24th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival to Honor Edward Norton

EAST HAMPTON, NY — A well-loved tradition is coming back to the Hamptons as the 24th Annual Hamptons International Film Festival is set to unfold.

The 24th annual Hamptons International Film Festival, which will be held over Columbus Day Weekend, runs October 6 to October 10.

The Hamptons International Film Festival announced recently that three-time Academy Award-nominated actor Edward Norton will be honored with a Career Achievement Award.

Norton will be honored on Sunday, October 9 at a dinner; past recipients of the award have included Vanessa Redgrave, Stanley Tucci, Ted Hope, James Schamus, Robert Altman, Gena Rowlands, Richard Gere, Matthew Broderick, Ellen Burstyn, Joel Schumacher, Alec Baldwin, Ann Roth, Sharon Stone, Bob Balaban, and James Coburn.

“Edward Norton is an incredibly accomplished actor and filmmaker, whose performances have been both iconic and award winning. We are thrilled to have the opportunity to honor him this year at the Hamptons International Film Festival,” said HIFF Executive Director Anne Chaisson.

This year’s Narrative Competition films include the United States premiere of Kristina Grozeva and Petar Valchanov’s "Glory", Houda Benyamina's "Divines", and Andrea Testa and Francisco Márquez’s "The Long Night Of Francisco Sanctis; the North American premiere of Henrik Martin Dahlsbakken’s "Late Summer"; and the East Coast premiere of Simon Stone’s "The Daugher", a release said.

Documentary Competition films include the North American premiere of Charlie Siskel’s "American Anarchist", the New York premiere of Moritz Siebert, Estephan Wagner and Abou Bakar Sidibé’s "Those Who Jump", Keith Maitland’s "Tower", and Otto Bell’s "The Eagle Huntress", as well as Dean Fleischer-Camp’s "Fraud".

Narrative Competition Short films include the United States premiere of Ena Sendijarevic’s "Import", Hamid Ahmadi’s "In the Hills", Ali Asgari and Farnoosh Samadi’s "The Silence", and Mounia Akl’s "Submarine", as well as the New York premiere of Dianne Bellino’s "The Itching".

Documentary Competition Short films include the world premiere of Todd Douglas Miller’s "The Last Steps"; the United States premiere of Remo Scherrer’s "Whatever the Weather", and the New York premiere of Leonor Teles’s "Batrachian's Ballad", Maxim Pozdorovkin’s "Clinica de Migrantes: Life, Liferty, and the Pursuit of Happiness", and Fabio Palmieri’s "Irregulars", the release stated.

To purchase tickets for the Edward Norton event, founder passes, ticket packages, or for additional information, click here.

Individual tickets will go on sale on Monday, September 26.

HIFF is a year-round 501(c)3 non-profit organization with events, screenings, film workshops, comprehensive summer programs and an annual film festival each October. The Festival showcases some of the year's best offerings in contemporary cinema from around the world and offers cash and in-kind prizes totaling more than $140,500, the release said.

2016 marked the sixth time in a row that a film in the Festival has become the eventual Best Picture winner at the Oscars, making HIFF the only Festival on the East Coast with such a distinction, the release added.

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