SPOTLIGHT FILMS

WORLD PREMIERE, NARRATIVE FEATURE, USA, 2023, 102 MINUTES, ENGLISH

Herbert Heller (Stephen Lang, AVATAR) carries a traumatic secret: Now the beloved owner of a toy store in Northern California, Herbert is a Holocaust survivor. The Nazis forced him into the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp at age 12, but he managed to escape and kept the secret from everyone—including his own children—for 60 years. When Herbert is diagnosed with a terminal illness, he befriends Abbey (Elsie Fisher, EIGHTH GRADE), an isolated teenager whose own struggles inspire him to open up. Based on a true story, AVENUE OF THE GIANTS is a tender depiction of an intergenerational friendship that offers the unlikely pair a path toward healing.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Finn Taylor

PRODUCERS: Jeanine Thomas, George Rush

Avenue Of The Giants

10/6 5PM EAST HAMPTON - UA1

10/7 11AM SAG HARBOR - SHC1

Dream Scenario

10/7 8:45PM EAST HAMPTON - UA2

Eileen

10/8 2:15PM EAST HAMPTON - EHMS

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Noah Lang, Debi Memmolo, Greg Taxin

CAST: Stephen Lang, Elsie Fisher, Luke David Blumm, Leah Pipes, Ben Geurens, Ursula Parker, Slavko Sobin, Stella Stocker, Oskar Hes, Robin Weigert

NEW YORK PREMIERE, NARRATIVE FEATURE, USA, 2023, 101 MINUTES, ENGLISH

Paul Matthews (Nicolas Cage) is an evolutionary biology professor with keen insight into wild animal behavior, but little understanding of how to navigate the world of his fellow humans. His uneventful life turns upside down one night when millions of strangers around the world see him in their dreams. As his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, he is thrust into a singular type of stardom that even those who crave the limelight would be hard-pressed to navigate. Kristoffer Borgli’s surreal and hilarious satire of influencer culture and modern stardom boasts a stellar cast and is sure to be one of the most provocative films at this year’s festival. An A24 release.

DIRECTOR/SCREENWRITER: Kristoffer Borgli

PRODUCERS: Lars Knudsen, Ari Aster, Tyler Campellone, Jacob Jaffke, Nicolas Cage

CAST: Nicolas Cage, Julianne Nicholson, Michael Cera, Tim Meadows, Dylan Gelula, Dylan Baker

NARRATIVE FEATURE, USA, 2023, 91 MINUTES, ENGLISH

Based on the book of the same name by literary powerhouse Ottessa Moshfegh, EILEEN follows a peculiar young woman whose dreary life stretches on toward unending misery. In frigid 1960s Boston, Eileen (Thomasin McKenzie) shuffles between her father’s dingy, emotionally haunted home and the prison where she works alongside colleagues who have ostracized her. When an intoxicating woman (Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway) joins the prison staff, Eileen is taken. Just when the possibility of a salvational friendship (or maybe more) takes hold and forms a singular glimmer in Eileen’s darkness, her newfound confidant entangles her in a shocking crime that alters all. A Neon release.

DIRECTOR: William Oldroyd

SCREENWRITERS: Luke Goebel, Ottessa Moshfegh

PRODUCERS: Stefanie Azpiazu, Anthony Bregman, Peter Cron, Luke Goebel, Ottessa Moshfegh, William Oldroyd

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Farhana Bhula, Ollie Madden, Julia Oh, Gregory Zuk, Jamin O’Brien

CAST: Anne Hathaway, Thomasin McKenzie, Shea Whigham

EX-HUSBANDS

10/7 4:45PM SAG HARBOR - SHC1

10/8 11:45AM EAST HAMPTON - UA2

Fingernails

10/7 6:15PM EAST HAMPTON - UA1

10/9 2:30PM EAST HAMPTON - EHMS

Fresh Kills

10/7 5PM EAST HAMPTON - EHMS

10/10 5PM EAST HAMPTON - UA1