Mary
Stuart Masterson, making her directorial debut with "The Cake
Eaters," won the jury award for best feature at the 13th annual Stony
Brook Film Festival Saturday night.
Taking the audience-choice prize for best feature was "Children of
Glory," about the 1956 Hungarian revolt against Soviet domination. In the
shorts category: "In the Name of the Son" won the jury award for its
depiction of the siege of Sarajevo; Bill Block's uplifting "The
Drummer" was voted audience favorite. Kari Skogland's "The Stone
Angel," starring Ellen
Burstyn and Ellen Page, won a special achievement award.
Masterson, who appeared at the Staller Center's screening of "Cake
Eaters," directed the film written by Jayce
Bartok, who co-starred with Bruce Dern, Elizabeth Ashley, Jesse Martin and
Kristen Stewart as a high school girl with a deteriorating genetic disorder
who wants to live a little before it's too late. The film will be released in
February.
