2013 Stony Brook Film Festival

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Film Festival July 18 – 27

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013 Dear Film Lovers,

Ten days of outstanding new independent films are in store for you at Staller Center, from Thursday, July 18 through Saturday, July 27. The 18th Stony Brook Film Festival celebrates the best in independent film, all shown on one of the largest screens in the region in Staller Center’s Main Stage Theatre.

Whether you enjoy foreign language films, American independent films or shorts from around the globe, you’re in for an unforgettable experience when you attend the Festival.

cinema and will have The films chosen feature powerful and growing voices in sent them. directors, actors and crew members at the festival to repre features, Along with films from the U.S., our international slate of ing includ documentaries and shorts will take you to many countries , Italy, Lebanon, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Israel Spain, Switzerland the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Pakistan, Serbia-Croatia, and Turkey. . We have kept the Consider buying a FILM PASS good for all ten days of films the festival.

Film Festival pass price at $80, the absolute best way to attend again this year. This We are offering a limited number of GOLD PASSES once e along pass allows patrons to sit in the Reser ved Section of the theatr & Closing ing Open the to ticket a es with filmmakers and guests and includ Night Receptions. ay, July 8, $9 general We also offer SINGLE TICKETS that go on sale on Mond admission; $7 for senior citizens and students. the film world as Join us and meet directors, actors, as well as rising stars in ings. Mingle with them they answer your questions following many of the screen s for an additional and fellow filmgoers at the opening and closing night partie as quantities early them charge. (Tickets to the parties go fast. Please buy are limited). arts event, Don’t miss out on Long Island ’s premier annual summer .

18-27 July the 18th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival from See you at the movies!

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013

Stony Brook Film FeStival 2013 Schedule OPENING NIGHT THURSDAY, July 18

TUESDAY, July 23

8:00 pm Zaytoun (110) 10:00 pm OPENING NIGHT PARTY (Wang Center -tickets required)

FRIDAY, July 19

7:00 pm The Blitz (104) SHORT: In A Heartbeat (7) 9:30 pm A New York Heartbeat (99) SHORT: Anamnesis (22)

SATURDAY, July 20

3:00 pm TWA Flight 800 (86) 7:00 pm My Beautiful Country (88) SHORT: Saigon ’68 (18) 9:30 pm One Small Hitch (105) SHORT: This Is Ellen (7)

SUNDAY, July 21

3:00 pm These Birds Walk (71) SHORT: The Calm After The Storm (9) 7:00 pm Inheritance (88) SHORT: Gun (17) 9:30 pm Everything Went Down (86) SHORT: The Apple of My Eye (Mi Ojo Derecho) (13)

MONDAY, July 22

7:00 pm Allez, Eddy (100) SHORT: The First Cut (9) 9:15 pm Manhunt (Oblawa) (96) SHORT: The White Lady (La Dame Blanche) (15)

7:00 pm Watchtower (96) SHORT: Fallen (Gefallen) (18) 9:15 pm The Weekend (98) SHORT: Through the Storm (Trid An Stoirm) (8)

WEDNESDAY, July 24 7:00 pm Soft Gun (79) SHORT: Tinker (17) 9:30 pm The Tower (115) SHORT: Genesis (Genesi) (18) THURSDAY, July 25

7:00 pm Blackfish (90) 9:15 pm Muscle Shoals (111)

FRIDAY, July 26

7:00 pm Deep Powder (91) Career Achievement Award: Christine Vachon, Killer Films 9:30 pm The Wait (96)

SATURDAY, July 27 CLOSING NIGHT

8:30 pm Two Lives (97) 10:30 AWARDS RECEPTION (Main Stage - tickets required) • All screenings in Staller Center Main Stage Theatre (running times in parentheses) • Later movie START TIMES are approximate. Question and answer sessions may delay the start of the second and third movies of the evening.

Please note: Shorts play first at screening times

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East Coast Premiere Israel/U.K./France 110 minutes Directed by Eran Riklis (Lemon Tree). Written by Nader Rizq. With Stephen Dorff (Somewhere), Abdallah ElAkal, Alice Taglioni, Loai Nofi. In English, Arabic and Hebrew with subtitles.

