Former Berlinale director Dieter Kosslick is returning to the festival scene with a new event called Green Visions Potsdam, which kicks off on May 30 and runs until June 2.
Kosslick, whose 18-year tenure at the Berlinale spanned 2001 to 2019, is festival director of Green Visions Potsdam and has put together a line-up of 18 films addressing issues such as climate protection, sustainability, fast fashion, agriculture and nutrition.
The programme, which Kosslick has selected in collaboration with curator Karen Arikian, opens with the German premieres of French documentary filmmaker Jean-Albert Lièvre’s Whale Nation and UK director Mahalia Belo’s survival thriller The End We Start From,...
Kosslick, whose 18-year tenure at the Berlinale spanned 2001 to 2019, is festival director of Green Visions Potsdam and has put together a line-up of 18 films addressing issues such as climate protection, sustainability, fast fashion, agriculture and nutrition.
The programme, which Kosslick has selected in collaboration with curator Karen Arikian, opens with the German premieres of French documentary filmmaker Jean-Albert Lièvre’s Whale Nation and UK director Mahalia Belo’s survival thriller The End We Start From,...
- 5/30/2024
- ScreenDaily
Isabella Rossellini has a connection to two Hamptons Doc Fest selections: Roger Sherman’s The Soul Of A Farmer and Stina Gardell’s Movie Man: “She is Stig Björkman’s very good friend over many many years.” Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the second instalment with Artistic Director Karen Arikian we discussed Lisa Hurwitz’s The Automat; Lifetime Achievement Award honouree at the 12th edition of Doc NYC Joan Churchill and her short Shoot From The Heart with Haskell Wexler, Chris Hegedus, and Da Pennebaker; Asaf Galay’s The Adventures Of Saul Bellow; Tasha Van Zandt’s After Antarctica (recipient of the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Environmental Award); Dom Aprile’s Farming Long Island; Roger Sherman’s The Soul Of A Farmer with a connection to Isabella Rossellini, who is in Stina Gardell’s Movie Man, starring Stig Björkman, director of the Opening Night film Joyce Carol Oates: A Body In...
In the second instalment with Artistic Director Karen Arikian we discussed Lisa Hurwitz’s The Automat; Lifetime Achievement Award honouree at the 12th edition of Doc NYC Joan Churchill and her short Shoot From The Heart with Haskell Wexler, Chris Hegedus, and Da Pennebaker; Asaf Galay’s The Adventures Of Saul Bellow; Tasha Van Zandt’s After Antarctica (recipient of the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation Environmental Award); Dom Aprile’s Farming Long Island; Roger Sherman’s The Soul Of A Farmer with a connection to Isabella Rossellini, who is in Stina Gardell’s Movie Man, starring Stig Björkman, director of the Opening Night film Joyce Carol Oates: A Body In...
- 12/4/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Stig Björkman’s Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind, produced by Stina Gardell, to open the Hamptons Doc Fest (pictured Joyce Carol Oates with the late Stephen Sondheim) Photo: Anne-Katrin Titze
In the first installment with Artistic Director Karen Arikian we discussed the Hamptons Doc Fest Awards and Stina Gardell’s Movie Man star and director of the Opening Night film, Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind, Stig Björkman. Dawn Porter following an introduction by Chris Hegedus will receive the Pennebaker Career Achievement Award from Lana Jokel on that evening with screenings of Bree Wayy: Promise, Witness, Remembrance and a work-in-progress excerpt of Cirque du Soleil.
Hamptons Doc Fest Artistic Director Karen Arikian with Anne-Katrin Titze on Joyce Carol Oates: “We would welcome her with open arms.”
On Saturday, Sam Pollard and Rex Miller will receive the Human Rights Award for Citizen Ashe...
In the first installment with Artistic Director Karen Arikian we discussed the Hamptons Doc Fest Awards and Stina Gardell’s Movie Man star and director of the Opening Night film, Joyce Carol Oates: A Body in the Service of Mind, Stig Björkman. Dawn Porter following an introduction by Chris Hegedus will receive the Pennebaker Career Achievement Award from Lana Jokel on that evening with screenings of Bree Wayy: Promise, Witness, Remembrance and a work-in-progress excerpt of Cirque du Soleil.
