARPET SNAPSHOTS!
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/hiff-2010.html

JULIAN SCHNABEL'S THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2007/09/diving-bell-and-butterfly.html

HIFF 2010 WITH PARTY PIX & RED CARPET SNAPSHOTS!

Alec Baldwin
At the Chairman's Party
Hamptons International Film Festival 2010

Alec Baldwin must be at least three people. He's announcing concerts, interviewing other actors onstage, and going to parties in the Hamptons.

And he was live (on 10/14) on 30 Rock, as well.

30 Rock Live was hilarious (10/14 8:30 NY time). I gather they did it again, live, for the West Coast -- That was Thursday, October 14, whatever time they do it live in California. (Hope you watched it!)

Alec Baldwin seems ubiquitous at HIFF... so he's at the top of this guide to stories about HIFF 2010. We'll be adding to this directory of articles as we process the photos and write the stories...

Here's some of what's still coming:

Interviews with Jane Goodall and others...
Notes on films, including...
=>Barney's Version
=>The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
=>The Debt
=>Sweet Evil

HERE ARE THE CURRENT STORIES FROM HIFF

Follow http://www.tattoowesley.com/
Or check this page... http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/hiff-2010.html
For more stories about HIFF 2010 as they appear...

(For next year...) HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR FILM AT HIFF!
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-promote-your-film-at-hiff-and.html

KISSES, CHLOE with ROBIN SINGER and MIKAL EVANS
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/kisses-chloe-with-robin-singer-mikal.html

ON THE PATH and ZRINKA CVITESIC
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/on-path-zrinka-cvitesic.html

Tweet... MIKAL EVANS from KISSES, CHLOE in concert Friday October 15 (Again, Nov 11!)
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/mikal-evans-from-kisses-chloe-in.html

HIFF 2010 - PRIZE WINNERS
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/prize-winners-at-hiff-2010.html

HIFF 2010 - THE SLOAN FOUNDATION AT HIFF 2010 (& BEYOND...)
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/sloan-foundation-at-hiff-2010-beyond.html

HIFF 2010 - BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMERS
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/breakthrough-performers.html

HIFF 2010 - FIRST PREVIEW: THE 2010 HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/09/first-preview-2010-hamptons.html

HIFF 2010 - PREVIEW: FILMS & EVENTS COMING TO THE HAMPTONS http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/09/hiff-2010-preview-films-events-coming.html

For links to stories about HIFF in prior years, please take a look at:

The tattoowesley INDEX to stories about HIFF

PARTY PIX
AND RED CARPET SNAPSHOTS

WINE GLASSES
READY TO PARTY!
Photo by Eric Roffman


PRODUCERS AND DIRECTORS

Julian Schnabel
Director, MIRAL
On The Red Carpet
Photo by Eric Roffman

Lorenz Knauer, Director, and Jane Goodal
JANE'S JOURNEY
Photo by Eric Roffman

Nikhil Melnechuk and Andrea Wozny
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Andrea attended HIFF last year working on her film TO TIMBUKTU about singer Vieux Farka Tour� of Mali. Since then she travelled to the World Cup Celebration for his performance. Nikhil helped her with cinematography. Nikhil was also a co-producer of FURTHER LANE, the short that played together with KISSES, CHLOE.

www.totimbuktu.com


Dennis Lynch
KING OF THE HAMPTONS
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman

Dan Rattiner
KING OF THE HAMPTONS
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
KING OF THE HAMPTONS was the first film and then also the last film shown at HIFF this year. Dan Rattiner, who started publishing Dan's Papers in the Hamptons while still in college, introduces Dennis to the Hamptons.

Jeremiah Newton
BEAUTIFUL DARLING
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Jeremiah Newton was a close friend of Candy Darling and helped produce this documentary about her short life. Jeremiah has also been working with HIFF for many years on developing the student film program.

Iona Ramsey
CANARY
Photo by Eric Roffman
Visiting from the UK, Iona is the producer of the short film, CANARY.

David Roach
BENEATH HILL 60
Photo by Eric Roffman

David is the author of the screenplay for BENEATH HILL 60, the Sloan Prize winning film.

For more about the Sloan Foundation activities at HIFF:
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/sloan-foundation-at-hiff-2010-beyond.html

Ondi Timoner
COOL IT!
Photo by Eric Roffman
Ondi is the director of COOL IT! a documentary that takes a look at economic approaches to issues concerning global warming.

Jill Andresevic
LOVE, ETC.
Photo by Eric Roffman
Jill is the charming and charismatic director of the Audience Award Documentary LOVE, ETC which follows a handful of couples through some critical periods of their love lives. Filmed with great sophistication and insight, the stories evolve and diverge in unexpected ways.

Mr. & Mrs. Jonathan Tisch
LOVE, ETC.
Photo by Eric Roffman
Observing the diversity of couples around them when they were married provided the impetus for Jonathan to produce this (bittersweet) chronicle of love stories. (If the name sounds familiar, Jonathan's day job is CEO of Loews. His uncle, Larry, was CEO of CBS.)

Jonathan Tisch in WIKIPEDIA: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Tisch

Harvey Weinstein with a member of his staff
Weinstein Company
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman


PRODUCTION STUDIOS AND EXHIBITION

Campbell Dalglish
The Plaza Media Arts Center
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman

THE PLAZA MEDIA ARTS CENTER: http://www.plazamac.org/

Jane and Mark Garcia
Ovasen Post Production
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman

Parviz Farahzad
Grumman Studios
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman

Believe it or not, Salt (Angelina Jolie) was not at CIA headquarters and elsewhere in the world making SALT. She was (conspiracy theorists claim) actually at Grumman Studios.

http://www.grummanstudios.com/


PARTIES, PRESS, CONNECTIONS

Freida Pinto's Earring
Press At the Red Carpet
Photo by Eric Roffman

Working Press
On the Red Carpet for THE DEBT
Photo by Eric Roffman
Though this videographer and his on-camera partner interviewing Jessica Chastain on the Red Carpet for THE DEBT may have been among the youngest working press, as far as I could see and hear, they were doing a top notch job.

Rula Jebreal and Freida Pinto
MIRAL
Photo by Eric Roffman
Rula, the screenwriter (and author of the source novel) for MIRAL had the best line of the festival. A reporter (for a major magazine, though arguably less professional than the previous interviewer) asked Freida what she was wearing. Rula replied: "She's wearing me."

The HIFF Event Staff
Photo by Eric Roffman

Party-ON!
At the LOVE, ETC. Premiere Party
Photo by Eric Roffman

FRANK PR TEAM
Photo by Eric Roffman

The FRANK PR team did a great job at the festival. Left to right: Tiffany Malloy, Lina Plath, Kerry McAleer, Dana Morini, Clare Anne Darragh.

Karin Dix
European Film Promotion (Shooting Stars)
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman
http://www.efp-online.com/en/about_efp/index.php

Shooting Stars meeting informally with Harvey Weinstein
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman


ACTORS

Alec Baldwin
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman

Stanley Tucci with young partygoers
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman

Stanley Tucci (first name only just seems wrong, here) was very friendly and approachable. Seems quite different from the characters he's played recently... OMG, he was acting.

Stanley (well, it still seems wrong but I'll do it anyway) directed LEND ME A TENOR last year on Broadway. He's currently developing MOMMY AND ME with Meryl Streep (Mommy) and Tina Fey (Me), which he is planning to direct. It will be the fifth film he has directed, the last being BLIND DATE in 2008.

Happy Birthday, Stanley! (He turns 50 on November 11.)

tattoowesley on LEND ME A TENOR:
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/04/lend-me-tenor.html

Robin Singer and Mikal Evans
KISSES, CHLOE
At the Opening Night Party
Photo by Eric Roffman
Striking new talents, actress Robin Singer and actress/singer/songwriter Mikal Evans starred in the provocative sell-out indie feature KISSES, CHLOE. Robin will soon be seen in two comic web series, and Mikal performs solo and with her band frequently in New York. Her next show will be with the full band, November 11th, 9pm @RockwoodMusicHall. (Perhaps she'll sing Happy Birthday for Stanley Tucci? -- See previous item.)

tattoowesley on KISSES, CHLOE:
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/kisses-chloe-with-robin-singer-mikal.html

Pihla Viitala
BAD FAMILY
Photo by Eric Roffman

A Shooting Star / Breakthrough Performer this year, Vihla co-starred last year in TEARS OF APRIL with the 2009 Breakthrough Performer Samuli Vauramo. (Samuli can be seen currently in George Clooney's THE AMERICAN)

Britt Robertson
CHERRY; also THE FAMILY TREE
Photo by Eric Roffman

A Rising Star / Breakthrough Performer, Britt can be seen in two films this year that were screened at HIFF. She often plays tough teenagers (she's actually just a bit past her teens). She can be seen currently on TV in LIFE UNEXPECTED.

