PATRIOT

The 2015 Hamptons International Film Festival announced their award winners, and RAMS, directed by Grimur Hákonarson won The HIFF Award for Best Narrative Feature. RAMS is Iceland’s official selection for the Academy Awards. MISSING PEOPLE, directed by David Shapiro, received the HIFF Award for Best Documentary Feature. OVER, directed by Jörn Threlfall, and LAST DAY OF FREEDOM, directed by Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman, received the HIFF Awards for Best Narrative Short Film and for Best Documentary Short Film, respectively. EMBRACE OF THE SERPENT, directed by Ciro Guerra, received the Honorable Mention for Narrative Feature and PATRIOT, directed by Eva Riley, received Honorable Mention for Narrative Short Film. CHUCK NORRIS VS. COMMUNISM, directed by Ilinca Calugareanu, received the Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature. HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2015 WINNERS: HIFF Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature sponsored by The Wall Street Journal Rams, directed by Grimur Hákonarson Honorable Mention for Narrative Feature Embrace of the Serpent, directed by Ciro Guerra HIFF Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature sponsored by ID Films Missing People, directed by David Shapiro Honorable Mention for Documentary Feature Chuck Norris Vs. Communism, directed by Ilinca Calugareanu HIFF Award Winner for Best Narrative Short Film sponsored by The Wall Street Journal Over, directed by Jörn Threlfall Honorable Mention for Narrative Short Film Patriot, directed by Eva Riley HIFF Award Winner for Best Documentary Short Film sponsored by ID Films Last Day of Freedom, directed by Dee Hibbert-Jones, Nomi Talisman Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice The Uncondemned, directed by Michele Mitchell, Nick Louvel Tangerine Entertainment Juice Fund Award Suffragette, directed by Sarah Gavron Suffolk County Film Commission Next Exposure Grant When I Live My Life Over Again, directed by Robert Edwards The 2015 Brizzolara Family Foundation Award for a Film of Conflict and Resolution The Uncondemned, directed by Michele Mitchell, Nick Louvel The Zelda Penzel “Giving Voice to the Voiceless” Award: Dedicated to Those Who Suffer in Silence The Champions, directed by Darcy Dennett 2015 VARIETY 10 ACTORS T0 WATCH Christopher Abbott, James White Emory Cohen, Brooklyn Thomas Mann, The Preppie Connection Bel Powley, A Royal Night Out Rebecca Ferguson, Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation Jason Mitchell, Straight Outta Compton Maika Monroe, It Follows Keith Stanfield, Straight Outta Compton Tessa Thompson, Selma Jessie T. Usher, Independence Day: Resurgence

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