8- A Special Benefit Evening with Mira Nair
Benefit Screening of 8
Feature Narrative, 2008, 103 min
Directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako, Mira Nair, Wim Wenders, Jane Campion, Gaspar Noe, Jan Kounen, Gus Van Sant and Gael Garcia Bernal
Interests: Drama, Politics
The Hamptons International Film Festival is proud to present a special benefit screening and US premiere of the film '8', an unprecedented collection of short films by 8 world-renowned directors (including Mira Nair, Wim Wenders, Jane Campion and Gus Van Sant) each taking on one of the 8 “Millennium Development Goals” for 2015, adopted by 191 countries. Director Mira Nair will be with us to present the film and share the work of MAISHA, her non-profit African Film Lab established to empower emerging artists in the region. Please join us for this premiere screening with Mira Nair present for a post-screening Q&A; moderated by Rajendra Roy, Chief Curator of Film at MoMA, at our regular Spotlight price. Or support the Maisha Foundation with a $75 package which includes the film screening and an exclusive cocktail reception from 4-6pm at a private residence in East Hampton with Mira Nair and special guests. (Details to follow) We hope you can join us! 100% of the proceeds for this evening will be donated to Maisha Film Lab. Maisha (which means ‘life’ in Kiswahili) is a groundbreaking filmmakers’ training program founded by acclaimed director Mira Nair and based in Kampala, Uganda. Maisha’s mission is to nurture and support emerging film professionals from East Africa by offering intensives in screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, editing, sound, and acting. Our motto is: “if we don’t tell our own stories, no one else will.” Read More
Benefit Screening of 8
Feature Narrative, 2008, 103 min
Directed by: Abderrahmane Sissako, Mira Nair, Wim Wenders, Jane Campion, Gaspar Noe, Jan Kounen, Gus Van Sant and Gael Garcia Bernal
Interests: Drama, Politics
The Hamptons International Film Festival is proud to present a special benefit screening and US premiere of the film '8', an unprecedented collection of short films by 8 world-renowned directors (including Mira Nair, Wim Wenders, Jane Campion and Gus Van Sant) each taking on one of the 8 “Millennium Development Goals” for 2015, adopted by 191 countries. Director Mira Nair will be with us to present the film and share the work of MAISHA, her non-profit African Film Lab established to empower emerging artists in the region. Please join us for this premiere screening with Mira Nair present for a post-screening Q&A; moderated by Rajendra Roy, Chief Curator of Film at MoMA, at our regular Spotlight price. Or support the Maisha Foundation with a $75 package which includes the film screening and an exclusive cocktail reception from 4-6pm at a private residence in East Hampton with Mira Nair and special guests. (Details to follow) We hope you can join us! 100% of the proceeds for this evening will be donated to Maisha Film Lab. Maisha (which means ‘life’ in Kiswahili) is a groundbreaking filmmakers’ training program founded by acclaimed director Mira Nair and based in Kampala, Uganda. Maisha’s mission is to nurture and support emerging film professionals from East Africa by offering intensives in screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, editing, sound, and acting. Our motto is: “if we don’t tell our own stories, no one else will.” Read More
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The Good Soldier
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 79 min
Directed by: Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys
Preceded by: Beloved
Interests: Documentary, History, Politics
Directors Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys bring together veterans from each of the American wars of the last century who marched eagerly to defend their country in 1944, 1966, 1991, or 2003 only to return conflicted by the atrocities they saw and participated in, and questioning what true service to your nation really means. Read More
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 79 min
Directed by: Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys
Preceded by: Beloved
Interests: Documentary, History, Politics
Directors Lexy Lovell and Michael Uys bring together veterans from each of the American wars of the last century who marched eagerly to defend their country in 1944, 1966, 1991, or 2003 only to return conflicted by the atrocities they saw and participated in, and questioning what true service to your nation really means. Read More
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How to Fold a Flag
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 85 min
Directed by: Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
Preceded by: Liberty City is Like Paris to Me
Interests: Documentary, Politics