Hamptons Doc Fest Artistic Director Karen Arikian with Anne-Katrin Titze on Joyce Carol Oates: “We would welcome her with open arms.”
On Saturday, Sam Pollard and Rex Miller will receive the Human Rights Award for Citizen Ashe...
- 12/2/2021
- by Anne-Katrin Titze
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
HT2FF – Hamptons Take 2 Documentary Film Festival is about to take place for its 7th edition, December 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th just after Thanksgiving and before Christmas. For four days the Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor on Long Island’s East End, is booked back-to-back with documentaries of the finest caliber but which are not necessarily premieres.These are films that both deserve and need exposure, hence the festival title, “Take 2”. The audience is enthusiastic and loyal.
Jacqui Lofaro was herself a documentary filmmaker until she started this festival which now consumes her days and nights. Not that she doesn’t have an idea for her next documentary, but, at this moment the festival, is exploding, a case of spontaneous combustion. The festival has taken over her life with screenings throughout the year, such as this spring’s screening of Frieda Lee Mock’s 2013 critically acclaimed film, “Anita”. With a panel of experts the screening was an event playing to a packed house. It didn’t matter that the film had already had its theatrical release. According to Jacqui “that’s what Take 2 is all about. Our mission is simply to show great documentary films to our local East End audience”. This festival reaches out to the community by showing films throughout the year in local libraries as well.
This year, the festival will screen a total of 32 documentaries at the Bay Street Theater. Using only one theater venue makes this festival intimate and very, very easy.
There is a balance in the festival between social issue documentaries and other docs, and between bringing in filmmakers and focusing on community filmmakers. Indeed the first day of the festival is devoted to regional filmmakers with a “Focus on Locals”.
In addition, the festival will feature several sections which are targeted at local youth: Young Voices (short docs made by local middle and high school students), Future Voices (films by Student Filmmakers from the NYC Media Arts Centers) and Emerging Voices (two strong films by recent graduates of the School of Visual Arts Mfa Social Documentary Program, introduced by documentary filmmaker and Sva professor, Deborah Dickson).
The Evening Galas are not red-carpet-celebrity events. Rather they honor documentary filmmakers such as Richard Leacock the inventor of the sound-sync camera or Susan Lacy of American Masters or Chris Hegedus & D A Pennebaker. This year the honors go to Barbara Kopple who has been making ground-breaking docs for 40+ years. Her first film on a devastating coal miners’ strike in Kentucky, “Harlan County USA”, was an Oscar winner, and will screen to this growing audience of doc fans.
This rock-solid festival is not premiere driven. However, this year the festival was offered the New York premiere of Michael Apted’s “Bending the Light” about lens making for photographers and filmmakers, and will also feature the east coast premiere of “The Big Beat”, made by local filmmaker and archivist, Joe Lauro. Also screening is Martin Scorsese’s “Fifty Year Argument”, an HBO documentary about the anniversary of The New York Review of Books.
The closing night film is reserved for the annual Filmmaker’s Choice Award which this year goes to Wendy Keys both filmmaker and former administrator at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Her documentary “Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight, “ a warm and insightful view of the iconic American graphic designer of the “I Love New York” campaign and the founder of New York Magazine, will be the feature film.
The enthusiasm and efficiency behind this festival abide with Jacqui to such an extent that I wondered how she did it and wondered about her own docs, made by her company Justice Productions.org. She said they do not have traditional distribution, however, they continuously sell on Amazon’s Create Space, and she is invited to speak and show the film at universities, libraries and other venues where audiences care about social issues. Recently the Reel Recovery Film Festival showed “The Last Fix: An Addicts Passage from Hell to Hope” at the Quad. “The Empty Chair: Death Penalty Yes or No,” the recipient of the 2006 prestigious Thurgood Marshall Broadcast Journalism Award aired on national television on the Hallmark Channel’s World of Faith and Values and is still actively requested as well.
The festival has welcomed Karen Arikian (former Exec. Dir of the Hamptons International Film Festival and currently the Us rep for the Berlin International Film Festival) on board as Creative Advisor, and Jacqui has put together an Industry Advisory Board of top film and television professionals. Jacqui describes board meetings at the Paley Center for Media (Board Member, Ron Simon, is Paley’s Curator for TV and Radio) taking place in the Chairman’s office around Paley’s own round leather desk. As Jacqui puts it: “Now that’s a place of inspiration”.