Freida Pinto
MIRAL
Photo by Eric Roffman
A Rising Star / Breakthrough Performer, Freida was the object of desire in SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE.

Anais Demoustier
SWEET EVIL
Photo by Eric Roffman
A Shooting Star / Breakthrough Performer, Anais is soon to be seen in a series (8 films in 2010 !!!! !!!!) of important French Films with some of France and Europe's biggest stars and most important directors. Watch for: SPONSORING with Juliette Binoche, FRACTURE, ELSEWHERE, BELLE EPINE with Lea Seydoux, and more!

Zrinka Cvitesic
ON THE PATH
Shooting Star / Breakthrough Performer
At the Chairman's Reception
Photo by Eric Roffman

ON THE PATH is an important film, brilliantly acted and directed.

tattoowesley on ZRINKA CVITESIC and ON THE PATH:
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/on-path-zrinka-cvitesic.html

Jessica Chastain
THE DEBT
Rising Star / Breakthrough Performer
Photo by Eric Roffman

(I just realized that I once saw Jessica before, onstage. Jessica played Desdemona in the LAByrinth Theater / Peter Sellars production of OTHELLO: http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2009/09/othello.html)

Jessica waves goodbye, after the Breakthrough Performers' Panel!

For more about the Breakthrough Performer Program:
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/10/breakthrough-performers.html

Check the top of this article
for links to other stories about the Hamptons International Film Festival!

tattoowesley HOME
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At the Cornelia Street Cafe - 29 Cornelia Street NY 212 989-9319.


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PRIZE WINNERS AT HIFF 2010

HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
PRIZE WINNERS

KING�S SPEECH
Audience Award Narrative
Award collected by director Tom Hooper

LOVE, ETC.
Audience Award Documentary
Award collected by director Jill Andresevic

MAMAS & PAPAS
Narrative Jury Winner
Zicherman Screenplay Winner
Awards collected by producer Jefe Brown

CIRCO
Documentary Jury Winner
Award collected by director Aaron Schock

MY SO-CALLED ENEMY
Conflict and Resolution Jury winner
Award collected by director Lisa Gossels

NEW MEDIA
Short Film Winner
Award collected by director J.J. Adler

BORN SWEET
The festival will accept the award on behalf of the filmmaker Cynthia Wade.

THE HOUSE OF SUH
Winner of the Investigation Discovery Award for Excellence in Journalism
Award collected by Director Iris Suh

NO TOMORROW
Winner of the Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice
Award collected by Directors Roger Weisberg & Vanessa Roth

BENEATH HILL 60
Sloan Prize winner.

The Babelgum Animatron Animation Film Festival celebrates the very best in independent animated short filmmaking, and drew over 200 international submissions for its inaugural 2010 competition. Approximately ten films in each of four categories � Fantasy, Humor, Minis, and Real Life � were short listed and made eligible for cash prizes totaling $17,000. The Jury Award�winning films, announced today and screened at the Hamptons International Film Festival, can be viewed at

www.babelgum.com/animatron

and on the Babelgum mobile application
www.babelgum.com/mobile.

Entries to the Animatron competition came from more than two dozen countries, including Albania, Taiwan, Greece, India, Spain, Russia, Romania, Poland, Japan, Germany, Canada, Italy, Brazil, the U.S., and the U.K.

BABELGUM FANTASY CATEGORY

Jury Award Winner $2,500
�This Is J03,� Once Were Farmers (U.K.)

Runner-up $500
�Noesis,� Sophie Klevenow (Germany/U.K.)


BABELGUM HUMOR CATEGORY

Jury Award Winner $2,500
�Pigeon Impossible,� Lucas Martell (U.S.)

Runner-Up $500
�Ant & Len,� Jon Marsh & Duncan Raitt (U.K.)


BABELGUM MINIS CATEGORY

Jury Award Winner $2,500
�Dog Judo: Meat Sprinkles,� Dave Anderson (U.K.)

Runner-up $500
�Knit�N�Purl,� Rhiannon Evans (U.K.)


BABELGUM REAL LIFE CATEGORY

Jury Award Winner $2,500
�Prayers for Peace,� Dustin Grella (U.S.)

Runner-up $500
�How to Animate,� Jordan Wood (U.K.)


BABELGUM GRAND JURY AWARD

Winner $5,000
�Coalition of the Willing,� Knife Party (U.K.)

HIFF 2010

The 2010 HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (HIFF 2010) Opens on Thursday October 7, 2010.

http://www.hamptonsfilmfest.org/

Here's a little information and a lot of links to info about the festival.

First of all, Gurney's Inn, which is the site of the Opening Night Party, has just announced (tweeted in fact) a special rate and some room availability for Opening Night.

The view from just outside my room
Last year at Gurney's Inn
It's a great place. (I've been there the last two years and I'll be there again this year.) It's incredibly convenient to stay late at the party and then go up to your room!

By the way, I'll be photographing and interviewing actors and filmmakers at the Opening Night Party -- and for the rest of the festival -- so if you'll be there, let me know. (Post a comment here, DM on Twitter, or send an e-mail--Contact info on the left pane!).

Here's the Gurney's Inn Tweet:

http://twitter.com/gurneys

RT @GURNEYS We are running a $150 special room rate next Thursday (night of Hamptons Film Festival). Call 631 668 3203 to contact the reservations dpt.


Here are some links to tattoowesley stories about HIFF:

THIS YEAR--

HOW TO PROMOTE YOUR FILM AT HIFF!
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2009/09/how-to-promote-your-film-at-hiff-and.html


HIFF 2010 - FIRST PREVIEW: THE 2010 HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/09/first-preview-2010-hamptons.html


HIFF 2010 - PREVIEW: FILMS & EVENTS COMING TO THE HAMPTONS
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/09/hiff-2010-preview-films-events-coming.html



SELECTED STORIES FROM PAST FESTIVALS...

HIFF 2009 - ROONEY MARA IS THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO
(Rooney was one of last year's Breakthrough performers at HIFF 2009; these are some pix I took there.)
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2010/08/rooney-mara-is-girl-with-dragon-tattoo.html


HIFF 2009 - VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH EMMY ROSSUM FROM DARE
(Emmy Rossum was a Breakthrough Performer at HIFF 2009, and she had a starring role in the film, Dare. This is a video interview I did with her. Emmy is currently taping Shameless, a new TV series for Showtime.)
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2009/11/emmy-rossum-dare.html
www.twitter.com/emmyrossum


HIFF 2009 - SURROGATE
( Comments -- not a review; I rarely write reviews, but I often write comments -- about a very intereesting film shown at HIFF 2009)
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2009/10/surrogate.html


HIFF 2009 - PREVIEW -- THE 2009 BREAKTHROUGH PERFORMERS
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2009/10/breakout-performers-at-hiff.html


HIFF 2009 - A QUICK SURVEY
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2009/10/quick-first-review-of-hiff-2009.html


HIFF 2008 - PREVIEW
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2008/09/hiff-2008-hamptons-international-film.html


HIFF 2008 - EVE: A SHORT FILM BY NATALIE PORTMAN
(I really liked this short film, which Natalie Portman directed. Natalie stars in Black Swan at HIFF 2010.)
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2008/10/hiff-eve-gsa-shorts.html


HIFF 2008 - DAY 1
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2008/10/hiff-2008-day-1.html

HIFF 2008 - VIER MINUTEN AND HANNAH HERZSPRUNG
(Hannah Herzsprung, one of the finest and most popular young actresses in German was in the Breakthrough Performers Program in both 2007 and 2008. This story and others about her from the Festival have been enduringly popular. Each time one of her films opens, or she comes into attention, tattoowesley gets a huge flood of traffic (largely but not entirely from Germany and Europe) for stories that mention her. Most recently this just happened again earlier this month.)
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2008/11/vier-minuten-and-hannah-herzsprung.html


HIFF 2008 - VIDEO INTERVIEW WITH AMY REDFORD ABOUT THE GUITAR
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2008/11/guitar-amy-redford.html


