THE BONES

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Sponsored by Silvercrest Asset Management Group

THE BONES

WED, 12/11, 7:00pm, 98 min
BAY STREET THEATER

Director Jeremy Xido via Zoom for Q&A with Andrew Botsford

Director: Jeremy Xido
Producer: Ina Fichman
Editors: Nick Taylor, Tom Randaxhe, Jacob Thusen, Boban Chaldovich

The Bones traverses the globe alongside paleontologists on a quest to unearth dinosaur fossils that may hold the key to save humanity from extinction. It’s a race against time before the bones disappear into the hands of fossil dealers, who stand to make millions by selling them on the open market. A cinematic adventure that reaches from the Mongolian Gobi Desert to the floor of a Paris auction house, the film exposes the clash between science, post- colonial reckoning, and hard-headed capitalism.

Jeremy Xido is the artistic co-director of performance/film company CABULA6, voted Company of the Year 2009. Xido directed the award-winning feature Death Metal Angola, a six-part Crime Europe series, and the short documentary Macondo. He’s also known in Europe as a performance artist with a unique approach to stage and film.

THE STRIKE

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THE STRIKE

WED, 12/11, 12:00pm, 86 min
BAY STREET THEATER

Director JoeBill Muñoz and Protagonists Dolores Canales, Jack Morris, and Michael Saavedra in attendance for Q&A with Andrew Botsford

Directors: JoeBill Muñoz, Lucas Guilkey
Producers: JoeBill Muñoz, Lucas Guilkey
Editor: Daniela I. Quiroz
Cinematographer: Victor Tadashi Suárez

The Strike tells the story of a generation of California men who endured decades of solitary confinement at Pelican Bay prison and, against all odds, ignited a statewide hunger strike – the largest in U.S. history – as a feat of unity by 30,000 incarcerated people.

JoeBill Muñoz has directed short films. The Strike is his debut at directing a feature film. JoeBill was recently named to DOC NYC’s annual 40 Under 40 list spotlighting young creatives who are making an impact on the field of documentary. Lucas Guilkey is an award-winning documentary film producer and journalist. He has spent much of his career investigating systems of power.

THE THINKING GAME

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THE THINKING GAME

TUES, 12/10, 3:00pm, 83 min
BAY STREET THEATER

Director: Greg Kohs
Producer: Gary Krieg
Editor: Steve Sander
Cinematographer: Greg Kohs

A fascinating journey into the heart of DeepMind, one of the world's leading AI labs, where visionary scientist Demis Hassabis and his team are on a relentless quest to solve the enigma of artificial general intelligence (AGI). Filmed over five years, the film captures the moment when Hassabis and his team make history with AlphaFold, a groundbreaking program that solved a 50-year grand challenge in biology.

Greg Kohs is a ten-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker who has applied his unique "captured not contrived" storytelling style to all his branded content, commercial, and feature film work. His documentaries include Song Sung Blue, The Great Alone, AlphaGo and COIN.

UNION

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IMPACT AWARD TO FORD FOUNDATION’S JUSTFILMS

UNION

FRI, 12/6, 7:30pm, 104 min
SAG HARBOR CINEMA

Directors Brett Story and Steve Maing in attendance for Q&A with Sheila Nevins
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Directors: Brett Story, Stephen Maing
Producers: Brett Story, Stephen Maing, Samantha Curley, Mars Verrone, Martin DiCicco
Editors: Blair McClendon, Malika Zouhali-Worrall, Stephen Maing
Cinematographers: Martin DiCicco, Stephen Maing

The film chronicles the extraordinary efforts of an unlikely group of warehouse workers as they launch a grassroots union campaign at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island, New York. Led by the charismatic but underestimated Chris Small, the diverse band of workers start the Amazon Labor Union, and with a budget of $120,000 raised on GoFundMe, embark on a journey against one of the most powerful companies in the world.