Industry Advisory Board:
Julie Anderson - Executive Producer, Documentaries and Development at PBS/Wnet; former producer at Espn; documentary filmmaker at HBO Sports; executive at HBO Original Documentary Programming.
Karen Arikian - Founded her independent consulting company with offices in Germany and New York for clients including BAFTA, Toronto International Film Festival, Hamburg Media School; Us Delegate to (Berlinale) Berlin International Film Festival.
Susan Lacy - Founded "Pentimento Productions" in 2014, with a film to premiere on HBO, the first in an exclusive multi-picture deal with HBO Documentary Films; former creator, director & executive producer of 200 documentaries for the PBS “American Masters” series.
Don Lenzer - Documentary director and cinematographer whose credits can be found on five Academy Award winning feature documentaries and numerous public television programs; co-directed and shot the Emmy Award winning Great Performances documentary "Itzhak Perlman; In The Fiddler's House."
Susan Margolin - President of Docurama and Special Acquisitions at Cinedigm. She oversees the recently launched Docurama Channel as well as the Docurama brand of award winning documentary films across all platforms including theatrical, home entertainment, and digital distribution.
Nigel Noble - Producer, director and Academy Award winner for the documentary short, “Close Harmony;" producer and director of films and video for theaters, television, not-for-profits, major businesses with works earning nominations and accolades from the Director’s Guild of America, Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival.
Roger Sherman - Director, producer and cinematographer of documentaries that have won an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award and two Academy award nominations. He is a co-founder of Florentine Films with Ken Burns.
Ron Simon - Curator of television and radio for The Paley Center for Media; an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University, New York University and Hunter College; judge on the George Foster Peabody committee; member editorial board of Television Quarterly.
Jacqui Lofaro was herself a documentary filmmaker until she started this festival which now consumes her days and nights. Not that she doesn’t have an idea for her next documentary, but, at this moment the festival, is exploding, a case of spontaneous combustion. The festival has taken over her life with screenings throughout the year, such as this spring’s screening of Frieda Lee Mock’s 2013 critically acclaimed film, “Anita”. With a panel of experts the screening was an event playing to a packed house. It didn’t matter that the film had already had its theatrical release. According to Jacqui “that’s what Take 2 is all about. Our mission is simply to show great documentary films to our local East End audience”. This festival reaches out to the community by showing films throughout the year in local libraries as well.
This year, the festival will screen a total of 32 documentaries at the Bay Street Theater. Using only one theater venue makes this festival intimate and very, very easy.
There is a balance in the festival between social issue documentaries and other docs, and between bringing in filmmakers and focusing on community filmmakers. Indeed the first day of the festival is devoted to regional filmmakers with a “Focus on Locals”.
In addition, the festival will feature several sections which are targeted at local youth: Young Voices (short docs made by local middle and high school students), Future Voices (films by Student Filmmakers from the NYC Media Arts Centers) and Emerging Voices (two strong films by recent graduates of the School of Visual Arts Mfa Social Documentary Program, introduced by documentary filmmaker and Sva professor, Deborah Dickson).
The Evening Galas are not red-carpet-celebrity events. Rather they honor documentary filmmakers such as Richard Leacock the inventor of the sound-sync camera or Susan Lacy of American Masters or Chris Hegedus & D A Pennebaker. This year the honors go to Barbara Kopple who has been making ground-breaking docs for 40+ years. Her first film on a devastating coal miners’ strike in Kentucky, “Harlan County USA”, was an Oscar winner, and will screen to this growing audience of doc fans.
This rock-solid festival is not premiere driven. However, this year the festival was offered the New York premiere of Michael Apted’s “Bending the Light” about lens making for photographers and filmmakers, and will also feature the east coast premiere of “The Big Beat”, made by local filmmaker and archivist, Joe Lauro. Also screening is Martin Scorsese’s “Fifty Year Argument”, an HBO documentary about the anniversary of The New York Review of Books.
The closing night film is reserved for the annual Filmmaker’s Choice Award which this year goes to Wendy Keys both filmmaker and former administrator at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Her documentary “Milton Glaser: To Inform & Delight, “ a warm and insightful view of the iconic American graphic designer of the “I Love New York” campaign and the founder of New York Magazine, will be the feature film.
