NAME OF FESTIVAL: Stony Brook Film Festival
SINCE: 1996
WHERE: Stony Brook, New York
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
The Stony Brook Film Festival showcases the best in independent film premieres over ten stimulating days. All films screen in Staller Center’s main stage theatre at Stony Brook.
Stony Brook Film Festival
Over continued concerns surrounding COVID19, the Staller Center for the Arts has postponed the Stony Brook Film Festival set for July 16-25, 2020.
This May, Stony Brook Film Festival will offer a series of award-winning short films from past Festivals for free online.
Chuskit, directed by Priya Ramasubban, won the Grand Prize at the 24th Stony Brook Film Festival.
Independent films from nearly twenty countries will be in the spotlight at the 24th Stony Brook Film Festival. The Festival lifts off with the New York premiere of the German film Balloon.
The Etruscan Smile, starring Brian Cox won the Grand Prize at the 23rd Annual Stony Brook Film Festival.
The 2018 Stony Brook Film Festival presented by Island Federal Credit Union presents films of great diversity this summer, both in their themes and their settings.
The 22nd Stony Brook Film Festival ran July 20 to 29, and had the largest attendance in the history of the Festival. The Sounding directed by Catherine Eaton walked away with the Jury Award for Best Feature.
The international list of guests coming to the 22nd Annual Stony Brook Film Festival includes filmmakers delivering unique background stories on moviemaking.
A highly selective slate of new independent films will screen at the 22nd Annual Stony Brook Film Festival taking place July 20 to 29, at Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University.
The French Canadian film Henri Henri, written and directed by Martin Talbot, with Victor Andrés Trelles Turgeon and Sophie Desmarais (Sarah Prefers to Run), won the 2015 Jury Award-Best Feature at the 20th Stony Brook Film Festival. Raised in an orphanage, Henri has spent his life maintaining the lights of the convent he calls home. But now that the convent is closing, he is forced to learn how to survive in the real world. Armed with only […]
The 2015 Stony Brook Film Festival unveiled its schedule of films for its 20th anniversary edition, taking place from Thursday, July 16 through Saturday, July 25, 2015. The schedule of films is being announced today on the festival’s website, and features thirty-four films (19 features and 15 shorts), chosen out of more than 700 entries. Many alums of the film festival are returning with films this year. The short documentary Coaching Colburn was created by Jeff Bemiss and his film […]
U. S. Premieres of foreign films took the top awards at the 19th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival. U.S. premiere of French film Paper Souls (Les âmes de papier) directed by Vincent Lannoo took the Jury Award for Best Feature, and U.S. Premiere of Dutch film Kenau directed by Maarten Treurniet won the Audience Choice Award for Best Feature
Stony Brook’s ten-day festival screened films each evening at Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University. Opening night was sold out, with over 900 in the audience for Ralph Macchio’s short film, Across Grace Alley, followed by the U.S. Premiere of the German film Back on Track from Beta Cinema. Alan Inkles, founder and director of the Festival, greeted European and American filmmakers at the awards night, following the New York Premiere of Erik Poppe’s 1,000 Times Good Night starring Juliette Binoche.