Sometimes the only friend you have…is your enemy. Zaytoun (Arabic for “olive”) is a moving portrait of the tentative bond forged between an Israeli pilot and a young Palestinian refugee during the 1982 Lebanese War. Israeli pilot Yoni (Stephen Dorff) is shot down over Beirut and taken prisoner by inhabitants of a Palestinian refugee camp. Among the captors is ten-year-old Fahed.

Zaytoun is a story of survival, reconciliation and friendship.

Produced by Gareth Unwin (The King’s Speech), Fred Ritzenberg. Edited by Hervé Schneid.

Director of Photography: Dan Laustsen DFF. Opening night premiere from Strand Releasing.

THURSDAY, JULY 18 AT 10:00 PM OPENING NIGHT PARTY AT THE WANG CENTER

Dessert and drinks to kick off the 18th Annual Festival Tickets: $20 for passholders. $25 for non-passholders subject to availability. Non-passholder tickets go on sale Monday, July 8.

The Charles B. Wang Center is located next door to Staller Center.

Film Passes for entrance to all films are $80.

Individual Movie Tickets $9 general admission; $7 for students and seniors.

Single tickets go on sale Monday, July 8 (subject to availability).

• Passholder Perks for 2013 Exclusive Passholder lines in the lobby. Passholders enter the theater first. No Box Office lines to wait on.

• Guaranteed seating with a Film Pass up to 15 minutes prior to screening time.

• Festival Reception tickets are discounted for Passholders.

• Enjoy Passholder specials provided by local restaurants/hospitality sponsors.

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013 FrIDAy, July 19 AT 7:00 PM FEATurE

the BlitZ U.S. Premiere • Netherlands • 104 minutes Directed by Ate de Jong. Screenplay by Ate de Jong, Paul Ruven. With Jan Smit, Roos van Erkel, Monic Hendrickx, Mike Weerts.

In Dutch and German with subtitles.

Set in Rotterdam, May 1940, just days before the Germans bombed the Netherlands, The Blitz tells the story of Vincent, a poor, young amateur boxer, and Eve, a young woman from Germany who has agreed to marry a wealthy middle-aged industrialist she does not love in order to save her family.

Vincent and Eve begin to fall in love as the threat of war casts a shadow over their future.

Produced by San Fu Maltha, Paul Ruven (Don’t Touch My Children), René Huybrechtse. Edited by Herman P. Koerts. Director of Photography: Gabor Szabo.

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in a heartBeat Iceland • 7 minutes A film by Karolina Lewicka.

A nine-year-old girl finds the courage to stand up against bullies.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

FrIDAy, July 19 AT 9:30 PM FEATurE

a new york heartBeat World Premiere • U.S.A. • 99 minutes Directed and written by Tjardus Greidanus.

With Escher Holloway, Rachel Brosnahan, Eric Roberts, Todd Julian, Rane Jameson, Barret Hackney, Amadeo Fusca, Jack Donner, Eliza Roberts.

Spider is a 17-year-old gang leader trying to make a reputation for himself on the streets of Brooklyn in 1959. But he finds he’s in way over his head when he steals a suitcase of money from a notorious gangster who wouldn’t think twice about blowing away a punk hood if it means getting his cash back.

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anamneSiS East Coast Premiere • U.S.A. • 18 minutes A film by Alex Calleros.

When Adam wakes up in a childhood memory, he figures he must be dreaming. But as his girlfriend, Hannah, leads him deeper into his subconscious, he begins to realize the truth.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

Produced by Laura Davis, Hugh Aodh O’Brian and Tjardus Greidanus. Edited by Edgar Burcksen ACE and Tjardus Greidanus.

Director of Photography: Michal Dabal.

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013 SATurDAy, July 20 AT 3:00 PM FEATurE

twa FliGht 800 Festival Premiere • U.S.A. • 86 minutes Directed by Kristina Borjesson. With Tom Stalcup, Ph.D., Henry F. Hughes, Robert Young, James Speer.

Premium network EPIX presents a stunning American documentary, TWA Flight 800, followed by a Q & A panel discussion with the filmmakers, Kristina Borjesson and Tom Stalcup. TWA Flight 800 presents the saga of the catastrophic crash off the south shore of Long Island on July 17, 1996.