The enthusiasm and efficiency behind this festival abide with Jacqui to such an extent that I wondered how she did it and wondered about her own docs, made by her company Justice Productions.org. She said they do not have traditional distribution, however, they continuously sell on Amazon’s Create Space, and she is invited to speak and show the film at universities, libraries and other venues where audiences care about social issues. Recently the Reel Recovery Film Festival showed “The Last Fix: An Addicts Passage from Hell to Hope” at the Quad. “The Empty Chair: Death Penalty Yes or No,” the recipient of the 2006 prestigious Thurgood Marshall Broadcast Journalism Award aired on national television on the Hallmark Channel’s World of Faith and Values and is still actively requested as well.
The festival has welcomed Karen Arikian (former Exec. Dir of the Hamptons International Film Festival and currently the Us rep for the Berlin International Film Festival) on board as Creative Advisor, and Jacqui has put together an Industry Advisory Board of top film and television professionals. Jacqui describes board meetings at the Paley Center for Media (Board Member, Ron Simon, is Paley’s Curator for TV and Radio) taking place in the Chairman’s office around Paley’s own round leather desk. As Jacqui puts it: “Now that’s a place of inspiration”.
Industry Advisory Board:
Julie Anderson - Executive Producer, Documentaries and Development at PBS/Wnet; former producer at Espn; documentary filmmaker at HBO Sports; executive at HBO Original Documentary Programming.
Karen Arikian - Founded her independent consulting company with offices in Germany and New York for clients including BAFTA, Toronto International Film Festival, Hamburg Media School; Us Delegate to (Berlinale) Berlin International Film Festival.
Susan Lacy - Founded "Pentimento Productions" in 2014, with a film to premiere on HBO, the first in an exclusive multi-picture deal with HBO Documentary Films; former creator, director & executive producer of 200 documentaries for the PBS “American Masters” series.
Don Lenzer - Documentary director and cinematographer whose credits can be found on five Academy Award winning feature documentaries and numerous public television programs; co-directed and shot the Emmy Award winning Great Performances documentary "Itzhak Perlman; In The Fiddler's House."
Susan Margolin - President of Docurama and Special Acquisitions at Cinedigm. She oversees the recently launched Docurama Channel as well as the Docurama brand of award winning documentary films across all platforms including theatrical, home entertainment, and digital distribution.
Nigel Noble - Producer, director and Academy Award winner for the documentary short, “Close Harmony;" producer and director of films and video for theaters, television, not-for-profits, major businesses with works earning nominations and accolades from the Director’s Guild of America, Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival.
Roger Sherman - Director, producer and cinematographer of documentaries that have won an Emmy Award, a Peabody Award and two Academy award nominations. He is a co-founder of Florentine Films with Ken Burns.
Ron Simon - Curator of television and radio for The Paley Center for Media; an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University, New York University and Hunter College; judge on the George Foster Peabody committee; member editorial board of Television Quarterly.
- 11/11/2014
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
The Hamptons International Film Festival has appointed Anne Chaisson as its new executive director and promoted director of programming David Nugent to artistic director. “Having Anne onboard seems like a natural progression of events,” said festival chairman Stuart Match Suna. “She has been such an integral part of the Festival for the past ten years and we are thrilled to have her here full time. Anne’s broad background in production, business and film education make her an incredible asset the Festival and I look forward to watching it flourish under her direction.” Read More: Karen Arikian Steps Down As Executive Director of the Hamptons Film Festival A longtime producer (“Roger Dodger,” “P.S.”) and fundraiser, Chaisson has served as advisory co-chair of the Hamptons fest since 2003. She is a member of both the Ifp Producers Group and the New York Women in Film and Television. Nugent, who also teaches...
- 11/30/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
Hamptons International Film Festival executive director Karen Arikian is stepping down from her post at the end of November, the festival announced Tuesday. Arikian ran the festival for five years. “I have been very fortunate to have led this wonderful organization since 2008,” said Arikian, “and I leave knowing that the festival is stronger than ever, having just completed its 20th anniversary edition.” Though she now plans to pursue other opportunities, Arikian will continue in her role as U.S./East Coast delegate for the Berlin International Film Festival. “Karen has successfully led us through five outstanding festivals, and we are grateful for her many contributions, which have helped make the festival one of the foremost celebrations of independent film in this country,” said chairman of the board of directors Stuart Match Suna. “On behalf of the board and all of the festival’s many participants and supporters, I...
