It is rare for sweet, implacable first love portrayed on screen to connect wholly with the heart. LIKE CRAZY is a dazzling exception, featuring two brilliant young actors, Anton Yelchin and Felicity Jones, with remarkable screen chemistry. A modern twist on star-crossed lovers, Jones plays Anna, an undergraduate from the UK studying abroad in Los Angeles. A crush on classmate Jacob (Yelchin, HIFF Breakthrough Performer) turns into an exceptional love affair.  Rash, youthful decisions and a visa debacle threaten to separate the two indefinitely, and they are thrust wide-eyed into a world of confounding adult decisions. A smartly wound love story with a soul, LIKE CRAZY is magical, as well as sincere, in its approach to newfound love. The Hamptons International Film Festival is honored to present LIKE CRAZY as our 2011 Centerpiece Film.

Director Drake Doremus, Breakthrough Performer Anton Yelchin, and Actor Felicity Jones expected to be in attendance for post-screening Q&A at both screenings.

Twenty-seven-year-old Drake Doremus is a graduate of the American Film Institute and the youngest fellow ever accepted into the highly lauded institution. Doremus grew up directing and performing improv comedy as well as writing and directing plays. This is his third consecutive visit to Park City to screen a film. His first feature, SPOONER, premiered at Slamdance in 2009, and his second feature, DOUCHEBAG, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. LIKE CRAZY is his third feature film.

Twenty-seven-year-old Drake Doremus is a graduate of the American Film Institute and the youngest fellow ever accepted into the highly lauded institution. Doremus grew up directing and performing improv comedy as well as writing and directing plays. This is his third consecutive visit to Park City to screen a film. His first feature, SPOONER, premiered at Slamdance in 2009, and his second feature, DOUCHEBAG, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. LIKE CRAZY is his third feature film.