Hamptons International Film Festival

Passes and packages are on sale now for HIFF 2014: October 9-13.

(Photo by Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for The Hamptons International Film Festival)

(L-R) Annie Parker, director Steven Bernstein, Hamptons International Film Festival Artistic Director David Nugent, and Doron Weber attend the 21st Annual Hamptons International Film Festival on October 11, 2013 in East Hampton, New York. (Photo by Monica Schipper/Getty Images for The Hamptons International Film Festival)

Top films include: The Selfish Giant, Code Black, Philomena and Desert Runners. Congratulations to all the winners!

Plot for Peace director Carlos Agullo traces the riveting diplomatic maneuverings to release Mandela from jail in South Africa in the 1980s. See the winner of the #HIFF2013 Conflict & Resolution Award next Sunday.

"Tracing back the first year of my life and my parents’ life in Tehran, I set out to tell the story of the large community of Israelis living in the city on the eve of the 1979 revolution, enjoying close relations with the corrupt and dismantling regime of the Shah." Dan Shadur's Before The Revolution could not be more relevant at this very moment. See it at #HIFF2013. Read more.

"I think people will also be surprised at how well my mother was able to find common ground and work with those with whom she disagreed, and how she was able to respect and even become personal friends with fierce opponents." In Geraldine Ferraro: Paving the Way, Donna Zaccaro explores her mother's lasting legacy. Catch the World Premiere at #HIFF2013! Read more. 

"Out in the desert, all barriers are stripped away and people are at their most honest, authentic, vulnerable. It is brutal and it is beautiful, all at the same time." Jennifer Steinman talks about the incredible gumption and endurance on display in Desert Runners, screening in the Golden Starfish competition at #HIFF2013. Read more.

Running from Crazy, documentary legend Barbara Kopple's latest film, explores the hopeful and heartbreaking story of the Hemingway family's struggle with mental illness. Read more.

Cheeky writer/director/cinematographer Jeremy Saulnier on his "guttural neo-noir," which wowed 'em at Cannes earlier this year. See it in competition at #HIFF2013. Read more.

This is the moment we've all been waiting for: the #HIFF2013 Program is now live and browsable! Please share with your friends, and let us know which films strike your fancy... Reminder: individual tickets go on sale (online) Friday morning at 10:00 am. Don't worry; we'll remind you.

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Hear, hear! In partnership with BAFTA New York and our 'Focus on UK Film' series, #HIFF2013 will honor the hard work and impeccable taste of Working Title Films co-chairs Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner. Renee Zellweger will present them with the Golden Starfish Award for Lifetime Achievement. Also on deck: more terrific films from the UK, including About Time, The Invisible Woman, Effie Gray, and Burton and Taylor.