- 11/13/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
The Hamptons International Film Festival will be on the lookout for a new chief as five-year vet Karen Arikian leaves the scene. Her replacement has their work cut out for them. It has been hard for the Hamptons fest to stamp itself as important or singular. Hatched as a way to extend the tourist season for Long Island’s East End when the socialite set shutter their summer homes and head back to Manhattan, the event unfortunately falls between the Toronto and New York film festivals. Those are unbeatable showcases for Oscar-season films and they get all the top films. But the Hamptons is a pleasant festival, and maybe it’s sufficient as just one more stop along the trail for award-season wannabe films. Especially the art house fare that can use all the promotional opportunities they can get. Here’s the release: East Hampton, NY – November 13, 2012 – The Hamptons International Film Festival...
- 11/13/2012
- by MIKE FLEMING JR.
- Deadline
Industry Event By Invitation Only. No Press Or Public Allowed.
Please Join Us For Efp'S Industry Screenings In N.Y.
Monday, June 25 & Tuesday, June 26, 2012
at the Tribeca Grand Hotel's Screening Room, 2 Avenue of the Americas, Lower Level
European Film Promotion invites you and a guest to the NY Industry Screenings at the Tribeca Grand Hotel.
Monday, June 25
4 pm
Resistance by Amit Gupta
Sales Agent in attendance Denis Revirand, Rezo Films6 pm
Jelly T by Michael Hegner
Sales Agent in attendance Imke Wulfmeyer, Sola Media
8 pm
The Magic Of Hope by Paco Torres
Sales Agent in attendance Olivier Van Bockstael, EastWest FilmdistributionTuesday, June 26
4pm
Blancanieves by Pablo Berger
Sales Agent in attendance Mar Abadin, Dreamcatchers
6pm
The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Sales Agent in attendance Eric Schnedecker, Urban Distribution International
8pm
Approved For Adoption by Jung and Laurent Boileau
Sales Agent in attendance LoC Magneron, Wide
*Please join us for a drink at the Hotel Lounge Bar following the screenings.
RSVP to: Andreas Struck, screenings [At] efp-online.com
Please indicate which screenings you will be attending.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Kind regards,
Andreas Struck, Efp Project Director
Karen Arikian, Efp Consultant/Us Projects
European Film Promotion
Friedensallee 14-16 22765 Hamburg Germany
phone +49 40- 3906252 fax +49 40- 3906249
www.efp-online.com
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www.facebook.com/ShootingStarsEFP...
Please Join Us For Efp'S Industry Screenings In N.Y.
Monday, June 25 & Tuesday, June 26, 2012
at the Tribeca Grand Hotel's Screening Room, 2 Avenue of the Americas, Lower Level
European Film Promotion invites you and a guest to the NY Industry Screenings at the Tribeca Grand Hotel.
Monday, June 25
4 pm
Resistance by Amit Gupta
Sales Agent in attendance Denis Revirand, Rezo Films6 pm
Jelly T by Michael Hegner
Sales Agent in attendance Imke Wulfmeyer, Sola Media
8 pm
The Magic Of Hope by Paco Torres
Sales Agent in attendance Olivier Van Bockstael, EastWest FilmdistributionTuesday, June 26
4pm
Blancanieves by Pablo Berger
Sales Agent in attendance Mar Abadin, Dreamcatchers
6pm
The Woman Who Brushed Off Her Tears by Teona Strugar Mitevska
Sales Agent in attendance Eric Schnedecker, Urban Distribution International
8pm
Approved For Adoption by Jung and Laurent Boileau
Sales Agent in attendance LoC Magneron, Wide
*Please join us for a drink at the Hotel Lounge Bar following the screenings.
RSVP to: Andreas Struck, screenings [At] efp-online.com
Please indicate which screenings you will be attending.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Kind regards,
Andreas Struck, Efp Project Director
Karen Arikian, Efp Consultant/Us Projects
European Film Promotion
Friedensallee 14-16 22765 Hamburg Germany
phone +49 40- 3906252 fax +49 40- 3906249
www.efp-online.com
www.shooting-stars.eu
www.facebook.com/EuropeanFilmPromotion
www.facebook.com/ShootingStarsEFP...