HIFF 2010 - SLOAN SCREENWRITERS LAB AT HIFF
HIFF 2007 - SLOAN PRIZE
(The Sloan foundation supports films (and theater) that include scientists and scientific themes. They award a generous prize, and they also support panels about science and filmmakinig, and they support the development of film scripts (at HIFF and other Film Festivals) and theatrical scripts (in collaboration with Theater companies).
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2007/10/sloan-prize-at-hiff.html
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2009/11/hiff-screenwriters-lab.html


HIFF 2007 - OPENING NIGHT
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2007/10/opening-night-at-15-hiff-2007.html


HIFF 2007 - JUMP DEMO WORKSHOP
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2007/10/jump-hiff-demo-workshop.html


HIFF 2007 - AUGUST RUSH
(One of my favorite films from HIFF 2007. It's underrated, possibly because it's sweet, and it does have a terrible title, but I think its love of music -- of the music in the world around us -- is priceless.)
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2007/10/august-rush.html


HIFF 2007 - TEETH
(Jess Weixler was one of the 2007 Breakthrough Performers.)
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2008/02/teeth.html


HIFF 2005 - THE BEE SEASON
(Here's one film from HIFF that I absolutely hated.)
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2005/10/hiff-bee-season.html


HIFF 2005 - THE WARRIOR CLASS
(This was my favorite film from HIFF 2005. I interviewed the director, Alan Hruska, in his office. He directed Emmy Rossum in one of her early films. A poster of the film is on the wall in the picture I took of him at his desk.)
http://tattoowesley.blogspot.com/2005/10/hiff-warrior-class-alan-hruska.html

HIFF 2010 - PREVIEW: FILMS & EVENTS COMING TO THE HAMPTONS

We recently ran (see the story that immediately follows this:) A FIRST PREVIEW of films to be shown at this year's Hamptons International Film Festival, HIFF 2010...

OPENING NIGHT: Barney's Version with Dustin Hoffman
OPENING NIGHT IN SOUTHAMPTON: The King's Speech
CENTERPIECE: The Debt
CLOSING NIGHT: The Swan with Natalie Portman

Also

Julian Schnabel's Miral with Frieda Pinto
The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest with Noomi Rapace
Miller's Crossing by the Coen Brothers in a tribute to Ben Barenholtz

plus Stanley Tucci mentoring the Breakthrough Performers
and James Franco in a Conversation; in the film 127 Hours, and presenting his own short film, The Clerk's Tale.


In this post we have information about the full slate of films.

One of the principal highlights of this year's festival is the East Coast Premiere of The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest (the third film in the trilogy) with Noomi Rapace as Lisbeth Salander. Noomi will be at the festival participating in the Breakthrough Performers events. As we noted before, Rooney Mara, who will play Lisbeth in the American version of these films, participated in the Breakthrough Performers program at HIFF last year.

Jane Goodall is expected to attend, for the presentation of a documentary about her work. Here's a tweet with more info about Jane Goodall:

tattoowesley RT @TEDNews All Jane Goodall's stories for NatGeo, 1963-now: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/gombe-hub


The Sloan Foundation will again be presenting a reading of screenplays in progress. The arts program of the Sloan Foundation supports the development of plays and films with technical and scientific characters or themes.

Doug Liman, director of The Bourne Identity and Mr & Mrs Smith, will present Fair Game, a thriller (starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn) based on the true story of Valerie Plame.

Three friends of mine appear as actors in films at the festival: Beautiful and talented actress Robin Singer stars in Kisses, Chloe, Supermodel/actress Xenia Siamas has a featured role in Casino Jack, and Dan Rattiner of Dan's Papers appears in King Of The Hamptons.

The Breakthrough Performers program includes both "Rising Stars" from the US and the world, selected by HIFF; and "Shooting Stars," from Europe, named at the Berlin Film Festival.

This year's Breakthrough Performers are:

Rising Stars (from US & the world)
Jessica Chastain (THE DEBT),
Luke Grimes (SHIT YEAR),
Frieda Pinto - India (from Slumdog Millionaire)(MIRAL),
Noomi Rapace - Sweden (THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST),
Brittany Robertson (THE FAMILY TREE, CHERRY),

Shooting Stars (from Europe)
Pihla Vitala - Finland (BAD FAMILY).
Zrinca Cvitesic - Croatia (ON THE PATH),
Anais Demoustier - France (SWEET EVIL),


THE 18TH ANNUAL HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

THURSDAY OCTOBER 7TH � MONDAY OCTOBER 11TH, 2010

Among those expected to attend are�

James Franco, Isabella Rosselini, Stanley Tucci, Freida Pinto, Tom Hooper,
Edie Falco, Joel and Ethan Coen, Davis Guggenheim, Bob Balaban, Jane Goodall
Bruce Weber, Marcia Gay Harden, Doug Liman, John Wells, Alec Baldwin, Bill Nighy, Alex Gibney, Peter Hedges, Paul Giamatti, Noomi Rapace, Vlade Divac, Carter Burwell, Sally Hawkins, John Turturro, Frances McDormand , Neil Labute, Julian Schnabel and many more

The HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL is proud to announce its Spotlight Films, the World Cinema Section and the films in this year�s Competition.

The 2010 Hamptons International Film Festival runs from Thursday, October 7th through Monday, October 11th (Columbus Day weekend) in East Hampton with additional venues in Southampton, Sag Harbor and Montauk.

Festival headquarters are located at c/o The Maidstone Hotel on Main Street in East Hampton.

�With entries from such countries as Chad, the Czech republic, Columbia, Denmark and others, our mission to bring a wide range of viewpoints from around the world to the east end of Long Island is continued again this year� stated Executive Director Karen Arikian.

"Our Spotlight section continues to shine again this year featuring such high profile films as the US Premiere of Julian Schnabel's new film MIRAL, to the wonderfully charming MADE IN DAGENHAM starring Sally Hawkins. We are so excited to share films by such masters as Danny Boyle and Doug Liman, with the emerging filmmakers of the Competition section." states Director of Programming David Nugent. �From the insouciance of Xavier Dolan�s Heartbeats, the opening film or our Canadian focus, to the somber elegance of Mahamat-Saleh Haroun�s A Screaming Man, this year�s Competition filmmaker�s represent the voices of some of the most exciting emerging artists from around the world�.

The heart of the Hamptons International Film Festival has always been its Golden Starfish Award and the films in the Competitions for

Best Narrative Feature (over $125,000 in goods and in-kind services),
Best Documentary Feature (3,000 in cash)
Best Conflict and Resolution Film ($5,000 in cash) and
Best Short Film ($1,000 in cash).

Jury participants include writer/director Peter Hedges, composer Carter Burwell, producer Anne Carey, HBO�s Sheila Nevins, filmmakers Amir Bar-Lev & Marc Levin, Huffington Post�s Regina Weinreich, Shooting People�s Ingrid Kopp, Silas Marder (Silas Marder Gallery), and Variety�s John Anderson.

The fest will open with the US Premiere of the Sony Pictures Classics BARNEY�S VERSION. The Festival's Southampton venue will kick off the following night with Tom Hooper's THE KINGS SPEECH. The US premiere of THE DEBT, featuring 2010 HIFF Rising Star Jessica Chastain, is the Centerpiece Film of the festival and HIFF alum Darren Aronofksy's chilling thriller BLACK SWAN is the Closing Film for the Festival.


SPOTLIGHT FILMS:

127 Hours - New York Premiere

The latest film from Academy Award-winning visionary director Danny Boyle (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, 28 DAYS LATER) is another cinematic tour-de-force. Based on a true story, James Franco (SPIDER-MAN, PINEAPPLE EXPRESS) stars as Aron Ralston, a mountain biker whose journey across the Utah desert took an unexpected turn for the worse when a boulder crushed his right hand. Unable to shift the boulder or remove his hand, Aron contemplates the events in his life that brought him to his present circumstance. But when his water and food supplies begin to dwindle, Aron knows his time is running out.


