About Programs Initiatives

SIGNATURE PROGRAMS

Explore these celebrated and distinctive programs unique to HIFF: Conflict & Resolution; Compassion, Justice & Animal Rights; Air, Land & Sea; Views From Long Island; and our longstanding partnership with New York Women in Film & Television.

SCREENWRITERS LAB

An intimate gathering to develop emerging screenwriting talent by pairing established writers and creative producers with up-and-coming screenwriters to develop their scripts.

SUMMERDOCS

Board member Alec Baldwin has celebrated documentaries every summer since 2009 with award-winning films and post-screening conversations with the directors and their subjects.