- 6/15/2012
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
Film composer Carter Burwell and “Nadja” writer-director Michael Almereyda will headline a MoMA panel June 20 as part of the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival’s official program. In addition, the festival has launched a new partnership with the Silas Marder Gallery to present a summer outdoor screening series that will include Hal Ashby’s “Being There” and Preston Sturges’ “Sullivan’s Travels.” The Long Island fest, which runs October 4-8, is in its 20th year. “As we begin our season of celebrating Hiff’s 20th Anniversary year, we are looking forward to strong events both in New York and in the Hamptons,” said executive director Karen Arikian. “These two noteworthy happenings are just the first in a series of summer screenings perfectly launching what will be a significant year for Hiff.” Burwell has scored films such as “Blood Simple,” “This...
- 6/5/2012
- by Jay A. Fernandez
- Indiewire
Getty Alec Baldwin
The Hamptons International Film Festival kicks off today and runs until Monday, Oct. 17. The festival, now in its 19th year, includes programs such as conversations with personalities, and draws about 18,000 people each year, according to Executive Director Karen Arikian. Films will be shown in East Hampton, Southampton, Montauk, Sag Harbor, and Westhampton.
“What distinguishes us from other festivals is we’re located in a very incredibly beautiful spot,” Arikian told Speakeasy. “During the fall, it’s very loose and informal.
The Hamptons International Film Festival kicks off today and runs until Monday, Oct. 17. The festival, now in its 19th year, includes programs such as conversations with personalities, and draws about 18,000 people each year, according to Executive Director Karen Arikian. Films will be shown in East Hampton, Southampton, Montauk, Sag Harbor, and Westhampton.
“What distinguishes us from other festivals is we’re located in a very incredibly beautiful spot,” Arikian told Speakeasy. “During the fall, it’s very loose and informal.
- 10/13/2011
- by Barbara Chai
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Hamptons International Film Festival organizers hosted a lunch teasing some of the program at their upcoming fest, taking place October 13 - 17 in East Hampton, NY and throughout the East End. Left to right: Hiff chairman Stuart Suna, programmer Holly Herrick, executive director Karen Arikian and director of programming David Nugent (and Buddha in the background). The Hamptons unveiled their centerpiece and closing night films this week. The event ...
- 9/23/2011
- Indiewire
HollywoodNews.com: Just a few notes from all over: the lovely Mary Fickett, the wonderful veteran actress who played Ruth Martin on “All My Children,” died this week at age 83. She’d been with the show since day 1, in 1970, until Alzheimer’s forced her to retire about ten years ago. She won the first daytime Emmy award. As Ruth Martin, she was a stand in for the show’s creator, Agnes Nixon. Ruth was the conscience of the show, especially when her son went to fight in Vietnam. Ironically, “All My Children” ends its run next Friday after 41 years. Last year, a similar thing happened with Helen Wagner, the matriarch of “As the World Turns,” died right before that show concluded after 54 years. She was 93. I remember Ruth Martin from when I was in high school; Fickett was direct and never wavering in her delivery. She’s been missed the last few years…...
- 9/15/2011
- by Roger Friedman
- Hollywoodnews.com
The first annual Perugia International Film Festival won't begin until March 22, 2012, but artistic director Karen Arikian and festival president Emanuele Rossi have already begun to shape the festival's programming. In an attempt to build early buzz and let audiences know what to expect, the festival will hold a sneak preview in Perugia on October 1st and 2nd with screenings and discussions with artists, including documentary filmmakers D.A. Pennebaker ...
- 9/14/2011
- Indiewire
The Hamptons International Film Festival kicks off summer on the East Coast with their first-ever Summer Sunday Classics series. For all you movie buffs who enjoy your cinema al fresco, our swanky neighbors in Montauk are offering up some thrilling summer fare. The Hamptons International Film Festival (Hiff) recently announced their new summer series, Summer Sunday Classics, which will take place every Sunday of the summer beginning June 5. On board as the venue of the sun-soaked event is the Montauk Sole East Resort, a hotel housed in a landmark American Tudor building. Movies? Check. Spectacular scenery? Check. And did we mention barbecue and cocktails each Sunday? Double check. Recently, Hiff Executive Director Karen Arikian declared Summer Sunday Classics to be 'a program of timeless, beloved films that provide opportunity for movie lovers to enjoy some of the cinema's most memorable moments in the beautiful summer setting of Sole East.'...
