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Closing Night Film Announced for HIFF 2024

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Amy Adams in Marielle Heller’s film

Amy Adams in Marielle Heller’s film "Nightbitch." ANNE MARIE FOX/© 2024 SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

HIFF will present the U.S. premiere of John Crowley’s “We Live in Time.” COURTESY HIFF

HIFF will present the U.S. premiere of John Crowley’s “We Live in Time.” COURTESY HIFF

Sam Pezzullo and Christopher Bouckoms’ film “The Premiere,” is about a theater producer who attempts to make a musical version of his favorite movie, “Scream,” at a local Sag Harbor theater. COURTESY HIFF

Sam Pezzullo and Christopher Bouckoms’ film “The Premiere,” is about a theater producer who attempts to make a musical version of his favorite movie, “Scream,” at a local Sag Harbor theater. COURTESY HIFF

Andrew Garfield stars in John Crowley's film

Andrew Garfield stars in John Crowley's film "We Live in Time." MAARTEN DEBOER

authorStaff Writer on Aug 20, 2024

HamptonsFilm has announced that the Closing Night Film of the 32nd Hamptons International Film Festival on Sunday, October 13, will be the East Coast premiere of writer/director Marielle Heller’s “Nightbitch.” The film stars Academy Award nominee Amy Adams and Scoot McNairy, and follows a woman (Adams) who pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom when her new domesticity takes a surreal turn. Heller is scheduled to attend the festival and participate in a post-screening Q&A.

The festival will also host “A Real Pain” directed by Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg and starring Eisenberg and Emmy Award winner Kieran Culkin. The film sees mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother. Culkin will participate in a post-screening Q&A. The festival will also present the U.S. premiere of John Crowley’s “We Live in Time” as Spotlight presentations. The film stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance between Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield), who are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. Andrew Garfield is expected to participate in a post-screening Q&A and a session of “A Conversation With…” as well.

“We feel incredibly fortunate to bring not only some of the most talked-about films of the season to this year’s edition of the festival, but also many of the talented voices at the helm of these projects as well,” said HamptonsFilm Artistic Director David Nugent. “It is always a treat when we are able to enrich the moviegoing experience for our audiences with these uniquely intimate conversations with artists and filmmakers.”

HIFF also announced new features that will be included in this year’s Views from Long Island Signature Program lineup, including the World premieres of Evan Ari Kelman’s “Barron’s Cove,” in which a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible for his son’s tragic death, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician — the father of the kidnapped boy, and Sam Pezzullo and Christopher Bouckoms’s “The Premiere,” a largely improvised comedy following Sam, a painfully narcissistic and delusional theater producer who attempts to make a musical version of his favorite movie, “Scream,” at a local Sag Harbor theater.

The 32nd annual Hamptons International Film Festival will run October 4 to 14. Passes and packages for the 32nd edition of HIFF will be on sale beginning September 4, at hamptonsfilmfest.org. Additional programming will continue to be announced in the coming weeks.

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