At the time, it was called “the largest aviation investigation in U.S. and world history.” But it was also the most controversial.

Now, a team of insiders from that investigation comes forward in this feature documentary to uncover what really happened to TWA Flight 800. It is also the story of one extraordinary scientist, Tom Stalcup, who spent years fighting for access to documents and evidence. Thirteen years into his quest, several retired members of the official crash investigation joined him.

In TWA Flight 800, these former government insiders blow the whistle on their own investigation and spend two years helping the scientist uncover the truth. What follows is a story of intense personal journeys and a grand-scale exposé with breathtaking implications.

The producer/director of TWA Flight 800 is print and broadcast journalist Kristina Borjesson, who edited and contributed to the book, Into the Buzzsaw: Leading Journalists Expose the Myth of a Free Press, for which she won the National Press Club’s Arthur Rowse Award. Jeff Segansky, entertainment industry veteran and former president of CBS Broadcasting is executive producer. TWA Flight 800 in an EPIX Original Documentary with a premiere date on EPIX and EpixHD.com on July 17, 2013.

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East Coast Premiere Serbia/Croatia/Germany • 88 minutes Written and directed by Michaela Kezele.

With Zrinka Cvitešić, Mišel Matičević, Andrija Nikčević, Miloš Mesarović, Danica Ristovski, Slavko Štimac.

In Serbian with subtitles.

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SaiGon ‘68 U.S.A. • 18 minutes • A film by Douglas J. Sloan.

The story underlying the most influential and electrifying photograph to come out of the Vietnam War–and how the picture transformed the lives of Eddie Adams, who captured the moment on film, and Nguyen Ngoc Loan, the man who pulled the trigger.

During the civil war in Kosovo, the young Serbian widow Danica takes care of Ramiz, a Kosovo-Albanian soldier on the run from the Serbian militia who, after being wounded in battle, has sought refuge in her home on the Serbian side of the River Ibar. As love slowly blossoms between them, Ramiz begins to make friends with Danica’s two sons, each who has been deeply affected by the recent loss of their father at the hands of Albanians.

Produced by Gabriela Sperl. Edited by Andre Bendocchi-Alves. Director of Photography: Felix Novo De Oliveira. From Global Screen GmbH.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013 SATurDAy, July 20 AT 9:30 PM FEATurE

one Small hitch U.S.A. • 105 minutes Directed by John Burgess. Written by Dode B. Levenson. With Shane McRae, Aubrey Dollar, Daniel J. Travanti, Ron Dean, Robert Belushi, Janet Ulrich Brooks, Mary Jo Faraci, Rebecca Spence, Heidi Johanningmeier.

Molly is flying home to Chicago for her mother’s wedding bringing a “Mystery Man” with her.

When she discovers this mystery man has a mystery wife, she dumps him at the curbside check-in. Her childhood friend Josh is headed to the family wedding as well, and they innocently agree to fake a wedding engagement to make Josh’s dying father’s last wish come true.

Things quickly get out of hand with their two boisterous families as they pretend to be a couple and start planning a phony wedding.

Produced by Brett Henenberg and John Burgess.

Edited by Ryan Koscielniak. Director of Photography: Tari Segal. A Principle Entertainment Film from Curb Entertainment.

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thiS iS ellen New York Premiere • U.S.A. • 8 minutes A film by John Salcido.

An awkward dinner party reveals a startling truth Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

SuNDAy, July 21 AT 3:00 PM FEATurE

theSe BirdS walk East Coast Premiere • Pakistan • 71 minutes Directed by Omar Mullick, Bassam Tariq.

In Pakistani (Urdu) with subtitles.

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the calm aFter the Storm Netherlands • 9 minutes A film by Harrie Verbeek. In Dutch with subtitles.

When she hears that her boyfriend has been killed by a tsunami, Anna’s world freezes as past, present and future meet in a single moment of eternity.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

Filmed over nearly three years in Pakistan, this documentary follows a high-spirited young boy who lives in a house for runaways. Many of the boys have fled from a rural home life for the dangerous streets of Karachi. Attempting to help is a young ambulance driver who works for the dispatch center next to the runaways’ home, risking his life to reunite these runaways with their families. Hanging over both is the founder of the orphanage, Abdul Sattar Edhi, the most deeply revered philanthropist in Pakistan.