Made In Dagenham � East Coast Premiere

1968, Dagenham, England: site of the largest Ford Motor Company factory in Europe. Here, 168 female employees work sewing car seats, earning a fraction of the income of their male counterparts. Soft-spoken Rita O'Grady (Sally Hawkins, HAPPY-GO-LUCKY) is elected to attend a typically uneventful meeting between the charlatan union representative and ruthless Ford execs, and soon becomes the unlikely leader and spokesperson for a historic strike demanding equal pay. Full of humor and characters with unforgettable tenacity, MADE IN DAGENHAM is the inspiring true story of a brave grassroots movement that continues to be extraordinarily relevant today. Directed by Nigel Cole the film also stars Rosamund Pike and Miranda Richardson.


Miral - US Premiere

Director: Julian Schnabel

Cast: Frieda Pinto, Hiam Abbas, Alexander Siddig, Willem Dafoe

Miral is a little red flower that is commonly found on the side of the road; it is also the name of a young woman (Frieda Pinto) whose story illustrates the lived experience of the Israeli/Palestinian struggle. Master director Julian Schnabel (THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY) takes on the celebrated novel by Rula Jebreal, a multi-generational story of Palestinian women whose lives are shaped by historic conflict. An intimate tale of loyalty, love and family is painted onto a pristinely gorgeous desert landscape, and MIRAL is an eye-opening drama as well as a transportive experience of breathtaking cinema.


Fair Game

Doug Liman, the director behind THE BOURNE IDENTITY and MR. AND MRS. SMITH, returns with a gripping, edge-of-your-seat political thriller, based on the true story of Valerie Plame. Academy Award-nominee Naomi Watts stars as the undercover CIA agent investigating weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. Plame�s cover is blown after her husband, Joseph Wilson (Sean Penn), publishes a controversial article in The New York Times. Featuring remarkable and studied performances by an excellent cast, FAIR GAME brings us back to the historical event that shook the CIA just a few years ago.


3 Backyards

A young girl of ten covets her mother's bracelet, only to lose it on her way to school. A frustrated father (Elias Koteas) flees his family woes, only to get detoured in the most unexpected ways. A housewife and painter (Edie Falco) can barely contain her excitement when her famous actor neighbor (Embeth Davidtz) asks her for a ride to the ferry. In these loosely connected stories, filmmaker Eric Mendelsohn (JUDY BERLIN) pinpoints the yearning and anxiety lurking in his Long Island suburbanites, and crafts an intoxicating, impeccably acted, and must-see film in the process.


Blue Valentine - East Coast Premiere

BLUE VALENTINE is the stunningly authentic and emotionally truthful story of a romantic relationship. Cindy (Michelle Williams) and her jovial husband Dean (Ryan Gosling) seem to be entering a pivotal moment in their relationship. Over the course of a single day, the memories and experiences that brought them together collide with the thudding reality that they have reached a tipping point of inevitable change in their marriage. BLUE VALENTINE features tour-de-force performances by Williams and Gosling, who unflinchingly portray the intricate web of emotions spun over the years of a complicated marriage.


Casino Jack

Kevin Spacey gives an unforgettable performance as corrupt lobbyist Jack Abramoff, who swindles millions from Native Americans and labor workers in his unending quest for money and power. Director George Hickenlooper skillfully knits together Abramoff�s high times as an influential Washington DC insider and his lows, during his term as a convicted felon. At once deeply religious and yet enormously dishonest, Abramoff is a walking contradiction, and the mystery of his motivations is central to this suspenseful true-life drama.


The Company Men - East Coast Premiere

Television giant John Wells (ER, THE WEST WING) makes his feature directorial debut in this moving portrait of the effects of corporate downsizing on a community outside of Boston. With an all-star cast including Ben Affleck, Tommy Lee Jones, Maria Bello, Chris Cooper, Craig T. Nelson and Kevin Costner, Wells deftly explores some of the reasons that America found itself in the recent economic downturn, as well as the role individual choices can play during such crises.


The Family Tree - East Coast Premiere

The Burnett family is, to put it mildly, dysfunctional. The bitter, WASP-y matriarch Bunnie (Hope Davis) suffers from amnesia after engaging in some extramarital wrestling with the next-door neighbor. Father Jack (Dermot Mulroney, at his most unhinged) feels his professional and personal life swirling chaotically around him. Son Eric (Max Thieriot) is a Bible-thumping expert marksman, and daughter Kelly (Brittany Robertson, 2010 Hamptons Rising Star) is a bad girl. A deranged satire on "family values" and the quirky indies that skewer them, THE FAMILY TREE is sure to be one of the most talked-about independent comedies of the year.


The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet�s Nest ("Luftslottet som sprangdes") - East Coast Premiere

In 2009, the Hamptons International Film Festival brought you the North American Premiere of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO. This year, Stieg Larsson's internationally-bestselling Millennium Trilogy comes to a thrilling close with director Daniel Alfredson THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET�S NEST. When we last left her, computer hacker Liesbeth Salander (Noomi Rapace) was wounded and near death when she was rescued by controversial journalist Mikael Blomkvist (Michael Nyqvist). Now she is accused of murder, and it is up to Blomkvist to return the favor she once did him risk his life and prove her innocence.


An Invisible Sign - World Premiere

Young Mona idolizes her father, a brilliant mathematician. When he suddenly demonstrates signs of mental illness, Mona begins to obsess about numbers, using them to interpret an unpredictable and threatening world. Now an adult (Jessica Alba), Mona�s old superstitions and compulsive behaviors continue to flourish, but a new job as an elementary school math teacher (a position she both relishes and dreads), may force her out of her protective shell. With imagination and humor, as well as a special sensitivity to the realities of mental illness, AN INIVISIBLE SIGN carries a magic all its own.


Wild Target - US Premiere

Victor Maynard (Bill Nighy, PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN, the HARRY POTTER series) is a professional assassin with an overbearing mother. Killing runs in his family, and Victor�s mother refuses to let him forget it. Everything is about to change, however, when Victor falls in love with his next target, Rose (Emily Blunt, THE YOUNG VICTORIA). On the run from his employers, Victor, Rose, and their companion Tony (Rupert Grint, the HARRY POTTER series) must stay one step ahead of the game to remain alive in this action-packed comedy from director Jonathan Lynn (MY COUSIN VINNY). The film is directed Jonathan Lynn.



GOLDEN STARFISH NARRATIVE COMPETITION:

Heartbeats (US Premiere) Directed and starring Xavier Dolan with Niels Schneider, Monia Chokri, Anne Dorval - Francis (played by the director Xavier Dolan himself) and Marie are the best of friends but their shared interests wreak havoc when they both set their sights on the handsome and elusive Nicolas. Basking in the glow of their affections, Nicolas seems oblivious to the tensions mounting between the two friends and a bizarre love triangle unfolds. With sensual slow motion sequences and skillful use of music, Dolan offers up a new kind of romance while questioning the nature of love itself.

Mamas and Papas (North American Premiere) Directed by Alice Nellis- It is one of life�s greatest challenges, one of the most overlooked type of sacrifice, and depending on the eye of the beholder, the pinnacle of desire or fear. In her gorgeous and concisely crafted drama, director Alice Nellis enters the world of four couples who are experiencing wildly different reactions to parenthood. From several unhappy accidents to a couple desperately trying to conceive, the characters and situations in each story are lived in, complete and fully compelling; and together are a poetic exploration of the challenges of contemporary family life.

Old Boys (North American Premiere) Director Nikolaj Steen with Kristian Halken, Robert Hansen, Laura Christensen - Middle-aged Vagn Bendtsen leads a quiet, mundane, and lonely life. When his soccer team takes a trip to Sweden to face off against a team of police officers, little does Vagn suspect that it will be the adventure of a life time. Left behind in a gas station restroom, he implores a young man, John Lund, to help him catch up with his bus. Unbeknownst to Vagn, John just held up the gas station, and this is only the first stop on his crime wave.

Of Love and Other Demons (East Coast Premiere) Director Hilda Hidalgo with Eliza Triana, Pablo Derqui, Jordi Dauder, Joaquin Climent - A cinematic dreamscape conjured from Gabriel Garcia Marquez�s richly textured and macabre novel about a magical coming of age in the colonial Caribbean. A teenaged girl with long red hair contracts rabies from a dog bite, and is sent to a monastary, either to receive a miracle cure, or to die in the house of God. Despite the lurking shadow of death, the amber-haired girl experiences an awakening in confinement, and kindles a first romance with a young monk.

