Greetings!

We invite you to explore the 14th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival, our most exciting program to date. Enjoy the world’s best new feature and short films over 10 days at Stony Brook University’s Staller Center. Meet many of the directors, actors and film crews as they discuss their films before and after screenings. From the best narrative features and shorts to exceptional documentaries, the 2009 Stony Brook Film Festival will delight, entertain and enlighten. We have once again kept our FILM PASS price at an incredibly low $70, the absolute best way to attend the Festival.

• Film Pass guarantees seating at all screenings with no Box Office lines to wait on

• Puts you in the exclusive Passholder line in the lobby for best seats

• Saves you money with discounted party tickets, including Passholder access only to purchase tickets to our new “Filmmaker Buffet Supper”

• Provides you with Passholder discounts provided by our hospitality sponsors

Individual movie tickets will go on sale Monday, July 13:

$8 general admission; $6 for students/senior citizens.

Join us and mingle with the stars of this year’s Festival at our annual Opening Night Party in Staller’s Art Gallery, our Closing Night Awards Reception—once again hosted by Film Critic John Anderson on our Main Stage—and new for 2009, A Filmmaker Buffet Supper on Saturday, July 25, where Passholders can join our filmmakers between films at the new Stony Brook Alumni Center in the adjacent Wang Center. 

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 screened in the region’s largest venue. Complementing the finest independent new U.S. films, the Festival will screen films from over a dozen countries including Canada, Israel, China, Germany, Palestine, Spain and Japan. 

Don’t miss out on Long Island’s summer arts event. Purchase your Stony Brook Film Festival Passes now and join us for an unforgettable journey to the movies! 

See you at the Festival.

Alan Inkles, Festival Director