Banners celebrating the festival at State University of New York at Stony Brook.

The Stony Brook Film Festival, produced by Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University, presents a program of new, independent films every summer with attendance growing every year. Features and short films from the U.S. and around the world are screened over ten days at Staller Center, which has been the venue since the Festival’s beginning. The festival is the brain child of the Staller Center's current Director Alan Inkles. The festival continues to gain momentum and has gathered a faithful following. The 2009 festival is expected to draw a crowd of over 15,000 people.

[edit] 2009 Festival

The 2009 Festival will be running from July 23rd to Aug 1st, showing thirty-seven films in total. From fresh and inventive stories, intense character studies, impeccable direction and the highest production values in Independent Cinema, the Stony Brook Film Festival has become a fan favorite as well as a sought-after venue for filmmakers, sales agents, and distributors from around the world, who enjoy having their films shown on one of the region’s largest screens. Complementing the many U.S. indies, the 2009 Festival will screen films from dozens of countries including Canada, Israel, China, Germany, Palestine, Spain and Japan.

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