Two Interviews From The Hamptons International Film Festival

The Loving Story @ The Hamptons International Film Festival

and Augusta Films
present



THE LOVING STORY

Screening at the 2012 Hamptons International Film Festival
Friday, October 14 at 7:30PM – UA East Hampton Theater
Saturday, October 15 at 11:30AM – UA Southampton

For more information on these screenings, please visit
http://www.ticketinguide.com/hiff2011/Loving_Story_The.html


Directed by
Nancy Buirski


They didn’t ask to be heroes... just to be happy.


HBO Documentary Films and Augusta Films presents THE LOVING STORY, the inspiring documentary debut of Nancy Buirski, producer of Timepiece and Sweet Dreams.

This evocative documentary recounts the little-known story of the Lovings. The marriage of Mildred (who is part black and part Native American) and Richard (who is white) was declared illegal in 1958 by their home state of Virginia.

They refused to leave one another and, with the help of the ACLU, relentlessly pursued their right to happiness. Their case made it all the way to the US Supreme Court where, in 1967, laws against interracial marriage in this country were struck down once and for all.

With luminous, newly discovered 16mm footage of the Lovings and their lawyers, first-person testimony and rare documentary photographs, this film takes us behind the scenes of the legal challenges and the emotional turmoil of the case.

The Loving Story recreates a seminal moment in history and reflects a timely message of marriage equality in a personal, human love story.


www.lovingfilm.com

Sun City Picturehouse @ The Hamptons International Film Festival

SUN CITY PICTUREHOUSE
A RYOT FILMS PRODUCTION
 

Website & Trailer:
http://www.suncitypicturehouse.com/

Directed by: David Darg
Produced by: Bryn Mooser
Executive Producers: Maria Bello & Olivia Wilde
Running Time: 27 Minutes
MPAA Rating:  N/A

***The film will be screening in the Hamptons International Film Festival***
Thursday, October 13th @ 5:00 PM at the East Hampton UA
Saturday, October 15th @ 6:30 PM at the East Hampton UA
Director David Darg & Producer Bryn Mooser will be available for interviews.

Synopsis: After watching the last of the old colonial movie theaters destroyed in the earthquake, a young Haitian man enlists the help of a priest and two young aid workers to build Haiti's only movie theater on a hill above a tent city. With some outside help and in four days, residents of a post-earthquake tent city outside Port-au-Prince erect a movie house. On opening night the new marquee lights and children's laughter dispel some of their world's bitter darkness. This is the joyful and moving story of a community torn apart by disaster then united in a singular vision.


For additional information please contact:



Marian Koltai-Levine (NY)– marian.koltai@pmkbnc.com - 212-373-6130
Freida Orange (NY) – freida.orange@pmkbnc.com – 212.373.0114
Heidi Schaeffer (LA) – Heidi.Schaeffer@pmkbnc.com – 310- 649-1643



Freida Orange
622 Third Avenue, 8th floor
New York, New York 10017
212.373.0114 o
freida.orange@pmkbnc.com
 

You've Been Trumped @ The Hamptons International Film Festival

In this eye-opening David and Goliath story for the 21st century,
a group of proud Scottish homeowners take on the celebrity tycoon, Donald Trump.
At stake is one of Britain's very last stretches of wilderness…

YOU’VE BEEN TRUMPED

OFFICIAL SELECTION
HAMPTONS INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

*** Special Jury Prize, Traverse City Film Festival ***
*** Green Award, Sheffield International Documentary Festival ***
*** Scottish Screen Archive Prize, Best Feature Documentary, Edindocs ***

Filmmaker Anthony Baxter will be in New York October 11-13 and is available for interviews.
Film Premieres at HIFF on October 15th.


The billionaire property developer Donald Trump has bought up hundreds of acres on the northeast coast of Scotland, best known to movie-lovers as the setting for the 1983 classic film “Local Hero.”  And like the American oil tycoon played by Burt Lancaster, he needs to buy out a few more locals to make the deal come true. In a land swimming with golf courses, Trump is going to build two more – alongside a 450-room hotel and 1,500 luxury homes.  The trouble is, the land he purchased occupies one of Europe’s most environmentally sensitive stretches of coast, described by one leading scientist as Scotland’s Amazon rain forest.  And the local residents don't want it destroyed. 

After the Scottish Government overturns its own environmental laws to give Trump the green light, the stage is set for an extraordinary summer of discontent, as the bulldozers spring into action. Water and power is cut off, land disputes erupt, and some residents have thousands of tons of earth piled up next to their homes.  Complaints go ignored by the police, who instead arrest the film's director, Anthony Baxter.  Local exasperation comes to a surreal head as the now  “Dr” Trump scoops up an honorary doctorate from a local university, even as his tractors turn wild, untouched dunes into fairways.  

Told entirely without narration, You've Been Trumped captures the cultural chasm between the glamorous, jet setting and media savvy Donald Trump and a deeply rooted Scottish community, whose local dialect demands a liberal use of subtitles.  What begins as an often amusing clash of world-views grows increasingly bitter and disturbing.

Funny, inspiring and heartbreaking in turns, You’ve Been Trumped is an environmental parable for our celebrity driven times.

Directed by Anthony Baxter, “You’ve Been Trumped” was produced by Angus based independent production company Montrose Pictures Ltd.  The film score features music from world the world renowned Sigur Ros and the band’s frontman Jonsi.

PELOTERO @ Hamptons International Film Festival

PELOTERO
Will have its World Premiere at the upcoming

Hamptons International Film Festival this October

 

In attendance & available for interviews on behalf of the film:

Directors, Jonathan Paley, Ross Finkel & Trevor Martin as well as

Producers, Bobby Valentine & Andrew Muscato


Narrated by John Leguizamo, PELOTERO tells the story of young Dominican baseball

players in the running for the Major Leagues.



Each year, a handful of Dominican players, almost always from low-income families, are selected to begin their careers in the United States. That invitation comes with a signing bonus and the promise of a secure future for their families. The system, however, is flawed. A must-see for fans of baseball, PELOTERO tells the story of two of the nation’s most talented hopefuls, and their long, rocky road towards achieving their dreams.



PELOTERO provides an intimate portrait of two young prospects as they navigate the calculating, mercenary and often corrupt elements that surround Major League Baseball's recruitment of the island's top talent.


The central question behind PELOTERO is a simple one: Why are Dominicans so good at baseball? The tiny island nation is consistently overrepresented in the Major Leagues, and as America’s pastime continues to globalize, every year brings a fresh crop of young Dominican Peloteros to the top levels of the game.


PELOTERO sheds light on some of the most pressing issues regarding the export of Dominican baseball players to the US: age and identity fraud, exploitation, and the opaque role Major League Baseball plays in determining the fates of young players and their families. 



Screenings at HIFF
Saturday, October 15th | 5:15pm @ UA Theater
Sunday, October 16th | 4:30pm @ UA Theater

http://peloterothemovie.com/