Simultaneously heart-wrenching and life affirming, These Birds Walk documents the struggles of these wayward street children and the Samaritans looking out for them in this ethereal and inspirational story of resilience.

Produced by Bassam Tariq, Sonejuhi Sinha, Valentina Canavesio. Edited by Sonejuhi Sinha.

Director of Photography: Omar Mullick.

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013 SuNDAy, July 21 AT 7:00 PM FEATurE

inheritance East Coast Premiere Israel/Pakistan/France • 88 minutes Directed by Hiam Abbass. Written by Hiam Abbass, G.A. Wasi, Ala Hlehel, Nadine Naous.

With Hafsia Herzi, Hiam Abbass, Yussuf AbuWarda, Ali Suliman, Ashraf Barhom, Ruba Blal, Clara Khoury, Makram Khoury, Khalifa Natour, Tom Payne, G.A. Wasi. In Hebrew, French, Arabic and English with subtitles.

A Palestinian family living in the north of Galilee gathers to celebrate the wedding of one of their daughters as war rages between Israel and Lebanon. Internal conflicts explode within the family as secrets are revealed and lies are unmasked. Inheritance is Hiam Abbass’ directing debut following her acclaimed performances in Lemon Tree and The Visitor.

Produced by Arik Bernstein, Nicolas Blanc, Ina Fichman, Yariv Mozer. Edited by Guy Lecorne.

Director of Photography: Antoine Héberlé.

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Gun New York Premiere • U.S.A. • 18 minutes A film by Spencer Gillis.

Roy and Karen, new parents living in suburbia, have a terrifying break-in. Roy decides it’s time to purchase a handgun for home defense.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

SuNDAy, July 21 AT 9:30 PM FEATurE

everythinG went down New York Premiere • U.S.A. • 86 minutes Directed and written by Dustin Morrow.

With Noah Drew and Kate Tucker.

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the aPPle oF my eye (mi oJo derecho) New York Premiere • Spain • 14 minutes A film by Josecho de Linares. In Spanish with subtitles. As a child, Zurdo shared a special relationship with his grandmother but they have lost contact. On the last day of summer, Zurdo decides to visit her with the intuition that he might not see her again.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

Everything Went Down tells the story of a grieving young college professor and the budding friendship he develops with a singer songwriter struggling to make a name for herself as a musician. Filmed in the beautiful Pacific Northwest and set to the songs of singer/ songwriter Kate Tucker in her first starring role, this contemporary musical examines the nature of friendship, healing, and the power of art.

Produced by Dustin Morrow and Kacey Morrow.

Edited by Dustin Morrow.

Director of Photography: Dustin Morrow.

A Little Swan Pictures production.

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013 MONDAy, July 22 AT 7:00 PM FEATurE

alleZ, eddy!

East Coast Premiere Belgium • 100 minutes Directed and written by Gert Embrechts.

With Jelte Blommaert, Peter van den Begin, Barbara Sarafian, Els Dottermans, Stefaan Degand, Bruno Georis, Mathias Vergels, Frieda Pittoors.

In Dutch and French with subtitles.

Allez, Eddy! is a heart-warming comedy about an 11-year old cycling enthusiast named Freddy, son of a butcher in an idyllic village in nowhereland.

Freddy’s isolated life is totally disrupted when the first supermarket in the village opens its doors in 1975 and a cycling race is announced as an opening event. The winner of the race will meet world famous cyclist Eddy Merckx. But since the supermarket is the enemy of the local shopkeepers and, in particular, of his own father, Freddy is obliged to enter the race in secret.

Produced by Jacqueline de Goeij. Edited by Els Voorspoels. Director of Photography: Bert Pot. From Global Screen GmbH.

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the FirSt cut Netherlands • 10 minutes.

A film by Tallulah Hazekamp Schwab.

In Dutch with subtitles.