- 6/2/2011
- TribecaFilm.com
The Hamptons International Film Festival just concluded on Monday. Once again, Executive Director Karen Arikian, Program Director David Nugent and Board Chair Stuart Suna are to be commended for a truly fantastic program of fascinating films and related programs. The cinematography of Black Swan, Michelle Williams' indelible performance in Blue Valentine, Danny Boyle and James Franco's work in 127 Hours all made vivid impressions on audiences. Although it's difficult to name a "best film" or favorite from the long list that screened there, one truly does stand out. Davis Guggenheim's Waiting for "Superman" is unforgettable. Guggenheim directed An Inconvenient Truth and It Might Get Loud. However, even more so than the issue of global warming (somehow), the questions and concerns raised by Waiting for "Superman" are deep and effect us all. Public education in America is collapsing. Students are not...
- 10/12/2010
- by Alec Baldwin
- Huffington Post
The 18th annual Hamptons International Film Festival has announced its competition screenings, with entries from the Czech Republic, Colombia, Denmark and Chad.
Running Oct. 7-11, the fest will have screenings in East Hampton, Southampton, Sag Harbor and Montauk, N.Y. Festival headquarters are located in East Hampton.
"Our Spotlight section continues to shine again this year featuring such high-profile films as the U.S. premiere of Julian Schnabel's new film 'Miral,' " executive director Karen Arikian said.
As previously announced, the fest will offer the U.S. premiere of Sony Pictures Classics' "Barney's Version."...
Running Oct. 7-11, the fest will have screenings in East Hampton, Southampton, Sag Harbor and Montauk, N.Y. Festival headquarters are located in East Hampton.
"Our Spotlight section continues to shine again this year featuring such high-profile films as the U.S. premiere of Julian Schnabel's new film 'Miral,' " executive director Karen Arikian said.
As previously announced, the fest will offer the U.S. premiere of Sony Pictures Classics' "Barney's Version."...
- 9/16/2010
- by By Carl DiOrio
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Negin Farsad of New York has taken top honors in the 2008 Every Woman's Filmmaker Competition, sponsored by Lifetime Movie Network, The Hollywood Reporter, New York Women in Film and Television, the Paley Center for Media, Wma and Women in Film Los Angeles.
Farsad's three-minute short centers on a nonprofit company headed by Jessamyn Waldman, who hired immigrant women to bake bread from their native recipes to sell on the competitive market.
Melissa Kosar of Orange County, Calif., was awarded second place. Honorable mentions went to Nicole Nietz, Elizabeth Thompson and Kiara Jones.
The winning short films are available to view online and also will air on Lmn. Farsad and Kosar will receive $5,000 and $2,500, respectively, and their films will premiere Saturday at the Hamptons International Film Festival. The winners also will receive a trip to the The Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment Breakfast on Dec. 5.
The judges included Karen Arikian, Anne Chaisson,...
Farsad's three-minute short centers on a nonprofit company headed by Jessamyn Waldman, who hired immigrant women to bake bread from their native recipes to sell on the competitive market.
Melissa Kosar of Orange County, Calif., was awarded second place. Honorable mentions went to Nicole Nietz, Elizabeth Thompson and Kiara Jones.
The winning short films are available to view online and also will air on Lmn. Farsad and Kosar will receive $5,000 and $2,500, respectively, and their films will premiere Saturday at the Hamptons International Film Festival. The winners also will receive a trip to the The Hollywood Reporter Women in Entertainment Breakfast on Dec. 5.
The judges included Karen Arikian, Anne Chaisson,...
- 10/16/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Munich -- Independent film festival expert Catherine Buresi is the new deputy director of the Berlin International Film Festival's European Film Market, fest organizers said Monday.
Buresi succeeded Karen Arikian on Sept. 1. Arikirian left the Efm in March to become executive director of the Hamptons International Film Festival.
In the past, Buresi has worked for the Berlinale as a program consultant for the Co-Production Market and at the Marche du Film in Cannes.
Buresi succeeded Karen Arikian on Sept. 1. Arikirian left the Efm in March to become executive director of the Hamptons International Film Festival.
