'Armand,' 'Bob Trevino Likes It' among the winners at Hamptons Film Festival
Ellen Dorrit Petersen, in background, and Renate Reinsve star in "Armand," which won the jury award for best narrative feature at the Hamptons International Film Festival. Credit: Hamptons International Film Festival
Foreign films, an American drama and a documentary on a lesser-known songwriter won some of the top awards at this year’s Hamptons International Film Festival.
The 32nd edition of the festival wrapped up Monday night after an expanded 11-day run at venues around the East End. The awards were announced Tuesday.
“Armand,” the story of an actress (Renate Reinsve, “The Worst Person in the World”) whose 6-year-old son is accused of sexual abuse, won the jury award for best narrative feature. The debut feature from writer-director Halfdan Ullmann Tøndel, “Armand” won the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May and is Norway’s official entry to the Oscars. The jury award for best documentary went to “Viktor,” which focuses on a young deaf man in Kharkiv seeking purpose during the early days of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
“Bob Trevino Likes It,” an American comedy-drama from writer-director Tracie Laymon, took home the audience award for best narrative feature. Inspired by Laymon’s own story, the film follows Lily Trevino (Barbie Ferreira), who meets a lonely man (John Leguizamo) with the same name as her problematic father. The movie’s Hamptons win follows its grand jury and audience awards at the SXSW film festival in March.
The audience award for best documentary feature went to “The World According to Allee Willis,” a portrait of a songwriter who remains little-known despite the recognizable pop songs she helped write. Among her most recognizable hits are Earth Wind & Fire’s “Boogie Wonderland,” Pet Shop Boys’ “What Have I Done to Deserve This?,” and “I’ll Be There For You,” best known as the theme song to the sitcom “Friends.”
The festival also announced that the $3,000 Suffolk County Next Exposure Grant had earlier been given to “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point,” a seasonal comedy from director Tyler Taormina and his co-writer, Eric Berger, both from Smithtown. That film, which was shot on Long Island and premiered at Cannes, is scheduled for release in theaters Nov. 8.
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