The Hamptons International Film Festival has unveiled the full lineup for its 34th annual edition.

The fest, which runs October 2 to 12, will close with Wicker on October 12. The Sundance-launched fantasy is directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson and stars Olivia Colman, Alexander SkarsgÄrd, Elizabeth Debicki and Peter Dinklage.

Two Centerpiece screening events are planned for Tim Blake Nelson’s The Life and Deaths of Wilson Shedd and Noah Segan’s The Only Living Pickpocket in New York. Talks with Amanda Seyfried, who stars in Wilson Shedd, and John Turturro of Pickpocket, will follow each screening.

Other conversations are slotted with Jesse Eisenberg, who wrote and directed The Debut; and Ron Howard, who directed Avedon, a documentary about photographer Richard Avedon. Both films will screen before those talks.

Previously, the Hamptons fest announced it would open with I Play Rocky and also give a directing honor to Phil Lord and Chris Miller and a lifetime achievement award to Bob Balaban, among other awards. Along with his career as an actor and director, Balaban has been on the board of HamptonsFilm, the organization that presents the festival.

With its early October timing, overlapping with the New York Film Festival and coming on the heels of Toronto, Venice and Telluride, the Hamptons has established itself as a key destination as awards season picks up speed.

The fest’s lineup of several dozen films is generally culled from other festivals, though a handful of films are making their world premieres in the Hamptons. Two of the world premieres in the festival’s Views from Long Island section are Barbizon, director Jake Silbermann’s portrait of a sculptor (Erica Pappas) teaching chess to wealthy families in the Hamptons; and Not Dead Yet, directed by Eric Weber and Nick Weber and starring Richard Kind as an ad man looking to reinvent himself.

“Each year, HIFF aims to bring audiences not just the best films from around the world, but the opportunity to hear from the artists that create them,” Chief Creative Officer David Nugent said in a statement. “This year’s slate reflects the variety of viewpoints and interests that contemporary filmmakers have highlighted in each of their unique projects.”

Executive Director Bob Feinberg added, “What makes HIFF especially meaningful is the opportunity to experience these films and conversations alongside the artists who created them, and we look forward to another year of discovery, conversation, and celebration in the Hamptons. Cinema creates community, and this festival is proof of that every year.”

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