Gary Oldman stars as Winston Churchill in director Joe Wright's...

Gary Oldman stars as Winston Churchill in director Joe Wright's "Darkest Hour," a Focus Features release. The movie is playing at the 2017 Hamptons Film Festival in October. Credit: Focus Features / Jack English

Margot Robbie, Patrick Stewart and Rob Reiner will be among the celebrity guests at the 25th anniversary of the Hamptons International Film Festival, which also features an exhibit of 25 years of festival poster art, a first-ever Dick Cavett Artistic Champion Award — to be given to Cavett — and a lifetime achievement award that will go to the screen legend Julie Andrews. The festival’s opening-night screening of the documentary “Itzhak” will be attended by its subject, the violinist Itzhak Perlman.

It’s the culmination of a yearlong celebration that has included screenings of one film from each of the festival’s past years (Its very first big “get” was Jane Campion’s Oscar-winning “The Piano”) and a pre-festival party in June attended by, among others, co-chairman Alec Baldwin, board member Bob Balaban and the director Joel Schumacher (1990’s “Flatliners”).

“It’s important to us to communicate that we’ve been doing this for 25 years,” says festival executive director Anne Chaisson, “and we will continue to do so for the future.”

Here are several highlights from this year’s festival. All times are after noon except where noted. Keep in mind that many films will have repeat screenings.

ITZHAK (Thursday, Oct. 5, at 7 at Guild Hall, 158 Main St., East Hampton). A documentary on the Israeli-American violinist and conductor Itzhak Perlman, who is scheduled to attend the screening in person.

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (Friday, Oct. 6, at 6 at Guild Hall). The latest from Luca Guadagnino (2015’s underrated “A Bigger Splash”) stars Hammer as an academic who begins a relationship with a teenager (Timothee Chalamet).

KILLER BEES (Friday, Oct. 6, at 6 at Bay Street Theater, 1 Bay St., Sag Harbor). Benjamin and Orson Cummings’ documentary follows Bridgehampton High School’s famed Killer Bees basketball team as they prepare to defend their state championship title.

THE MISOGYNISTS (Friday, Oct. 6, at 8:30 at East Hampton Cinema). Two Trump supporters celebrate victory in a hotel room on election night. Starring Dylan Baker (“Happiness”). World premiere.

A CONVERSATION WITH . . . PATRICK STEWART (Saturday, Oct. 7, at 1 at East Hampton Middle School, 76 Newtown Lane). The actor best known as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard or Professor Charles Xavier, depending on your age, will sit for a live interview with Variety’s Jenelle Riley.

HIFF25 LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD: JULIE ANDREWS (Saturday, Oct. 7, at 1:30 at Guild Hall). Andrews will add a Hamptons honor to her Emmys, Grammys, Golden Globes and Oscar following a screening of her brilliant 1982 musical, “Victor/Victoria.”

DARKEST HOUR (Saturday, Oct. 7, at 7:15 at East Hampton Cinema). Oscar prognosticators are already buzzing about Oldman’s performance as Churchill in this World War II drama. With Kristin Scott Thomas.

A CONVERSATION WITH . . . ROB REINER (Sunday, Oct. 8, at 1:30 at East Hampton Middle School). The director of “This is Spinal Tap,” “When Harry Met Sally” and the festival selection “LBJ” — which stars Woody Harrelson as President Lyndon Baines Johnson — will sit for a live interview with BuzzFeed News critic Alison Willmore.

BREATHE (Sunday, Oct. 8, at 5 at Guild Hall). Andy Serkis’ directorial debut tells the true story of Robin Cavendish (Andrew Garfield), who in the late 1950s contracted polio and defied all medical wisdom by leaving his hospital to live an active life.

A CONVERSATION WITH . . . ANNETTE BENING (Sunday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 at East Hampton Middle School). A live interview with the Oscar-nominated actress, who plays screen legend Gloria Grahame in the festival spotlight feature “Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool.” Festival board member Bob Balaban will pose the questions.

MARSHALL (Sunday, Oct. 8, at 7:30 at East Hampton Cinema). A young Thurgood Marshall (Chadwick Boseman) defends a black chauffeur (Sterling K. Brown) against his wealthy white employer (Kate Hudson). Directed by Reginald Hudlin (“House Party”).

I, TONYA (Monday, Oct. 9, at 7 at Guild Hall). Margot Robbie plays the figure-skater Tonya Harding, whose career ended when she was connected to a headline-grabbing attack on a rival, Nancy Kerrigan (Caitlin Carver). Robbie will attend this closing-night screening.

Hamptons International Film Festival

WHEN|WHERE Oct. 6 to 9 at venues around the East End

TICKETS $15-$35; prices for special events vary. Passes are $125 to $3,500.

INFO (631) 825-0050, hamptonsfilmfest.org.

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