Last week the 20th edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival announced their line-up. The festival will run from October 4–8. With a slate of 84 films announced thus far, 26 are directed by women (this doesn’t include shorts). And in their Golden Starfish Award Competition (Narrative, Documentary and Short film) out of 15 films and shorts — 3 women-directed films (1 feature, 1 documentary and 1 short) are in competition.
Here’s a list of the women-directed films and documentaries:
Love, Marilyn — Liz Garbus (Opening movie)
Lore — Cate Shortland (Golden Starfish Narrative Competitor)
Bay of All Saints –Annie Eastman (Golden Starfish Documentary Competitor)
Colombianos — Tora Mårtens
Electrick Children — Rebecca Thomas
Future Weather — Jenny Deller
Inch’Allah — Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette
My Brother The Devil — Sally El Hosani
Refuge — Jessica Goldberg
Simon and the Oaks — Lisa Ohlin
American Masters: Inventing David Geffen — Susan Lacy
The Atomic States of America — Co-directed by Sheena M. Joyce and Don Argott
Beyond Right and Wrong: Stories of Justice and Forgiveness — Co-directed by Lekha Singh and Roger Spottiswoode
Brooklyn Castle — Katie Dellamaggiore
Call Me Kuchu — Katherine Fairfax Wright and Malika Zouhali-Worrall
Citizen Hearst — Leslie Iwerks
Don’t Stop Believin’: Everyman’s Journey — Ramona S. Diaz
In Your Dreams — Stevie Nicks — Co-directed by Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart
James Salter: A Sport and A Pastime — Co-directed by Sandy Gotham Meehan, Edgar Howard and Tom Piper
The New Public — Jyllian Gunther
One Day After Peace — Co-directed by Miri Laufer and Erez Laufer
One Nation Under Dog: Stories of Fear, Loss, & Betrayal — Jenny Carchman, Ellen Goosenberg Kent, Amanda Micheli
Romeo, Romeo — Lizzie Gottlieb
The Standbys — Stephanie Riggs
Venus and Serena — Maiken Baird, Michelle Major
Zen of Bennett — Unjoo Moon