Stephen Maing is an Emmy Award-winning filmmaker. His film Crime + Punishment won a Special Jury Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, an Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary and was shortlisted for an Academy Award for Best Documentary. Brett Story is an award-winning filmmaker and writer. Her film, The Hottest August, was called one of the best documentary films of 2019 by Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair.

WHALE NATION

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Sponsored by Sharon Held

WHALE NATION

SAT, 12/7, 3:00pm, 85 min
SAG HARBOR CINEMA

Director Jean-Albert Lièvre in attendance for Q&A with Carl Safina

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Director: Jean-Albert Lièvre
Producers: Julien Seul, Marc Dujardin
Editor: Cécile Husson
Cinematographer: Nedjma Berder

They’re Earth’s biggest creatures, yet still we know very little about them. Jean-Albert Lièvre’s visually arresting documentary – with a soundtrack to match – is based on the revolutionary book by Heathcote Williams and was filmed with a small crew over the course of several years, exploring the rich and complex societies of whales and what we must do to protect them. The film, which is narrated by Richard E. Grant, tells the story of a beached humpback whale from both the perspective of a young girl and the whale itself.

Jean-Albert Lièvre is a French documentary filmmaker, photographer, and author. His first film, The History of a Yucatan Cisal Rope, made in 1992 became a household name for wildlife and environmental documentaries in France. Through his subsequent films based on observing nature, Lièvre has become an “accidental environmentalist.”

WHAT’S NEXT?

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WHAT’S NEXT?

WED, 12/11, 2:00pm, 77 min
BAY STREET THEATER

Director Taylor Taglianetti in attendance for Q&A with Andrew Botsford

Director: Taylor Taglianetti
Producers: Taylor Taglianetti, Austin Tucker, Stephanie Troise Walter
Editor: Gaylen Ross
Cinematographer: Caleb Crossen

At 100-years-old, Dr. Howard Tucker has been recognized by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest practicing doctor. Following a more than seven-decade career, capped off by a stint teaching neurology to medical residents at Cleveland's St. Vincent Charity Medical Center, Dr. Tucker begins to slow down and grapple with aging for the first time. Told through the eyes of his grandson, the film follows their journey through a changing medical landscape as their relationship deepens and dynamics shift.

Taylor Taglianetti is the Founder and President of the National Organization of Italian Americans in Film & Television. She is also a producer, director, and celebrity interviewer. Her most recent film was the short documentary, Heirloom, which stars Isabella Rossellini. Her best friend Austin is the grandson of Dr. Tucker.

YOUNG VOICES EDUCATION PROGRAM: FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY & FAMILY

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Sponsored by the Yaffa Foundation

YOUNG VOICES EDUCATION PROGRAM: FOR STUDENTS, FACULTY & FAMILY

Co-presented with LTV public access TV

MON, 12/9, 10:00am to 1:00pm
LTV STUDIOS, East Hampton

The Hamptons Doc Fest highlights a special program dedicated exclusively to our community youth in middle and high schools. Take Two Film Academy, a premier filmmaking and media literacy organization, will conduct a lively workshop on the elements of filmmaking after the screening of the short film With the Tide (dir. Chelsea Jolly). Students will have the opportunity to direct, edit, operate cameras and perform on-stage. Following the workshop, students will have a guided tour through the LTV studios.

As an added YV bonus, students are invited to submit a short documentary film about a local Hometown Hero to HDF’s first student contest. The winning three films come with a cash stipend and the top film will be screened at the Sunday Shorts & Breakfast Bites program.

The Young Voices program at the festival and filmmaking contest expands on the theatrical viewing experience with a focus on the professional development of young filmmakers.