Shit Year (North American Premiere) Director Cam Archer with Ellen Barkin, Luke Grimes, Melora Walters - Cam Archer�s follow-up to his heralded debut WILD TIGERS I HAVE KNOWN pushes the filmmaker into startling new directions. SHIT YEAR plunges us into the fractured world of Colleen West, an actress who decides to retire early, on the heels of an intense fling with the very pretty co-star of her last play. As the fragile, egotistical West, an inimitable Ellen Barkin anchors this phantasmagoric drama with supple realism, earthiness and sensuality. Shot in luminously grainy black-and-white, SHIT YEAR is as ambitious, brazen and challenging as the early films of Godard, Cassavettes and Jim Jarmusch.



GOLDEN STARFISH DOCUMENTARY FILMS:


Circo (New York Premiere) Director Aaron Schock - An enchanting journey on the caravan of a family-run Mexican traveling circus, CIRCO is the insiders� tale of family life under the big top, and a document of an almost extinct way of life. Circo Mexico has been family owned and operated since the 19th century. The trade is passed on from one generation to the next, and to be a member of the family is to participate in the business. But as declining audiences threaten the circus� viability, the ties that bind the family loosen, and they face an uncertain future.

Cool It (US Premiere) Director Ondi Timoner - Danish economist Bjorn Lomborg is the author of a book called The Skeptical Environmentalist; which soon after its publication, became a highly controversial player in the global argument about climate change. Lomborg�s book proposed a model of welfare economics to deal with the warming crisis, and firmly criticized measures taken in the Kyoto protocols. While many still consider Lomborg a villain, director Ondi Timoner takes a measured approach to understanding Lomborg�s fascinating argument. The result is a documentary that is both compelling and inspiring, no matter on which side of the Lomborg fence you find yourself.

The House of Suh (US Premiere) Director Iris Shim - One of Chicago�s most famous murder cases surrounded sister and brother Catherine and Andrew Suh, first-generation Korean Americans, who conspired against, shot and killed Catherine�s former boyfriend. Over a decade later, director Iris Shim revisits the case and opens a Pandora�s box of family secrets that reveals the murder to be anything but black and white. What emerges in THE HOUSE OF SUH is a riveting and tragic portrait of a troubled family, which sheds light on the psychological complexity of cultural assimilation.

Love, Etc. (World Premiere) Director Jill Andresevic - What does "love" look like? A charming panorama of the heart, LOVE, ETC. chronicles five stories from all over New York City: love lost, gained, lasting, and new. There's the young couple planning a traditional Indian wedding, and a divorced single father balancing life, kids, and dating. Two teens experience first love; meanwhile, Albert and Marion, two former Tin Pan Alley songwriters married for 48 years, explore their lasting bond. Shot throughout all five boroughs, LOVE, ETC. sings with stories both funny and bittersweet.

Just A Beginning (World Premiere) Directors Jean-Pierre Pozzi, Pierre Barougier - In this remarkable v�rit� documentary, the filmmakers take us inside the classroom of an unusual public nursery school, where four year olds are attempting their first ever philosophy class. A dedicated teacher guides the children through discussions on the subjects such as love, power, difference, aging and death; and the children�s observations are at times remarkably profound, funny and insightful, but always unique. As the children wrap their heads around life�s most important questions, JUST A BEGINNING sheds light on concepts that most of us are still examining as adults.


GOLDEN STARFISH SHORT FILM COMETITION:

The Clerk�s Tale (East Coast Premiere) Director James Franco--Acclaimed actor and artist James Franco directs this psychological thriller about a sales clerk. Based on a poem by Spencer Reece.

Clean (East Coast Premiere) Director Isold Uggadottir--A woman who works as a dance instructor struggles to keep her drug habit under control. Directed by Hamptons alum Isold Uggadottir (COMMITTED).

Barking Island ("Chienne d'histoire") (East Coast Premiere) Director Serge Avedikian-- A haunting political allegory set in 1910 Constantinople, the film was awarded the Palme d'Or for Best Short Film at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

Rachel (East Coast Premiere) Director Leonardo Guerra Seragnoli-- Hamptons alum Jena Malone (THE MESSENGER) stars as a young woman who encounters unforeseen trouble as she travels to enlist in the military.

New Media (New York Premiere) Director JJ Adler-- Morris, a wealthy and unsatisfied middle-aged man, tries to make his mark on the world by creating his own "viral video."


FILMS OF CONFLICT AND RESOLUTION IN COMPETITION:

A Screaming Man (East Coast Premiere) Director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun--with Youssouf Djaoro, Dioucounda Koma, Emil Abossolo M�bo - Winner of the Prix de Jury at this year�s Cannes Film Festival, Mahamat-Saleh Haroun�s deceptively simple film is a lyrical evocation of the small tragedies of war. Aging swimming champion Adam�s joy in life is his work maintaining an upscale hotel pool in Chad. When he loses his job to his only son, he is forced into a small betrayal that soon puts family drama on a collision course with national tragedy. A not-to-be- missed selection, A SCREAMING MAN is quietly moving piece about fathers, sons, family, and war.

Grace, Milly, Lucy�Child Soldiers (New York Premiere) Director Raymonde Provencher � This riveting documentary presents the all-too familiar plight of child soldiers in Uganda through an unprecedented new perspective: that of the young girls forced to join the rebel Lord�s Resistance Army as soldiers, wives, killers, and mothers. Set against an uncannily beautiful African landscape, Grace, Milly, and Lucy, now living in rehabilitation facilities for ex-child soldiers, recount the atrocity of their experience, and speak to a triumph of spirit after a life of undue violence and hardship in this quietly moving and captivating piece.

The Accidental Terrorist (US Premiere) Directors Miki Mistrati, Nagieb Khaja - An enrapturing mystery that follows young Danish Muslim Cem Aslan as he probes his fascination with his one-time childhood friend Abdul Kadir, now confined to a Bosnian prison convicted of plotting a terrorist attack. What made these two men from so similar circumstances make such different choices? How did they become such different men? Or are they really that different after all? Miki Mastrati�s truly fascinating documentary unpacks these rich questions in the context of a gripping mystery investigation.

Striking a Chord (New York Premiere) Director Susan Cohn Rockefeller - An affecting perspective on American troops in Iraq, Susan Cohn Rockefeller�s film is an intimate examination of the under-reported and widespread effects of post-traumatic stress disorder among US soldiers today. Focusing in particular on the healing power of music the film offers a refreshingly positive approach to PTSD, opening doors for alternative routes to reconciliation and recovery while at the same time bearing witness to the genuine pain experienced by men and women in combat.

My So-Called Enemy Director Lisa Gossels - In 2002, 6 Israeli and Palestinian teenagers traveled to the US for �Building Bridges,� a women�s leadership program and camp in New Jersey. The life-changing nature of their experience there is documented in this ambitious film, which follows the girls over the course of their time at the camp, and through the next 7 years of their lives. As their views mature and their paths in life diverge and converge, the shades of their experiences at the camp continue to resonate in their lives and politics as they begin to assume their places as the next generation of women political leaders.

Medal of Honor (Medalia de onoare) (New York Premiere) Director Calin Peter Netzer - Aging war veteran Ion I. Ion is content to live out his days in peace with his uncommunicative wife in his unheated apartment, when word surprisingly arrives that he has been awarded a commemorative medal for his service in World War II. Ion is shocked and honored, but the only problem is he can�t seem to remember what brave wartime act the award could possibly be for! Ironies mount in Peter Netzer�s dryly humorous tale as Ion navigates both Romanian bureaucracy and his own hazy memories in search for some ounce of meaning in either.



WORLD CINEMA NARRATIVE

12 Paces Without A Head ("12 Meter ohne Kopf") North American Premiere

Director: Sven Taddicken

Cast: Matthias Schweighofer, Ronald Zehrfeld, Devid Streisow, Hinnerk Schonemann

Set your course for the seven seas in this rock n' rolling fusion of medieval pirate adventure and buddy comedy! Klaus Stortebeker and Godeke Michels have a reputation of being two of the most notorious and feared pirates�or at least they used to. As of late, they and their crew have gotten sloppy and lazy. But when the two buds discover a new weapon that will revolutionize warfare, they know it is time to make their comeback. Directed by Sven Taddicken, winner of the 2006 Audience Award for EMMA�S BILSS.


