Columbia Filmmakers Head to Hampton’s International Film Festival 2026

This year’s Hampton’s International Film Festival featured two works from Columbia filmmakers.

Hampton’s International Film Festival was founded in 1992. Its mission, according to their site, is “to celebrate the art of film and to introduce a unique and varied spectrum of international films and filmmakers to our audiences.” The festival ran from October 2 to October 12, 2026. 

Read more about the films helmed by Columbia filmmakers below. 

Short Films 

Dua Ji

Dua Ji was written and directed by Yuhan Tsai '24. The short premiered at the 2026 South by South West Film Festival. It has also screened at Aspen Shortfest, the San Francisco International Film Festival, and the Golden Harvest Awards. At her mother’s rural Taiwanese funeral, the eldest daughter quietly confronts inheritance, grief, and her place in the family. The film was screened as part of the shorts program. More information about Dua Ji can be found here. 

World Cinema Documentary Feature

Musk 

Musk, a feature-length documentary executive produced by Adjunct Professor Richard Perello, will see its New York Premiere at the Hamptons International Film Festival. The film, created by Academy Award winner Alex Gibney, takes a look behind the curtain of Elon Musk’s life and work. Gibney, “thorough investigative research, revelatory interviews with close personal and professional figures, and a massive collection of archival footage, news and podcast appearances, and online posts, synthesizes the sprawling evolution of the world’s richest man, and his actions across technology, business, and politics, in order to understand his enormous influence on the world in which we all live.” More about the film can be found here. 

For more on the Hamptons International Film Festival and a look at the full lineup, check out their website.