Honoree Sam Pollard receives the 2022 Pennebaker Award from Chris Hegedus and Lana Jokel

Chris Albert, VP National Geographic Documentary Films

HDF Artistic Director Karen Arikian with award for best Environmental feature

HDF Jacqui Lofaro with author Robert Caro

HDF Jacqui Lofaro, Susan Lacy and Karen Arikian

L to R: Jacqui Lofaro, Pennebaker Honoree Sam Pollard, Producer Susan Margolin, Filmmakers Julie Anderson and Nancy Buirski

Karen Arikian, HDF Artistic Director, and festival friend.

Susan Margolin and Jamie Berger

Chris Albert and Jacqui Lofaro

HDF Matt Hindra and Assistant

Director Alex Pritz, Tangai Uru-eu-wau-wau, Producer Gabriel Uchida and Chris Albert of National Geographic Documentary Films

Filmmakers and guests at GALA

Filmmaker George Nierenberg and Cinematographer Don Lenzer

Annette Hinkle and Deborah Kooperstein

Elyn Kronemeyer with HDF Matt Hindra

Filmmaker George Nierenberg with HDF Jacqui Lofaro

Chris Albert and HDF Karen Arikian

Filmmaker Jamie Berger with HDF Jackie Leopold

HDF Publicist Arlene Hinkemeyer

George Nierenberg with HDF Matt Hindra

HDF Jacqui Lofaro with Ron Simon, HDF Advisory Board

HDF team Jackie Leopold, Matt Hindra and Karen Arikian

HDF Executive Director Jacqui Lofaro

HDF Jacqui Lofaro with Larry and Garry Lane of “Still Working 9 to 5”

HDF Jacqui Lofaro with Matt Hindra and Signature Sponsor Kevin Miserocchi

Jesse Friedman with Filmmaker Roger Sherman

HDF Artistic Director Karen Arikian

HDF Matt Hindra with Director Camille Hardman

Center, filmmaker Bruce Weber with Sylvia Di Paolo, and his creative team flanked by HDF Karen Arikian and Jacqui Lofaro

Filmmaker Lana Jokel with HDF Matt Hindra

Larry and Gary Lane with Deborah Kooperstein and HDF Jacqui Lofaro

Q/A with Susan Lacy, Gary and Larry Lane, Director Camille Hardman, author Ellen Cassedy for “Still Working 9 to 5”

“Still Working 9 to 5” team: Gary and Larry Lane, Director Camille Hardman with Susan Lacy

HDF Matt Hindra interviews Chris Albert, Executive VP of Global Communications for National Geographic Documentary Films

Jeff Roberson leads the Nulife Singers as prelude to “Say Amen, Somebody”

Filmmaker Ondi Timoner receives 2022 Filmmaker Impact Award for “Last Flight Home” from HDF Karen Arikian

Honoree Sam Pollard with filmmaker Julie Anderson

Videographer Patrick Dykstra for “Patrick and the Whale”

Roger Sherman on zoom Q/A with filmmakers Allison Otto and Caryn Capotosto for “The Thief Collector”

Roger Sherman in conversation with Jesse Friedman from “Subject”

Filmmaker Sam Pollard, recipient of the 2022 Pennebaker Award

Filmmaker Susan Lacy, HDF Advisory Board

Filmmaker Bruce Weber and Sylvia Di Paolo at Q/A with Jacqui Lofaro for film “Treasure of His Youth: The Photographs of Paolo Di Paolo

Sylvia Di Paolo and filmmaker Bruce Weber

Tangai Uru-eu-wau-wau, indigenous film subject and co-cinematographer, for The Territory

15th Anniversary Hamptons Doc Fest audience

Director Taimoor Choudhry with participant in “Real Fur”, Chris Albert and HDF Jackie Leopold

Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan interviews Director Lizzie Gottlieb and Author Robert Caro

Hamptons Doc Fest volunteers ready to help

Ron Simon in zoom interview with Director Gabriela Cowperthwaite of “The Grab”

Roger Sherman in conversation with Patrick Dykstra and Director Mark Fletcher of “Patrick and the Whale”

Sponsor Kevin Miserocchi of the Tee & Charles Addams Foundation with filmmaker Soren Sorensen

Author Robert Caro before the screening of Audience Award winning film, Turn Every Page: The Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb

Cynthia Lopez, Executive Director of NYWIFT, New York Women in Film & Television