Bad Family ("Paha perhe") - North American Premiere

Director: Aleksi Salmenper�

Cast: Ville Virtanen, Lauri Tilkanen, Pihla Viitala

Mikael, a severe man, lives a disciplined lifestyle with his teenage son Dani, but is suddenly forced to take in his long-estranged daughter Tilda after the sudden death of his former wife. Witnessing the immediate affection and attachment between his formerly separated children, Mikael begins to unravel as his gnawing suspicion that something more might be happening between them grips his family. Writer/director Aleksi Salmenper� and his trio of actors turn this age-old set-up into a razor-sharp, potent, nail-biting thriller, mixing moral ambiguity, tense silences and shocking altercations to startling effect.


Beneath Hill 60 - North American Premiere

Director: Jeremy Sims

Cast: Brendan Cowell, Harrison Gilbertson, Anthony Hayes, Bella Heathcote

In the deadly fog of World War I, the 1st Australian Mining Company makes their way to the Western Front in Belgium, to dig tunnels that extend behind German lines and aid the advance of British troops. Oliver Woodward, a mining engineer, leaves his new love in Australia to lead his company. Together they embark on one of the most dangerous and important missions of the entire war.


Cherry

Director: Jeffrey Fine

Cast: Kyle Gallner, Laura Allen, Brittany Robertson, D.C. Pierson

Love is never a simple equation. Aaron is a very bright but sheltered freshman at an Ivy League college who wants to enroll in their elite engineering program. He has a crush on Linda, a vivacious 36-year-old who has returned to school to straighten out her life. However, Linda�s 14-year-old-dauther, Beth, happens to be in love with Aaron. The math doesn't work in either direction as Aaron is drawn into a dysfunctional triangle and begins to learn that life can be more complicated than any of his engineering equations.


Le Quattro Volte

Director: Michelangelo Frammartino
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Cast: Giuseppe Fuda, Bruno Timpano, Nazareno Timpano?
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In a tiny medieval mountain village in Italy, the changing seasons establish a divine rhythm. LE QUATTRO VOLTE is a lyrical film that traces life, death and rebirth through the experiences of an elderly shepherd and his jolly flock of mischievous goats. Infused with the gentle drama and humor of the village and its natural surroundings, the film�s sumptuous narrative is a miracle of observation and verit� magic. LE QUATTRO VOLTE nods to the earth�s great cycles, older and grander than any one of us. ?


The Housemaid ("Hanyo")

Director: Im Sang-soo

Cast: Jeon Do-you, Lee Jung-jae, Youn Yuh-jung

One of the most controversial and talked-about movies of this year's Cannes Film Festival, Im Sang-soo's THE HOUSEMAID is a riveting, sexy updating of Kim Ky-young's 1960 classic suspense film of the same name. Shortly after Eun-yi is hired as the housemaid for a wealthy family, she begins having an affair with her boss, Hoon. Secrets can't be kept for long in this claustrophobic house, and the discovery of Eun-yi's pregnancy only amplifies the family's scheming jealousies. THE HOUSEMAID is an erotic thriller like no other.


Inhale

Director: Baltasar Kormakur

Cast: Rosanna Arquette, Diane Kruger, Dermot Mulroney, Sam Shepard

Charged with suspense and a thrilling race against time, INHALE deals with the reality that parents will do anything to save their child. Ambitious Sante Fe District Attorney Paul (Dermot Mulroney) and his beautiful wife Diane (Diane Kruger) have a child with a rare degenerative lung disease, and are desperately awaiting news of a lung donor. As their daughter's condition worsens, Paul gives up on the notion that the proper procedures will help to save his daughter. A doctor in Ju�rez, Mexico may be able to guarantee a solution, but at what price?


Jaloux - US Premiere

Director: Patrick Demers

Cast: Sophie Cadieux, Maxime Denommee, Beno�t Gouin

A romantic weekend in a woodsy country house is what couple Marianne (Sophie Cadieux) and Thomas (Maxime Denomee) prescribe themselves in a last effort to repair their failing relationship. Upon arrival at Thomas' uncle's secluded cabin, a curious neighbor greets them, and to Thomas' dismay, invites himself to crash the couple's weekend. A fateful evening in the company of their new acquaintance reveals that there may be more at stake than just Thomas' jealousy. A smart psychological thriller with excellent performances by the three leads makes JALOUX a delightfully dark treat.


Kawasaki's Rose ("Kawasakiho ruze") � East Coast Premiere

Director: Jan Hrebejk

Cast: Lenka Vlasakova, Milan Mikulcik, Martin Huba, Daniela Kolarova

A brilliant and meticulously crafted drama, KAWASAKI�S ROSE examines the long-lasting emotional destruction often left in the wake of fascism. Pavel Josek, an esteemed psychiatrist, is about to receive one of the Czech Republic�s highest national honors. Josek�s son-in-law, suspicious of Josek�s reputation as a dissenting hero during Communism, looks for an opportunity to discredit his father-in-law. Layer after layer, the film spirals inward on its cast of characters, revealing in each a level of humanity and fragility that is seldom articulated cinematically. KAWASAKI�S ROSE is a truly rare find.


King Of The Hamptons - World Premiere

Director: Dennis Lynch

Cast: Dennis Lynch, Dan Rattiner

A midlife crisis has hit Dennis Lynch. He�s turning 40, his career sucks, his wife is pregnant, and his grandfather is suing him. Leaving it all, Dennis takes a Hamptons adventure with A-List Hamptonite, Dan Rattiner, founder of Dan's Papers. What begins as an ordinary man's quest to experience the extraordinary, turns into a series of moments that teach us how to face past hurts, embrace future opportunities, and live for a greater purpose. Appearances by Billy Joel, Christie Brinkley, Alec Baldwin, Ed Burns, Chevy Chase, Mercedes Ruehl, and Kim Cattrall.


Kisses, Chloe - World Premiere

Director: Stephen Padilla

Cast: Brad Coolidge, Mikal Evans, Robin Singer

Stephen Padilla's finely rendered chamber drama finds a young couple, Emily and Alex, arriving at a beachside house in the Hamptons to reunite with Emily's old college friend, Chloe. Nervously anticipating trouble, Emily forewarns Alex that Chloe will flirt with him, and that she is very good at what she does. Alex is playfully dismissive of her concerns, but unfortunately, Emily may be right. Padilla uses the quiet isolation of this setting to his advantage, building the simmering tension in this erotic triangle until it reaches its inevitable boiling point.


The Little Tailor ("Le Petit tailleur")�US Premiere

Director: Louis Garrel

Cast: Arthur Igual, Lea Seydoux, Grand Albert, Lolita Chammah

Arthur is apprenticing under Albert, an aging tailor looking for someone to take over his shop once he retires. Albert has his eyes set on Arthur, but Arthur has his eyes on a beautiful young woman who is about to change his life. Written and directed by one of France�s hottest young stars, Louis Garrel (LOVE SONGS, THE DREAMERS), and nostalgically shot in black and white, THE LITTLE TAILOR recalls the youthful innovation and joie de vivre of France�s Nouvelle Vague and filmmakers such as Francois Truffaut, Jean-Luc Godard, and Garrel�s own father, Philippe Garrel.


Me, Too! ("Yo, tambi�n") - New York Premiere

Directors: Alvaro Pastor, Antonio Naharro

Cast: Lola Duenas, Pablo Pineda, Antonio Naharro, Isabel Garc�a Lorca

A heartwarming portrait of a life caught between two worlds is at the core of ME, TOO! Daniel (Pablo Pineda), an adult with Down Syndrome, completes a university program and starts his first job. Capable, independent and ambitious, Daniel thwarts Downs stereotypes, and maintains close relationships with friends across the disability to able-bodied spectrum. But when Daniel falls for Laura, a beautiful but troubled and fully able-bodied colleague at work, his Downs takes center stage. Can he breach the disability divide and win Laura's love?


On The Path ("Na putu") - North American Premiere

Director: Jasmila Zbanic

Cast: Zrinka Cvitesic, Leon Lucev, Ermin Bravo, Mirjana Karanovic

Luna (played by Hamptons 2010 Shooting Star, Zrinka Cvitesic) is a gorgeous Bosnian flight attendant looking forward to starting a family with her husband, Amar. Both born into Muslim families, Luna and Amar are living with the demons of their childhood: memories of the war in which their families were brutally persecuted. After an unfortunate incident at work, Amar accepts a job in a fundamentalist Muslim community, and begins to frighten Luna with his increasingly extremist views. Featuring terrific performances, and rich with cultural detail, ON THE PATH is a unique relationship drama.


