The Film Panel Notetaker

Q: Where was the #1 panel discussion held in 2007 that The Film Panel Notetaker attended?A: The Hamptons International Film Festival
Will it reach the same feat this year? You’ll have to wait till the end of the year to find out, so in the mean time, here’s the festival’s announcement below on what you can [...]

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The Hamptons International Film Festival announced today that it will host its 8th annual Screenwriters’ Lab co-sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation this May 9-11 in East Hampton. Last fall, I sat in on the screenplay reading of Caitlin McCarthy’s Wonder Drug during the 2007 HIFF. Looks like a great group of screenwriters [...]

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2007 Hamptons International Film FestivalBody of WarSouthampton TheaterSouthampton, NYOctober 20, 20076:00 pm
A Film Still from Body of War: Tomas Young and Robert Byrd, Washington, D.C.
On Saturday, legendary daytime television talk show host Phil Donahue sat on a panel discussion that delved into issues of science and the media during the 2007 Hamptons International Film [...]

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2007 Hamptons International Film FestivalAlfred P. Sloan Foundation Film Discussion:The Diving Bell and The ButterflyThe Ross School – East Hampton, NYOctober 20, 20073:00 pm

(L to R: Phil Donahue, David Schwartz, Stuart Firestein & Alec Baldwin)

Continuing with my science lesson, I attended the Alfred P. Sloan Film Discussion: The Diving Bell and The Butterfly. In [...]

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2007 Hamptons International Film FestivalScreenplay Reading of Wonder DrugSponsored by the Alfred P. Sloan FoundationThe Ross School – East Hampton, NYOctober 20, 20072:00 pm

(“Wonder Drug” screenwriter Caitlin McCarthy and scientific advisor P. Harry Jellinck)
I hopped on the Hampton Jitney free shuttle bus from The Hunting Inn in East Hampton at about 1:45 pm, and arrived [...]

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