In the past, Buresi has worked for the Berlinale as a program consultant for the Co-Production Market and at the Marche du Film in Cannes.
- 9/8/2008
- by By Bonnie J. Gordon
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- After an eight-month search, the Hamptons International Film Festival has appointed Karen Arikian as its new executive director.
Arikian will continue in her current role as co-director of the Berlin International Film Festival's European Film Market and BIFF's official US/East Coast delegate, pre-selecting US indies for its official competition slate. Arikian will also continue consulting on film fest marketing for European Film Promotion. She begins her new position in March and will attend various events during this week's fest.
Ten-year HIFF vet Denise Kassell left the position in January, followed by artistic director Rajendra Roy, who departed to head the Museum of Modern Art's film department.
Working with HIFF board chairman Stuart Match Suna, she will be responsible for managing fest finances, fundraising and operations, developing board relations and implementing the HIFF Screenwriter's Conference. She has been an HIFF advisor for several years.
Before joining the EFM in 2002, Karen headed the New York office of Berlin-based production outfit TiMe Film und TV Produktion, where she produced the features "Deeply" and "The Unscarred".
Her roots in the New York area go back to early positions at public television station WNET (for its "Great Performances" series) and the IFP, where she served as Market Director and Executive Director.
Arikian will continue in her current role as co-director of the Berlin International Film Festival's European Film Market and BIFF's official US/East Coast delegate, pre-selecting US indies for its official competition slate. Arikian will also continue consulting on film fest marketing for European Film Promotion. She begins her new position in March and will attend various events during this week's fest.
Ten-year HIFF vet Denise Kassell left the position in January, followed by artistic director Rajendra Roy, who departed to head the Museum of Modern Art's film department.
Working with HIFF board chairman Stuart Match Suna, she will be responsible for managing fest finances, fundraising and operations, developing board relations and implementing the HIFF Screenwriter's Conference. She has been an HIFF advisor for several years.
Before joining the EFM in 2002, Karen headed the New York office of Berlin-based production outfit TiMe Film und TV Produktion, where she produced the features "Deeply" and "The Unscarred".
Her roots in the New York area go back to early positions at public television station WNET (for its "Great Performances" series) and the IFP, where she served as Market Director and Executive Director.
- 10/17/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Location, location, location runs the mantra which applies to this year's EFM as it shutters today.
The majority based at the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the fancy schmancy hotels are heading home reporting brisk sales and good business levels while those located at the Business Offices on Potsdammer Platz complained it was a mystery to most with only light foot traffic.
The entire fifth floor of the EFM office location, barring one exhibitor, were prepping a letter of complaint to market organizers about the lack of signage, buyer awareness and isolation anxiety which peaked after being invited to the EFM opening party just hours before it kicked off.
"We only got invited to the EFM opening event as an afterthought," one exhibitor said Wednesday. "They (EFM organizers) even told us they had forgotten about us."
But EFM co-directors Beki Probst and Karen Arikian were quick to defend the office location, which is only in its second year.
"We started those offices late in the day ahead of last year's EFM because of the demand for them," Arikian said. "There is no denying it is the second facility but people were happy to book it."
The duo also pointed out that the price for the offices on Potsdammer is considerably lower than those in the main Gropius building and that the surge in demand for those wishing to come to Berlin had led to a lot jostling.
The majority based at the Martin-Gropius-Bau and the fancy schmancy hotels are heading home reporting brisk sales and good business levels while those located at the Business Offices on Potsdammer Platz complained it was a mystery to most with only light foot traffic.
The entire fifth floor of the EFM office location, barring one exhibitor, were prepping a letter of complaint to market organizers about the lack of signage, buyer awareness and isolation anxiety which peaked after being invited to the EFM opening party just hours before it kicked off.
"We only got invited to the EFM opening event as an afterthought," one exhibitor said Wednesday. "They (EFM organizers) even told us they had forgotten about us."
But EFM co-directors Beki Probst and Karen Arikian were quick to defend the office location, which is only in its second year.
"We started those offices late in the day ahead of last year's EFM because of the demand for them," Arikian said. "There is no denying it is the second facility but people were happy to book it."
The duo also pointed out that the price for the offices on Potsdammer is considerably lower than those in the main Gropius building and that the surge in demand for those wishing to come to Berlin had led to a lot jostling.
- 2/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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