HamptonsFilm has announced some key updates for their 32nd annual Hamptons International Film Festival, taking place October 4-14, 2024. I had the pleasure of attending the festival in 2018, and it remains one of my favorite experiences on the festival circuit.
Mary Heilmann, a world-renowned painter and the subject of the upcoming documentary feature Mary Heilmann: Waves, Roads, and Hallucinations, has been selected as this year’s featured poster artist. Heilmann is a Bridgehampton-based artist. The documentary made its World Premiere at the 2023 Hamptons International Film Festival and is slated to be released by Tribeca Films later this year.
East Hampton, NY (May 15, 2024) — Hamptons International Film Festival (HIFF), announced today they are
welcoming internationally celebrated Artemis Rising Foundation as the Presenting Sponsor of this year’s
festival. HIFF also announced that world-renowned painter Mary Heilmann has been selected as the
featured poster artist. The 32nd annual festival will run as an expanded 11-day event from October 4 – 14,
2024.
Artemis Rising Foundation, led by founder and CEO Regina K. Scully, is dedicated to supporting media, film
and education that transform our culture and challenges the status quo. The foundation champions powerful
stories about some of the most important social justice issues of our time — including mental health, trauma
recovery, addiction, sustainability of our earth, and personal empowerment. Ms. Scully has helped produce
hundreds of the most impactful documentary films of the past two decades. These have affected meaningful
changes to legislation & policy, education, corporate protocols and cultural norms across all sectors of
society. Award-winning Artemis Rising Foundation films include FANTASTIC FUNGI; WON’T YOU BE MY
NEIGHBOR?; THE BIGGEST LITTLE FARM; COMMON GROUND; WATERPROOF; FED UP; MISS
REPRESENTATION; ALIVE INSIDE; ATHLETE A; WHAT WOULD SOPHIA LOREN DO?; and THE INVISIBLE
WAR.
“This partnership will enhance our ability to create more opportunities and support filmmakers,” said
HamptonsFilm Executive Director Anne Chaisson. “We are grateful to our board member Regina K. Scully
and her Artemis Rising Foundation for recognizing the ongoing importance of film festivals and the art of
filmmaking as a cultural hallmark of our times.”
“Now more than ever, we need to find, support, and highlight our gifted storytellers. Our stories define our
culture. Through the lens of film and media, we evolve individually and collectively,” said Scully.
HamptonsFilm also shared the poster art for the 2024 festival, continuing the 32-year tradition of featuring
artwork from local Hamptons artists. This year’s poster features the internationally acclaimed artist Mary
Heilmann’s piece “Maricopa Highway”: 2014, oil on canvas, 42 x 42 x 1.5”, © Mary Heilmann. (Photo credit:
Marie Catalano, courtesy of the artist, 303 Gallery, New York, and Hauser & Wirth.)
A documentary on Heilmann’s life and career, Matt Creed’s MARY HEILMANN: WAVES, ROADS, AND
HALLUCINATIONS, had its world premiere at the 2023 Hamptons International Film Festival and is
scheduled to be released by Tribeca Films. HIFF will hold a screening of the documentary and unveil the
striking new poster with Ms. Heilmann’s work at an event this summer in conjunction with The Parrish Art
Museum.
Artemis Rising Foundation joins the festival’s returning sponsors: Premier Sponsor Audi; Signature Sponsors
UBS and King & Spalding; official Media Partners WNBC, The Atlantic, The East Hampton Star, The Purist;
Contributing Sponsors Naturopathica, Silvercup Studios and Assemble Media; and foundation supporters
New York State Council on the Arts and Suffolk County Film Commission.
Please visit www.hamptonsfilmfest.org for further information on HIFF and all additional year-round
programming.
If you would like to learn more about Artemis Rising Foundation, you can visit their website at artemisrising.org.
