Ezra was named a ‘Breakout Performer’ for the Hamptons International Film Festival, which is Oct. 13-17!

HIFF sets complete slate

The 19th annual Hamptons Film Festival has set a complete lineup that includes Jennifer Garner topliner “Butter,” launching the fest’s Southampton leg, and spotlight slots for “Coriolanus,” “The Rum Diary” and “We Need to Talk About Kevin,” among others.

Festival also features programming in competitive categories, with five films — including Joshua Marston’s “The Forgiveness of Blood” and Christian Schwochow’s “Cracks in the Shell” — in the running for the main narrative competish.

Festival also named four thesps its breakthrough performers, including “Cracks in the Shell” star Stine Fischer Christensen, Emily Browning (“Sleeping Beauty,” screening in the world cinema narrative category), Ezra Miller (appearing in two of the fest’s spotlight films, “Another Happy Day” and “We Need to Talk About Kevin”) and the previously announced Anton Yelchin of “Like Crazy,” the fest’s centerpiece film.

Located in an area packed with the weekend homes of Gotham’s media movers and shakers, the Hamptons fest positions itself as an event where the East Coast’s Academy voters and others in the industry can catch awards contenders in the run-up to the year-end frenzy.

Several docs world preem at the fest, including Fellipe Barbosa’s “Laura,” about an impoverished New York woman who crashes glam nightlife events; Vivian Ducat’s artist docu “All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert”; “Caris’ Peaces,” Gaylen Ross’ chronicle of an actress with memory loss; “Hard Times: Lost on Long Island,” Marc Levin’s film about unemployment on Long Island; and Jonathan Paley, Ross Finkel and Trevor Martin’s Dominican Republic baseball tale “Pelotero.”

Hamptons fest runs Oct. 13-17, coinciding with the tail end of the nearby New York Film Festival. Hamptons also shares several slate selections with NYFF, including “Martha Macy May Marlene,” “Melancholia,” “Corpo Celeste,” “Pina,” “Le Havre,” “The Kid With the Bike” and closing-night film “The Artist.” {variety.com}

Ezra is also going to be at the Mill Valley Film Festival in San Rafael, California. He is being honored there on Thu. October 13, 2011 after a screening of We Need to Talk About Kevin. You can buy tickets to “SPOTLIGHT on Ezra Miller” at mvff2011.com!

Mill Valley Film Festival highlights

Opening night: “Albert Nobbs,” starring Glenn Close as a Victorian-era cross-dresser; and “Jeff Who Lives at Home,” a slacker comedy written and directed by the Duplass brothers and starring Jason Segel and Ed Helms (Thurs.).

Tributes: Glenn Close (Fri.), Gaston Kaboré, director from Burkina Faso. (Oct. 9).

Spotlights: Michelle Yeoh (“The Lady,” with director Luc Besson, Sat.), Ezra Miller (“We Need to Talk About Kevin,” Oct. 13), Elizabeth Olsen (“Martha Marcy May Marlene,” Oct. 15).

Centerpiece: Simon Curtis’ “My Week With Marilyn” (Oct. 11), about the clash between Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier while filming “The Prince and the Showgirl.”

Special premiere: “A Few Best Men” (Oct. 14): Outrageous Australian comedy described as ” ‘Bridesmaids’ meets Mel Brooks on Planet Apatow.”

Live at 142 Throckmorton: “Play Like a Lion: A Concert Honoring Ali Akbar Khan” (Oct. 15); “Tuesday Night Comedy: Mark Pitta and Friends” (Oct. 11); All-Acoustic Gonzalo Bergara Quartet (Oct. 13).

30th Anniversary Celebration and Screening: “Raiders of the Lost Ark” (Oct. 10).

For kids: Children’s Filmfest (four films; see website for details) and Circus Party Extravaganza: (Oct. 15).

Active Cinema and New Movies Lab: See website for details.

Closing night: “The Artist,” a new silent film starring Jean Dujardin as silent-era star George Valentin. Oct. 16.

The 34th Mill Valley Film Festival runs Thurs. through Oct. 16 at Cinearts@Sequoia and 142 Throckmorton Theatre in Mill Valley, the Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael and other Marin venues. General admission $13.50; $12 seniors and students. Prices vary for special programs. (877) 874-6833, mvff.com. {sfgate.com}