ZURAWSKI V TEXAS

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HUMAN RIGHTS AWARD
Sponsored by Leslie & Andrew Siben

ZURAWSKI V TEXAS

TUES, 12/10, 5:30pm, 99 min
BAY STREET THEATER

Director Abbie Perrault via Zoom for Q&A with Andrew Botsford

Directors: Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault
Producers: Amy Flanagan, Siobhan Sinnerton, Blye Pagon Faust, Cori Shepherd, Maisie Crow, Abbie Perrault
Editor: Austin Reedy
Cinematographer: Maisie Crow

Women denied abortions under Texas’ ambiguous and unforgiving abortion bans band together with a fearless attorney to sue Texas. While battling in court against the state and its immovable Attorney General, the extent of their traumatic experiences is revealed as they wrestle to regain their reproductive futures and set a precedent for millions of other women and families.

When Directors Maisie Crow and Abbie Perrault saw it was likely that Roe v. Wade would be overturned, they started to explore how they could cover the repercussions of that decision. They met attorney Molly Duane through the Center for Reproductive Rights and determined that the case being filed for Amanda Zurawski and four other women would enable them to show the trauma along with some degree of hope. Previously the two filmmakers worked together on the 2021 documentary At the Ready.

SECRETS OF SPAIN

SECRETS OF SPAIN

Co-presented with the Parrish Art Museum Community Day in June 2024
In person Q/A with Director/Producer, Eva Lindemann-Sanchez and Editor, Antonio Sanchez.

Flamenco guitar by Jackson Scott

Director: Eva Lindemann-Sanchez
Editor: Antonio Sanchez

Secrets of Spain is a new documentary series that showcases Spain’s rich culture and gastronomy through a journey across Andalusia. English-born siblings George and Gioconda Scott host, exploring hidden corners, tasting culinary delights, and meeting local artisans. From Iberian ham to 13th-century convent sweets, their road trip ends in Sanlúcar de Barrameda. The series aims to reveal Spain’s authentic essence and diverse landscapes.

FRIDA

FRIDA

Celebrating Womens History Month
co-presented with the Parrish Art Museum & Cinema Tropical

FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 2024 at 6:30pm

Director: Carla Gutiérrez, 2024, Spanish, 88 min.

Recently premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival, FRIDA, Directed by Carla Gutiérrez, is an intimately raw and magical journey through the life, mind, and heart of iconic artist Frida Kahlo. Told through her own words for the very first time — drawn from her diary, revealing letters, essays, and print interviews — and brought vividly to life by lyrical animation inspired by her unforgettable artwork.

Through a cacophony of rich archival sights, music, and journal entries joyfully brought to life, we become immersed in Frida’s interior world, fears, arduous relationships, and events that drove her indelible artistic creations. Gutiérrez vibrantly guides us through Frida’s complex relationship to her own work, navigating the tension between art as commerce and painting for pleasure and self-knowledge. With reverence, thoughtfulness, and the color of pure emotion, FRIDA invites us to get to know one of the greatest artists of the 20th century in a completely new way.

Gutiérrez, renowned for her masterful editing of films including Sundance Film Festival projects RBG (2018), When Two Worlds Collide (2016), and Cesar’s Last Fast (2014), brings artistry and a deep understanding of her subject to an astonishing directorial debut.

MAX ROACH: THE DRUM ALSO WALTZES

MAX ROACH: THE DRUM ALSO WALTZES

Celebrating Black History Month
co-presented with the Parrish Art Museum

FRIDAY, FEB 16, 2024 at 6pm

Q/A with Co-Director Ben Shapiro via zoom

Directors: Sam Pollard & Ben Shapiro

Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes explores the life and music of legendary drummer, activist Max Roach, his creative peaks, personal struggles and re-inventions from the Jim Crow to Civil Rights eras, from heady days of post-war jazz to hip ho and beyond.
This is the story of a musician whose far-reaching ambitions were inspired and challenged by the inequities of the society around him. His stunningly diverse seven-decade career marked him as one of the great musical artists of the 20th century and a pioneering cultural activist at times when the nation was steeped in racism. The film follows Roach across a rich and complicated life, years of now-legendary achievement, deep personal struggle, and the price he paid for his outspoken views.