Seducing Charlie Barker

Director: Amy Glazer

Cast: Stephen Barker Turner, Heather Gordon, Daphne Zuniga

Things aren't going right for Charlie, an unemployed actor in the asphalt jungle that is New York City. His wife, Stella, is a successful radio producer, and all his friends say he has talent, but that doesn't mean he is satisfied with where he is. Then Charlie meets Clea, a mysterious woman supposedly from Ohio whom he thinks has all the answers�and he hopes they are the right ones. SEDUCING CHARLIE BARKER is a biting satire on New York City's infamous but irresistible entertainment world.


Sisters ("Gamines")

Director: Eleonore Faucher

Cast: Sylvie Testud, Amira Casar, Lubna Azabal, Jean-Pierre Martins

It's the mid-1970s in Lyon, France, and the three Mercier girls are stuck together like glue. While the girls have a French last name, their single Italian mother raises them, along with her large, loud and excitable Italian family. Yet middle child Sybille cannot ignore the red hair that sets her apart from the Di Biaggio's, and must be linked to the French father the girls have never met. Culled from the memories of a French-Italian childhood, SISTERS is a moving, nostalgic portrait of family traditions that confronts the difficulties of growing up without a father.


A Somewhat Gentle Man - East Coast Premiere

Director: Hans Peter Moland

Cast: Stellan Skarsgard, Bjorn Floberg, Gard B. Eidsvold

An offbeat black comedy with a distinctly Scandinavian sense of humor, A SOMEWHAT GENTLE MAN is an entertaining tale of a down on his luck ex-convict battling a world that is determined to make him repeat his mistakes. When Ulrik (Stellan Skarsgard) is released from prison, he aims to do well by his new employer and the family that has all but forgotten him. But the group of ne'er-do-well thugs that got him convicted in the first place won't cede his participation in their criminal exploits so easily.


Soul Boy - US Premiere

Directors: Hawa Essuman, Tom Tykwer

Cast: Samson Odhiambo, Leila Dayan Opou, Katherine Damaris

Appropriate for ages 12 and up

SOUL BOY is a magical adventure, as well as a morality tale, that begins in the slums of Kibera in Kenya. Abila is a 14-year old boy whose family owns a small shop in Kibera, but they have fallen behind on their rent. Discovering one morning that his father has gambled away his own soul, Abila makes a deal with the town witch that sends him off on an intrepid journey around Kibera to get his father back.


Sweet Evil ("L'Enfance du Mal") - North American Premiere

Director: Olivier Coussemacq

Cast: Ana�s Demoustier, Pascal Greggory, Ludmila Mikael

Surprising twists will keep you guessing in this wonderfully subdued French thriller.

Celine (played by 2010 Hamptons Shooting Star Ana�s Demoustier) is a 15-year old girl living as a runaway on the streets. At the home of an esteemed judge and his wife, Celine finds an abandoned shed and secretly moves in. The owners soon discover their castaway and aim to send her to social services, but Celine has other plans in mind, and tricks up her sleeve that belie her innocent demeanor.


Small Town Murder Songs - US Premiere

Director: Ed Gass-Donnelly

Cast: Peter Stormare, Martha Plimpton, Jill Hennessy, Aaron Poole

A violent murder disrupts the slow life in a small, Mennonite town in Ontario, and Walter (Peter Stormare), a slow-talking policeman, is called to investigate the case. The town's colorful residents inch Walter closer to important clues, but he'll have to confront his own demons�a violent streak that could threaten his career�before getting to the bottom of the murder mystery. A brilliantly unique setting and characters, gothic style, and a remarkable score of traditional a cappella hymns sets SMALL TOWN MURDER SONGS apart from a typical crime tale.


Tiny Furniture

Director: Lena Dunham

Cast: Lena Dunham, Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham, Jemima Kirke

With TINY FURNITURE, the 20-something writer/director/actor Lena Dunham has arrived as a very bright star on the American independent film scene. Dunham plays Aura, a recent college graduate who returns home to live with her mother and teenage sister in their spacious Tribeca loft. As the days wear on, Aura struggles to snap out of her near catatonic post-graduate haze and figure out what she should be doing with her life. In the tradition of Woody Allen and Whit Stillman, TINY FURNITURE is a universally pleasing comic gem.


When We Leave ("Die Fremde")

Director: Feo Aladag

Cast: Sibel Kekilli, Settar Tanriogen, Derya Alabora, Florian Lukas

A stunning and heartbreaking drama, WHEN WE LEAVE confronts the realities of female oppression within traditional, religious families. Umay (Sibel Kekilli) is an ethnically Turkish German citizen living with her husband and his family in the Istanbul suburbs. Suffering horrible abuse at the hand of her spouse, Umay escapes with her young son and flees to her family in Germany, who are horrified and shamed at her actions. WHEN WE LEAVE has been recognized many times over with many honors since its recent premiere, including six nominations at the German Film Awards.


WORLD CINEMA DOCUMENTARY

Ahead Of Time

Director: Robert Richman

Subjects: Ruth Gruber, Eli Wallach

Ruth Gruber's life story, as told in her words at 97 years old, is too extraordinary to be fiction. Born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family in 1911, she became the youngest ever PhD at age 20, completing a portion of her studies in Nazi-occupied Germany. Pursuing a career as an international foreign correspondent during the Second World War, Ruth stared down sexism and anti-Semitism to become a champion in her field, and found herself the precipice of many historic moments that would change the world forever.


And Everything Is Going Fine

Director: Steven Soderbergh

Subject: Spalding Gray

One of the Hamptons� most adored longtime residents, Spalding Gray was a brilliant playwright and actor, best known for his dazzling, distinctive monologues, out of which he crafted an art all his own. His unforgettable play, SWIMMING TO CAMBODIA, secured him as a giant in the history of American theater. Master director Steven Soderbergh relies on Gray's own words � captured from scores of recordings, interviews and performances � to craft this profound, insightful and wonderfully entertaining portrait of a quintessential American artist.


Beautiful Darling: The Life And Times Of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar

Director: James Rasin

Subjects: Candy Darling, Andy Warhol

In the 1960s, Candy Darling was a fixture in Andy Warhol's Factory and a glamorous starlet on New York's downtown scene, basking in the limelight she'd craved since her childhood as a boy in Massapequa, Long Island. While she found acceptance and adulation, relationship and money problems hounded her, and ultimately cancer brought her vibrant life to an end before her 30th birthday. Interviews with her contemporaries Jackie Curtis, Holly Woodlawn, Penny Arcade, Paul Morrissey, and Fran Lebowitz, and rare footage with her dear friend Jeremiah Newton create a loving and nuanced portrait in this remarkable film.


Cameraman: The Life And Work Of Jack Cardiff

Director: Craig McCall

Subjects: Jack Cardiff, Martin Scorsese, Kirk Douglas, Lauren Bacall

The career of renowned cinematographer Jack Cardiff has spanned a century. The master, whose compositions seem to be painted on the screen, is behind visual masterpieces such as THE RED SHOES, THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP and BLACK NARCISSUS, among many others. Cardiff tells his story in his own words (with some help from his group of famous devotees) in this fascinating documentary, which leads us step by step in an adventure through the history of cinema in the 20th Century. CAMERAMAN is must-see cinema for film lovers everywhere.


Client 9: The Rise And Fall Of Eliot Spitzer

Director: Alex Gibney

The personal escapades of politicians always titillate the public imagination and discourse. Still, few rocked the political landscape, and were as genuinely surprising, as the sex scandal of former New York governor Eliot Spitzer, who, after it was discovered had been spending thousands on high-end prostitutes, promptly resigned from office in early 2008. From the Academy Award-winning director of TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE, CLIENT 9 traces Spitzer�s fascinating rise as the state district attorney through the aftermath of his fallout, with interviews from many of the important players in Spitzer�s career� including Spitzer himself.


Jane�s Journey - North American Premiere

Director: Lorenz Knauer

Subjects: Jane Goodall, Angelina Jolie, Pierce Brosnan

Jane Goodall, calm, quiet and reserved, may be the most powerful voice speaking on behalf of the earth today. Traveling 300 days a year to speaking engagements around the world about conservation and sustainability, Goodall still finds time to make her way back to Gombe National Park in Tanzania, the site of her 45-year study of chimpanzees. Chronicling Jane's life from childhood up to her revolutionary work with the Roots and Shoots program, JANE'S JOURNEY, the first-ever true biography of Ms. Goodall, is as riveting and inspiring as Jane herself.


