The Hamptons International Film Festival wrapped up over the weekend and handed out their awards.
Women directors and women centric films cleaned up the big prizes at the festival with the Judi Dench starrer Philomena taking the top prize of Audience Award for Narrative Feature and Jennifer Steinman’s Desert Runner for Documentary.
Other winners, many of which we’ve recently interviewed, include Shana Betz, Irene Taylor Brodsky and Jehane Noujaim. Below is a list of all the women winners, go here for the complete list.
Audience Award Documentary
Desert Runners, Jennifer Steinman
Audience Award Best Short
One Last Hug (….and a Few Smooches) Three Days at Grief Camp, directed by Irene Taylor Brodsky
The Wall Street Journal GSA Narrative Feature Winner
Selfish Giant, directed by Clio Barnard
The Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice
THE SQUARE “Al Midan” by Jehane Noujaim
The Tangerine Entertainment Juice Award
Free Ride, directed by Shana Betz
