Bay Street Theater and Hamptons International Film Festival Partner for Winter Film Screenings

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to announce a partnership with Hamptons International Film Festival for a series of film screenings this winter.

The Hamptons International Film Festival will host film screenings at Bay Street Theater on Sunday February 18, Saturdays, February 24 and March 10, and Sunday, March 18. Tickets are $15 for each screening, with special rates being offered to Hamptons International Film Festival Members and Patrons. Tickets are on sale now at baystreet.org and through the Box Office at 631-725-9500.

On Sunday, February 18 at 1pm, Bay Street Theater and Hamptons International Film Festival will present The Insult (Lebanon, 2017, 112 minutes), Directed by Ziad Doueiri and nominated for the 2018 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. In today's Beirut, a civilian dispute blown out of proportion finds Tony, a Lebanese Christian, and Yasser, a Palestinian refugee, facing off in court. As the media circus surrounding the case threatens a social explosion in divided Lebanon, Tony and Yasser reconsider their values and beliefs as revelations of trauma complicate their understanding of one another.

On Saturday, February 24 at Bay Street Theater, screenings of the 2018 Academy Award nominees for Best Live Action Short Film and Best Animated Short Film will show throughout the day. The screenings begin with the Animated Shorts at 12 pm, followed by the Live Action Shorts at 1:30 pm. The second program will start with the Animated Shorts at 5 pm, followed by the Live Action Shorts at 6:30 pm. Tickets are $15 for any individual screening, or $25 when buying tickets for the entire afternoon or evening programs.

The Saturday, February 24 programs include:

12 pm and 5 pm:
ANIMATED SHORTS (Running Time: 83 minutes)

Dear Basketball - Glen Keane and Kobe Bryant, USA, 5 minutes
Negative Space - Max Porter and Ru Kuwahata, France, 5 minutes
Lou - Dave Mullins and Dana Murray, USA, 7 minutes
Revolting Rhymes - Jakob Schuh and Jan Lachauer, UK, 29 minutes
Garden Party - Victor Caire and Gabriel Grapperon, France, 7 minutes
Lost Property Office (additional film, not nominated)
Weeds (additional film, not nominated)
Achoo (additional film, not nominated)
Please note that all of the animated shorts are rated PG.

1:30 pm and 6:30 pm:
LIVE ACTION SHORTS (Running Time: 99 minutes)

DeKalb Elementary - Reed Van Dyk, USA, 20 minutes
The Silent Child - Chris Overton and Rachel Shenton, UK, 20 minutes
My Nephew Emmett - Kevin Wilson, Jr., USA, 20 minutes
The Eleven O'Clock - Derin Seale and Josh Lawson, Australia, 13 minutes
Watu Wote/All of Us - Katja Benrath and Tobias Rosen, Germany, 22 minutes.
Please note that all of the live action shorts are rated R and not recommended for children.

Saturday, March 10 and Sunday, March 18 screening information to be announced.

The Hamptons International Film Festival was founded to celebrate Independent film-long, short, fiction and documentary-and to introduce a unique and varied spectrum of international films and filmmakers to our audiences. The festival is committed to exhibiting films that express fresh voices and differing global perspectives, with the hope that these programs will enlighten audiences, provide invaluable exposure for filmmakers and present inspired entertainment for all.

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is a year-round, not-for-profit professional theater and community cultural center which endeavors to innovate, educate, and entertain a diverse community through the practice of the performing arts. We serve as a social and cultural gathering place, an educational resource, and a home for a community of artists.

Photo: The Insult Courtesy of Hamptons International Film Festival

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