Marielle Heller’s Nightbitch has its East Coast premiere as the Closing Night film of the 32nd annual Hamptons International Film Festival with Jesse Eisenberg’s A Real Pain and the US Premiere of John Crowley’s We Live in Time as Spotlight presentations. We Live in Time lead Andrew Garfield will also participate in an “A Conversation With…” event at the festival.

From writer/director Marielle Heller and starring Academy Award nominee Amy Adams and Scoot McNairy, Nightbitch follows a woman (Adams) who pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom when her new domesticity takes a surreal turn. Heller is scheduled to attend the festival and participate in a post-screening Q&A.

Searchlight Pictures’ A Real Pain, directed by Academy Award nominee Jesse Eisenberg and starring Eisenberg and Emmy Award winner Kieran Culkin, sees mismatched cousins David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland to honor their beloved grandmother.

A24’s We Live in Time, directed by John Crowley, stars Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh in a decade-spanning, deeply moving romance between Almut (Pugh) and Tobias (Garfield), who are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives.

“We feel incredibly fortunate to bring not only some of the most talked-about films of the season to this year’s edition of the festival, but also many of the talented voices at the helm of these projects as well,” said HamptonsFilm Artistic Director David Nugent. “It is always a treat when we are able to enrich the moviegoing experience for our audiences with these uniquely intimate conversations with artists and filmmakers.”

This year’s Views From Long Island Signature Program, focused on local filmmakers, the area’s unique landscapes, and the important social and political issues facing Long Island communities will screen the World Premieres of Evan Ari Kelman’s Barron’s Cove, in which a grieving father with a history of violence kidnaps the child responsible for his son’s tragic death, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by a powerful politician— the father of the kidnapped boy; and Sam Pezzullo and Christopher Bouckoms’ The Premiere, a largely improvised comedy following Sam, a painfully narcissistic and delusional theater producer who attempts to make a musical version of his favorite movie, SCREAM, at a local Sag Harbor theater. The previously announced Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point will also screen as part of the section.

The 32nd annual Hamptons International Film Festival will run October 4-14, 2024, with in-person screenings and events taking place across the Hamptons.

2024 Hamptons International Film Festival Lineup

CLOSING NIGHT FILM
Sponsored by UBS

NIGHTBITCH
East Coast Premiere
dir. Marielle Heller (USA), 2024
A woman (Amy Adams) pauses her career to be a stay-at-home mom, but soon her new domesticity takes a surreal turn. A Searchlight Pictures release.

SPOTLIGHT FILMS
Sponsored by Audi

A REAL PAIN
dir. Jesse Eisenberg (USA), 2024
Mismatched cousins David (Jesse Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin) reunite for a tour through Poland
to honor their beloved grandmother. The adventure takes a turn when the odd-couple’s old tensions
resurface against the backdrop of their family history. A Searchlight Pictures release.

WE LIVE IN TIME
US Premiere
dir. John Crowley (UK), 2024
Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that
changes their lives. Through snapshots of their life together—falling for each other, building a home, becoming a family—a difficult truth is revealed that rocks its foundation. As they embark on a path
challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each moment of the unconventional route their love
story has taken, in filmmaker John Crowley’s decade-spanning, deeply moving romance. An A24 release.

VIEWS FROM LONG ISLAND
With support from the Suffolk County Film Commission

BARRON’S COVE
World Premiere
dir. Evan Ari Kelman (USA), 2024
The story follows a grieving father (Garrett Hedlund) with a violent past, whose life is shattered by the
tragic death of his young son. Consumed with the need for answers, he kidnaps the child (Christian
Convery) he believes is responsible for his son’s death, igniting a frenzied manhunt fueled by the
kidnapped boy’s powerful politician father (Hamish Linklater).

THE PREMIERE
World Premiere
dirs. Sam Pezzullo, Christopher Bouckoms (USA), 2024
Drawing inspiration from cringe comedy classics, THE PREMIERE is a largely improvised comedy that
blurs the line between fact and fiction, taking the audience on a hilarious and unpredictable ride from
start to finish. Sam (played by Pezzullo), a painfully narcissistic and delusional theater producer, attempts to make a musical version of his favorite movie, SCREAM, at a local theater in Sag Harbor, New York, encountering a series of awkward and outrageous scenarios along the way. Supported by a cast of quirky characters and real life locals, the film is both a love letter to and a satirical commentary on the
Hamptons that breaks the mold of traditional storytelling, described by the filmmakers simply as a
mockumentary about a documentary about making a musical about a movie.

CHRISTMAS EVE IN MILLER’S POINT
North American Premiere
dir. Tyler Taormina (USA), 2024
On Christmas Eve, a family gathers for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and generational tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own. An IFC Films release.