"We were asked to believe that the war was over. We laughed - for we were the war." So begins Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein's (GUNNER PALACE) haunting tapestry of young Iraq veterans coming home. When the American flag is folded at a memorial service, each fold is sent to represent a virtue. Tucker and Epperlein unpack this symbolism, Tucker and Epperlein unpack this symbolism as they, along with the soldiers they follow, reconcile the idealized and abstract discourse of war with its heartbreaking reality. Read More
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 85 min
Directed by: Petra Epperlein and Michael Tucker
Preceded by: Liberty City is Like Paris to Me
Interests: Documentary, Politics
"We were asked to believe that the war was over. We laughed - for we were the war." So begins Michael Tucker and Petra Epperlein's (GUNNER PALACE) haunting tapestry of young Iraq veterans coming home. When the American flag is folded at a memorial service, each fold is sent to represent a virtue. Tucker and Epperlein unpack this symbolism, Tucker and Epperlein unpack this symbolism as they, along with the soldiers they follow, reconcile the idealized and abstract discourse of war with its heartbreaking reality. Read More
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Liberty City is Like Paris to Me
Short Films
Short Documentary, 2009, 16 min
Directed by: Bruce Weber
Precedes: How to Fold a Flag
Interests: Art & Artists, Documentary, Politics, View From Long Island
World renowned photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber (LET'S GET LOST) captures the sights, sounds, and especially the people, of Liberty City in this lively documentary about culture, politics, and the triumph of the human spirit. Read More
Short Films
Short Documentary, 2009, 16 min
Directed by: Bruce Weber
Precedes: How to Fold a Flag
Interests: Art & Artists, Documentary, Politics, View From Long Island
World renowned photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber (LET'S GET LOST) captures the sights, sounds, and especially the people, of Liberty City in this lively documentary about culture, politics, and the triumph of the human spirit. Read More
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Mugabe and the White African
Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 90 min
Directed by: Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thomson
Interests: African Interest, Documentary, Politics
"Is it possible to be a white man and African?" This daring film follows the story of Mike Campbell who, in 2008, took the government of Zimbabwe and President Robert Mugabe to international court for violation of human rights in an effort to preserve his farm amid state-sanctioned "Land Reform" initiatives tantamount to the ethnic cleansing of whites. Read More
Golden Starfish Award Documentary Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 90 min
Directed by: Lucy Bailey and Andrew Thomson
Interests: African Interest, Documentary, Politics
"Is it possible to be a white man and African?" This daring film follows the story of Mike Campbell who, in 2008, took the government of Zimbabwe and President Robert Mugabe to international court for violation of human rights in an effort to preserve his farm amid state-sanctioned "Land Reform" initiatives tantamount to the ethnic cleansing of whites. Read More
My Neighbor, My Killer
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 80 min
Directed by: Anne Aghion
Interests: African Interest, Documentary, History, Politics
After the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the government put in place the Gacaca —open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while survivors are asked to resume living side-by-side. Read More
Conflict & Resolution Competition
Feature Documentary, 2009, 80 min
Directed by: Anne Aghion
Interests: African Interest, Documentary, History, Politics
After the Rwandan genocide in 1994, the government put in place the Gacaca —open-air hearings with citizen-judges meant to try their neighbors and rebuild the nation. As part of this experiment in reconciliation, confessed genocide killers are sent home from prison, while survivors are asked to resume living side-by-side. Read More
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Wagah
Short Films
Short Documentary, 2009, 13 min
Directed by: Supriyo Sen
Precedes: Rabbit a la Berlin
Interests: Documentary, Politics
Every night, Wagah, a village often referred to as the ìBerlin Wall of Asia,î hosts a vibrant, symbolic ceremony at the checkpoint between India and Pakistan in a hopeful gesture of unity. Read More
Short Films
Short Documentary, 2009, 13 min
Directed by: Supriyo Sen
Precedes: Rabbit a la Berlin
Interests: Documentary, Politics
Every night, Wagah, a village often referred to as the ìBerlin Wall of Asia,î hosts a vibrant, symbolic ceremony at the checkpoint between India and Pakistan in a hopeful gesture of unity. Read More