The Stony Brook Film Festival, produced by
Staller Center for the Arts
The Staller Center for the Arts is the main arts building at Stony Brook University. It opened in 1978 as the Stony Brook University Fine Arts Center before being renamed in October 1988 after a $1.8 million donation from the Staller family.
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Stony Brook University
Stony Brook University (SBU), officially the State University of New York at Stony Brook, is a public research university in Stony Brook, New York. Along with the University at Buffalo, it is one of the State University of New York system's ...
, presents a program of new,
independent films every summer since 1996. Features and short
films
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from the U.S. and around the world are screened over ten days at
Staller Center
The Staller Center for the Arts is the main arts building at Stony Brook University. It opened in 1978 as the Stony Brook University Fine Arts Center before being renamed in October 1988 after a $1.8 million donation from the Staller family.
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, 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
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. The festival continues to gain momentum and has gathered a faithful following. The festival draws a crowd of over 15,000 people.
2015 Festival
The 20th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival, July 16–25, 2015
presents ten evenings of features, shorts and documentaries. Stony Brook seeks fresh and inventive stories, intense character studies, impeccable direction and the highest production values in
Independent Cinema
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. The Stony Brook Film Festival is 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 to audiences of up to 1,000 viewers. The Stony Brook Film Festival is produced by Staller Center for the Arts at Stony Brook University.
See also
References
Film festivals in New York (state)
Film Festival
Tourist attractions in Suffolk County, New York
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