The 29th edition of the Hamptons International Film Festival will open on Thursday, October 7, 2021, with the World Premiere of Academy Award-nominated director Matthew Heineman’s The First Wave, a documentary film spotlighting the everyday heroes inside one of the country’s hardest hit hospitals at the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic as they come together to fight one of the greatest threats the world has ever encountered.
With exclusive access into one of New York City’s hardest-hit hospitals, the documentary The First Wave spotlights the everyday heroes at the epicenter of COVID-19 as they come together to fight one of the greatest threats the world has ever encountered. Directed by Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Matthew Heineman (“Cartel Land,” “City of Ghosts”), Neon will release the film in theaters later this year prior to a broadcast premiere on National Geographic in 172 countries and 43 languages worldwide.