Stony Brook Film Festival
Friday, July 19, 2024 at 07:00pm
Stony Brook Film Festival
Staller Center For The Arts
100 Nicolls Road
Schedule
7:00 Pm :Short - Iron Lung
New York Premiere
United States - 12 Min
A Film By Andrew Reid.
When A Power Outage Stops Her Iron Lung, A Polio Survivor And Her Sister Race Against Time. From Sbff Alum Andrew Reid (Asia A).
7:00 Pm :Feature - The Queen Of My Dreams
Canada And Pakistan - 97 Min
Written And Directed By Fawzia Mirza.
With Amrit Kaur, Hamza Haq, Nimra Bucha, And Ayana Manji.
After The Charismatic Hassan Dies Unexpectedly, His Daughter Azra And Wife Mariam Search For A Way To Mend Their Strained Relationship. While Azra Used To Imagine Her Mother As A Bollywood Star, She Now Finds Her Unapproving And Tradition-Bound. But A Trip To Her Mother’s Childhood Home In Pakistan Reveals To Azra That Her Mother Used To Be Quite The Rebel, And Her Marriage To Hassan Had Been Considered A Scandal. Actress Amrit Kaur Shines Playing Both Azra And The Younger Version Of Mariam In This Vibrant, Bollywood-Soaked Mother-Daughter Comedy.
9:30 Pm :Short - Detox
United States - 9 Min
A Film By Alex Hanno.
While Away On A Technology Detox, An Impressionable Social Media Addict Becomes The Target Of An Unexpected Visitor.
United States - 9 Min
A Film By Alex Hanno.
While Away On A Technology Detox, An Impressionable Social Media Addict Becomes The Target Of An Unexpected Visitor.
Featuret -Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
9:30 PmDirected By Ariane Louis-Seize.
Written By Christine Doyon And Ariane Louis-Seize.
With Sara Montpetit, Félix-Antoine Bénard, Steve Laplante, And Sophie Cadieux.
Sasha (Montpetit) Is A Wistful 68-Year-Old Teenage Vampire With A Serious Condition: She's Too Sensitive To Kill Humans. After Years Of Being Coddled, Her Exasperated Parents Decide It's Time To Cut Off Her Supply Of Blood Bags In Hopes That She Will Finally Fend For Herself. As Fate Would Have It, She Soon Meets A Lonely Teenage Human (A Brilliant Bénard) With Suicidal Tendencies, Who Just Might Be Willing To Give His Life To Save Hers. Teeming With Hilarious Humans And Vampires, Once This Warm-Hearted, Cold-Blooded Comedy Sinks Its Teeth Into You, It Doesn't Let Go.
