Hamptons Film Festival Reveals 2023 Winners: ‘20,000 Species of Bees’ Tops Jury List

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The 2023 Hamptons International Film Festival has unveiled the jury and audience awards for this year’s festival.

The lineup included opening night’s “Nyad” and Alex Gibney’s documentary “In Restless Dreams: The Music of Paul Simon.” Todd Haynes, who received the Achievement in Directing Award, was in attendance for a Spotlight screening of “May December.”

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The official HIFF Award for Best Narrative Feature was given to Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren’s “20,000 Species of Bees,” per the jury’s selection. The feature follows an eight-year-old girl and her grandmother over the course of a summer spent in a village known for beekeeping.

Joanna Arnow’s “The Feeling That the Time For Doing Something Has Passed” was also recognized in the Best Narrative Feature category with a special mention.

Meanwhile, the HIFF Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature went to “Fresh Kills,” directed by Jennifer Esposito. The film, which premiered at 2023 Tribeca, is a mafia drama marking actress Esposito’s directorial debut.

The HIFF audience additionally selected Ken August Meyer’s documentary “Angel Applicant” for Best Documentary Feature.

The HIFF jury awarded the Best Documentary Feature title to Nick August-Perna’s “Tell Them You Love Me.”

See the full list of winners below:

HIFF Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature
20,000 SPECIES OF BEES, directed by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren

HIFF Best Narrative Feature Special Mention

THE FEELING THAT THE TIME FOR DOING SOMETHING HAS PASSED, directed by Joanna Arnow

HIFF Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature

TELL THEM YOU LOVE ME, directed by Nick August-Perna

HIFF Award Winner for Best Narrative Short Film

XIAOHUI AND HIS COWS, directed by Xinying Lao

HIFF Award Winner for Best Documentary Short Film

THE WAITING, directed by Volker Schlecht

HIFF Audience Award Winner for Best Narrative Feature

FRESH KILLS, directed by Jennifer Esposito

HIFF Audience Award Winner for Best Documentary Feature

ANGEL APPLICANT, directed by Ken August Meyer

HIFF Audience Award Winner for Best Short Film

FORGOTTEN FOUNDERS: DAVID HEMPSTEAD, SENIOR, directed by Sam Hamilton and Julian Alvarez

and

MERV, directed by Sam Roebling

The 31st annual Hamptons International Film Festival took place October 5 through 12 in Sag Harbor and East Hampton in New York.

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