I Am

Director: Tom Shadyac

Screenwriter: Tom Shadyac

Subjects: Tom Shadyac, David Suzuki, Noam Chomsky, Howard Zinn

I AM is the story of a successful Hollywood director, Tom Shadyac, who experienced a life threatening head injury, and his ensuing journey to try and answer two very basic questions �What�s wrong with our world?� and �What can we do about it?� Tom visits some of today�s great minds, including authors, poets, teachers, religious leaders, and scientists searching for the fundamental endemic problem that causes all of the other problems, while simultaneously reflecting on his own life choices of excess, greed and eventual healing.


Life With Murder - East Coast Premiere

Director: John Kastner

How would your family life continue if unspeakable events came to shatter it: if your only son were to murder your only daughter? Director John Kastner poses this question to the Jenkins family of Chatham, Ontario, where Mason Jenkins, son of Brian and Leslie, is serving a life sentence for the first-degree murder of his sister. Against popular understanding, Brian and Leslie have remained closely in contact with their son. LIFE WITH MURDER deftly explores their awkward dynamic, and conveys surprising new information that may bring the family closer to the truth.


Louder Than A Bomb

Directors: Greg Jacobs, Jon Siskel

Chicago's Louder Than a Bomb draws hundreds of high schoolers from all over the city's diverse neighborhoods to compete in what is now the largest youth poetry slam competition in the world. In the tradition of SPELLBOUND and WORDPLAY, this thrilling documentary gives us an inside look at four teams (and their star "slammers") gunning for the top prize. But behind the competitive fervor lies the film's true spirit: this is a warm, tenderhearted look at a group of talented young poets, pouring out all their angst, frustrations, hopes and insecurities through raw, unfiltered words.


Nenette - New York Premiere

Director: Nicholas Philibert

Nenette is a forty-year old orangutan. She spends her days lounging and being observed at the Menagerie du Jardin des Plantes in Paris, her home since 1972, which she shares with her only surviving son, Tubo. Acclaimed documentarian Nicolas Philibert (BAFTA Foreign Film nominee, TO BE AND TO HAVE) casts a becalmed gaze on Nenette, who occupies nearly every frame of his beautifully sparse yet provocative new film; a bustling soundtrack of inquisitive kids, their parents, and the zoo's handlers provide the movie�s only human presence.


No Tomorrow

Directors: Roger Weisberg, Vanessa Roth

At 18 years old, Risa Bejarano decided to let Roger Weisberg and Vanessa Roth detail her journey out of the foster care system in their 2004 documentary AGING OUT. A few months later, she was murdered. NO TOMORROW examines the trial of Juan Jose Chavez, who, after being convicted of the murder of Bejarano and two others, faced a second phase of litigations to decide if his crimes warranted the death penalty. And as AGING OUT is used in the case against Chavez, Weisberg and Roth contemplate its ethical and moral implications.


On Coal River - New York Premiere

Directors: Francine Cavanaugh, Adams Wood

Our airwaves were dominated for a moment with the subject of "Clean Coal Technology," and talk about how coal might contribute a viable solution to our emissions problems. ON COAL RIVER is a journey to coal's source, the hills of Appalachia, where mountain top removal for coal mining is destroying a way of life as well as endangering the health and safety of thousands of West Virginians. ON COAL RIVER is an eloquent and profoundly revealing documentary about hazards hidden behind the Appalachian curtain, and the bravery of those calling for change.


Once Brothers - World Premiere

Director: Michael Tolajian

Subject: Vlade Divac

Drazen Petrovic and Vlade Divac were friends who grew up in Yugoslavia with a common bond: basketball. Together they lifted the Yugoslavian National Team to unimaginable heights, and later went to America where they became two of the first international players to attain stardom in the NBA. But with the end of the Cold War in 1991, Yugoslavia split up. War broke out between Petrovic's Croatia and Divac's Serbia. Long-buried ethnic tensions quickly surfaced and these two men, once brothers, found themselves on opposite sides of a deadly civil conflict.


Precious Life ("Chaim Yakarim")�US Premiere

Israel, 2010, 82 minutes

Director: Shlomi Eldar?Filmmaker Shlomi Eldar, a prominent Israeli journalist, uses his influence to call attention to a poor Palestinian baby boy in desperate need of a bone marrow transplant. The boy�s family and Eldar are overjoyed when an anonymous Israeli donor agrees to sponsor the operation. But the situation unexpectedly draws out the mother�s deep-seated prejudice, and in turn, Eldar questions his own ideas about tolerance. PRECIOUS LIFE is a challenge to the senselessness of ongoing violence, and a demand for human understanding and reconciliation, in the midst of the 2008-2009 blockade of Gaza.


Rehearsal For A Sicilian Tragedy (�Prove per una tragedia siciliana�)

Director: Roman Paska

Italy, 2009, 77 minutes

In REHEARSAL FOR A SICILIAN TRAGEDY, actor John Turturro leads audiences on an intimate journey through his ancestors� homeland, where, while researching a prospective film to be set in the world of the island's unique puppet theater, Turturro and director Roman Paska key in on one of its few remaining practitioners, Mimmo Cuticchio. Shot during preparations for the Sicilian Day of the Dead, and intertwining encounters with colorful residents and cultural figures including the author Andrea Camilleri, the film is both a fond and revealing portrait of a Sicily little known to the outside world.


Vlast (Power)

USA, 2010, 88 minutes

Director: Cathryn Collins

An investigative documentary that blows the door wide open on Russian politics, VLAST (POWER) examines the complex case of Mikhail Borisovich Khodorkovsky. Khodorkovsky and his oil company, Yukos, were once the strongest and most profitable force in Russia, symbolic of the country's shifting attitudes since the fall of the Soviet Union. But when he was arrested on multiple charges of corruption and conspiracy on October 25, 2003, the backdoor politics that had been running the country came to light with a vengeance.


Welcome To Shelbyville - World Premiere

USA, 2010, 67 minutes

Director: Kim A. Snyder

Welcome to Shelbyville is a dramatic glimpse of America at a crossroads. In one small town in the heart of the bible belt, just minutes away from the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan, longtime African American and White residents struggle to integrate with a growing Latino population, and most recently, hundreds of Somali refugees of Muslim faith. Through the vibrant and colorful characters of Shelbyville, the film explores the sensitive interplay between race, religion, and ethnic identity; and is an intimate portrayal of a community striving to understand what it means to be American.


SPECIAL SCREENINGS


Waiting For Superman

USA, 2010, 102 minutes

Director: Davis Guggenheim

Academy Award-winner Davis Guggenheim, the daring filmmaker behind the groundbreaking and controversial documentary AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH, returns to the screen with an investigative look at the American public education system. Never one to skirt issues, Guggenheim dives in headfirst and follows five students�Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily�to see how these bright young people are handled by an institution that is supposedly on their side. Insightfully dismantling the complex issues surrounding the subject, Guggenheim delivers a well-balanced but hard-hitting movie that is already one of the most talked-about films of the year.


Nuremberg: Its Lesson For Today [The 2009 Schulberg/Waletzky Restoration]

USA, 78 Minutes

Original version written & directed by Stuart Schulberg. Restoration created by Sandra Schulberg & Josh Waletzky.

Narrator: Liev Schreiber

Documenting history�s greatest courtroom drama, NUREMBERG: ITS LESSON FOR TODAY shows how the four Allied prosecution teams built their case against the top Nazi leaders, laying the groundwork for all subsequent prosecutions for crimes against the peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. The original 1948 film, written and directed by Stuart Schulberg, was never released in U.S. theaters due to political concerns. The original negative and sound elements were eventually lost or destroyed; filmmakers Sandra Schulberg and Josh Waletzky created a new 35mm negative and re-constructed the soundtrack using original sound from the trial.


Millers�s Crossing

Directors: Joel & Ethan Coen

Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Marcia Gay Harden, John Turturro, Albert Finney

Join us for a special 20th Anniversary screening of the 1990 Coen Brothers gangster classic, with select cast and crew in attendance for a post-screening discussion. MILLER'S CROSSING is the story of two warring crime mobs in a corrupt, Prohibition-era city. Tom Reagan, a respected loner with strong ties to the current boss, plays alliances across enemy lines when he makes a move that could turn him into a missing person. MILLER'S CROSSING is a masterful morality tale, teeming with irony and humor, and featuring a cast of amazing characters that only the Coens could dream into being.

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