Three of 2013’s Most Promising Frame 21st HIFF

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Published on Saturday, 14 September 2013 12:26

Written by Kyle Sittig

Since its roots in 1992, the Annual Hamptons International Film Festival has been dedicated to offering a broad perspective on issues through the films they feature. This year looks to be no different. The 21^st Anniversary of HIFF will run from October 10^th -14^th at the Hamptons in New York.

The festival will open with John Krokida’s feature length directorial debut, Kill Your Darlings, a film based on the true story of the beat generation’s inception, featuring Daniel Radcliffe as Alan Ginsberg.

Playing at Guild Hall, HIFF’s Sunday Centerpiece film will be Alexander Payne’s (Sideways) Nebraska. This black-and-white film features Bruce Dern and Will Forte, a father and son on a road trip to claim a Mega Sweepstakes prize.

The closing night film will be the highly anticipated 12 Years a Slave, starring Chiwetel Ejiofor as a free man kidnapped and sold into slavery alongside Brad Pitt as an abolitionist. Directed by Shame director Steve McQueen, the film is already being heralded by critics, some of which have compared it to Schindler’s List. Pitt said of the film, “I just have to say, if I never get to participate in a film again, this is it for me, it was a privilege."

All three of these films, no doubt, are distinctly American. They examine exploitation, bigotry, freedom, as well as the rugged individualism inherent in the American Dream. At their heart exist distinctly human themes, however dark they may be.

Hamptons International Film Festival
October 10^th - 14^th
Hamptons, NY

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