Hamptons International Film Festival

Hamptons International Film Festival is committed to fostering independent cinema and filmmakers' careers at their early stages of development. The festival was founded in 1993 to celebrate the independent film - long, short, fiction and documentary - and to introduce a unique and varied spectrum of international films and filmmakers to audiences. The Festival is the premiere film event on New York State’s East End, and is an intimate showcase of some of the year’s best offerings in contemporary cinema. Festival selections continue to play an important role during awards season, with a significant number of titles highlighted every year at the Academy Awards and Golden Globes, as well as the Gotham Awards and Independent Spirit Awards. Festival prizes are abundant. Juried awards include the Golden Starfish Award for Fiction Feature ($3,000 cash+$85,000 in-kind goods and services), documentary ($3,000 cash+$60,000 dervices), short documentary and fiction film ($500 each) and student film ($500) and many more (over $45K in cash awards).