Please join painter, Robert McCurdy for a discussion on his artistic process and intent.
McCurdy’s meticulously realistic paintings, including, among others, primatologist Jane Goodall, the Dalai Lama, writers Toni Morrison and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and former President Barack Obama’s White House portrait.
McCurdy’s practice is conceptual, even minimalist. McCurdy states, “I look for a sustainable moment…It is why there is no movement, no expression or gesture… The image is reported rather than interpreted.” McCurdy studied at the Maryland Institute College of Art and received a fellowship from Yale University. He resides in New York City.
The lecture will be followed by a Q&A led by Annette Cumming, who, with her husband Ian Cumming, commissioned these portraits, which were presented at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in 2021.
Watch: Meet the artists who created the Obamas White House Portraits
Spotlight Screening of
THE ROOM NEXT DOOR
Narrative Feature | Spain | 2024 | English | 107 minutes
Celebrated auteur and HIFF Alum Pedro Almodóvar (JULIETA, PARALLEL MOTHERS) makes a splash with his English-language feature film debut, winner of the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. Ingrid (Academy Award winner Julianne Moore), an autofictional novelist, and Martha (Academy Award winner Tilda Swinton), a war reporter, reunite after years of estrangement. As they navigate an extreme but strangely sweet situation, the two women reflect on their lives and friendship. Based on Sigrid Nunez’s novel ‘What Are You Going Through,’ THE ROOM NEXT DOOR showcases Almodóvar’s signature visual style, creating a colorful and lush character study on companionship. A Sony Pictures Classics release.
Directed by
Pedro Almodóvar
Produced by
Agustín Almodóvar
Executive Produced by
Esther García
Written by
Pedro Almodóvar
Featuring
Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton, John Turturro, Alessandro Nivola
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World Premiere Screening of
THE PREMIERE
Long Island Premiere | Narrative Feature | USA | 2024 | English | 108 minutes
The feature debut from Sam Pezzullo and Christopher Bouckoms finds a fresh twist on the mockumentary format. Sam (Pezzullo himself) is a painfully narcissistic theater producer attempting to realize a delusional creative vision: a musical version of his favorite movie, SCREAM, staged at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, with an accompanying documentary chronicling what he believes will be an iconic journey. Along the way, he clashes with quirky characters played by beloved real-life locals, to awkward and outrageous results. Drawing inspiration from cringe comedy classics and crafted largely through improvisation, THE PREMIERE is a keen satire about the Hamptons with a biting love letter to the community at its core.
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Spotlight Screening of
THE FRIEND
Narrative Feature | USA | 2024 | English | 123 minutes
A New York writer (Academy Award® nominee Naomi Watts) reels in the aftermath of the unexpected death of her lifelong mentor (Academy Award nominee Bill Murray). In the midst of mourning him, she finds that she is the one left to deal with his complicated literary legacy, three eccentric ex-wives, and a massive, brokenhearted Great Dane named Apollo. Based on Sigrid Nunez’s National Book Award-winning novel of the same name, THE FRIEND is a thoughtful, charming, and wryly humorous study on grief from filmmaker duo Scott McGehee and David Siegel, one that invites us all to find the silver lining in loss.
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Spotlight Screening of the North American Premiere of
SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE
Narrative Feature | Ireland/Belgium | 2024 | English | 97 minutes
Devoted father Bill Furlong (Academy Award® winner Cillian Murphy) works as a coal merchant to support his family. In the days leading up to Christmas, he discovers disturbing secrets kept by the local convent—and uncovers truths of his own—which force him to confront his past and the complicit silence of a small Irish town controlled by the Catholic Church. Based on Claire Keegan’s best-selling novel and anchored by a stunning performance by Murphy, Tim Mielants’ SMALL THINGS LIKE THESE elegantly captures a haunted man wrestling with his morality. A Lionsgate/Roadside release.
Directed by
Tim Mielants
Produced by
Alan Moloney, Cillian Murphy, Catherine Magee, Matt Damon, Drew Vinton
Executive Produced by
Ben Affleck, Michael Joe, Kevin Halloran, Niamh Fagan
Written by
Enda Walsh
Featuring
Cillian Murphy, Emily Watson, Michelle Fairley, Eileen Walsh
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Spotlight Screening of
SATURDAY NIGHT
Narrative Feature | USA | 2024 | English | 104 minutes
At 11:30pm on October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television and culture forever. Academy Award®-nominated writer-director Jason Reitman (JUNO, UP IN THE AIR) and co-writer Gil Kenan bring to life the true story of what happened behind the scenes in the 90 minutes leading up to the first broadcast of Saturday Night Live. Brimming with the humor and chaos of a revolution that almost wasn’t, SATURDAY NIGHT features a brilliant ensemble cast that embodies the frenetic magic of counting down the minutes in real time until those famous words were first spoken… (Note: the screening on 10/11 is the 49th anniversary of that fateful night.) A Sony Pictures release.
Directed by
Jason Reitman
Produced by
Jason Blumenfeld, Peter Rice, Jason Reitman, Gil Kenan
Executive Produced by
Erica Mills, JoAnn Perritano
Written by
Gil Kenan, Jason Reitman
Featuring
Gabriel LaBelle, Rachel Sennott, Cory Michael Smith, Ella Hunt, Dylan O’Brien, Emily Fairn. Matt Wood, Lamorne Morris, Kim Matula, Finn Wolfhard, Nicholas Braun, Cooper Hoffman, Andrew Barth Feldman, Kaia Gerber, Tommy Dewey, Willem Dafoe, Matthew Rhys, J.K. Simmons
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Closing Night Screening of
NIGHTBITCH
East Coast Premiere
Narrative Feature | USA | 2024 | English | 98 minutes
Academy Award® nominee Amy Adams delivers a bold, transformative performance as a woman who pauses her successful career as an artist to become a stay-at-home mom to her toddler. As her husband (Scoot McNairy, HIFF Breakthrough Artist 2012) works long hours as the family’s sole breadwinner, the unrelenting demands of parenthood drag on, and her new domesticity begins to take a surreal turn. Based on the novel of the same name by Rachel Yoder, writer/director Marielle Heller’s (CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME?, HIFF 2018) latest both frankly explores the aches and pains of being a parent and captures the innate wildness of womanhood. A Searchlight Pictures release.
Directed by
Marielle Heller
Produced by
Anne Carey, Marielle Heller, Sue Naegle, Christina Oh, Amy Adams, Stacy O’Neil
Written by
Marielle Heller
Featuring
Amy Adams, Scoot McNairy, Arleigh Patrick Snowden, Emmett James Snowden, Zoë Chao, Mary Holland, Archana Rajan, Jessica Harper
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