The Hamptons International Film Festival is now taking submissions for the five-day festival coming up in October during Columbus Day weekend at venues in East Hampton, Sag Harbor and Southampton.
The 26th annual festival will have four competitive categories— narrative feature, documentary feature, narrative short film, documentary short film—as well as seven noncompetitive categories. Student-made films are also accepted, and Long Island filmmakers are encouraged to submit for the Views from Long Island section. More than $180,000 in cash and in-kind awards will be distributed to prize winners. Also, the winners of Best Narrative Short and Best Documentary Short will automatically qualify for the Academy Awards without a standard theatrical run, provided they meet all other Academy requirements.
The earlybird deadline is March 19. The regular deadline is April 23. The late deadline is May 21. The Without a Box extended deadline is June 11.
For more information and to submit a film, visit hamptonsfilmfest.org/hiff-2018-submissions. For submission questions, email programming@hamptonsfilmfest.org.