A surgeon recalls a vivid childhood memory — about tough love and her rabbit.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

MONDAy, July 22 AT 9:15 PM FEATurE

manhunt (oBlawa) East Coast Premiere Poland • 96 minutes Written and directed by Marcin Krzysztalowicz.

With Marcin Dorocinski, Weronika Rosati, Maciej Stuhr, Sonia Bohosiewicz. In Polish with subtitles.

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the white lady (LA DAME BLANCHE) New York Premiere • Switzerland • 15 minutes A film by Arnaud Baur. In French with subtitles.

In this mysterious ghost story, a man takes a trip down the rabbit hole after he picks up a young hitchhiker named Marie, dressed all in white.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

A Polish forest, autumn 1943. A small sabotage team of the Resistance, ridden with disease and hunger, awaits a call to action. Their task is to capture and kill Nazis and their sympathizers. They are partisans devoted to special ops, only they are in need of some special operations themselves.

An intense wartime drama told in a uniquely retrospective manner through the stories of the main characters, all with links to each other, links that are strong and intricate in a harrowing tale of betrayal, revenge, morality, guilt, punishment, honor and loyalty.

Produced by Malgorzata Jurczak, Krzysztof Gredzinski.

Edited by Wojciech Mrowczynski, PSM and Adam Kwiatek, PSM. Director of Photography: Arkadiusz Tomiak PSC. A Skorpion Arte Production from Attraction Distribution.

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013 TuESDAy, July 23 AT 7:00 PM FEATurE

watchtower East Coast Premiere Turkey • 100 minutes Written and directed by Pelin Esmer.

With Olgun Simsek and Nilay Erdonmez.

In Turkish with subtitles.

Haunted by a tragic incident, Nihat has isolated himself by becoming a fire warden in a remote observation tower far out in the wilderness.

Seher lives in a makeshift room at a rural bus station, and she has taken a job as a bus hostess to escape her own traumatic past.

Destined to come to a crossroads, they go about their solitary lives until their fates collide.

Produced by Tolga Esmer, Nida Karabol Akdeniz, Pelin Esmer. Edited by Ayhan Ergursel and Pelin Esmer. Director of Photography: Ozgur Eken.

From Film Movement.

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Fallen (GeFallen) New York Premiere • Germany • 18 minutes.

A film by Christoph Schuler. In German with subtitles.

Upon returning home to Germany after a tour of duty in Afghanistan, a soldier tries to adjust to civilian life.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

TuESDAy, July 23 AT 9:15 PM FEATurE

the weekend New York Premiere Germany • 98 minutes Directed by Nina Grosse. Written by Nina Grosse based on the novel by Bernhard Schlink. With Katja Riemann, Sebastian Koch, Tobias Moretti, Barbara Auer, Sylvester Groth, Robert Gwisdek, Elisa Schlott. In German with subtitles.

After being released from prison, former RAF terrorist Jens Kessler spends his first weekend in freedom with friends from the past; among them are his former lover Inga and her husband. As the tension mounts, it takes only one spark to trigger an eruption of hostility.

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throuGh the Storm (TRID AN STOIRM) Ireland • 8 minutes A film by Fred Burdy. In English and Irish.

In this animated film a woman forces a Banshee to guide her to the Celtic realm of Death to bring her husband back to life.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

Produced by Nina Maag, Nico Hofmann, Thomas Peter Friedl. Edited by Mona Bräuer, Adrian Tetzlaff. Director of Photography: Benedict Neuenfels. A UFA Cinema Berlin Production from Global Screen GmbH.

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013 WEDNESDAy, July 24 AT 7:00 PM FEATurE

SoFt Gun U.S. Premiere Canada/United States • 78 minutes Written and directed by Alexandra Bégin, Guillaume Collin and Jesse Kray.

With Alexandra Bégin and Jesse Kray.

In English and French with subtitles.

Alex decides to hit the road and drives straight to Atlanta to her cousin Jesse’s house. They haven’t seen each other for eight years but were once inseparable.

It is the memory of that bond that gets Jesse to agree to a road trip. They have no plan, no itinerary, no destination, just a desire to explore. Soft Gun was created by University students looking for a summer project. Securing a modest budget, the crew of seven young filmmakers created a highly original story.

Produced by Alexandra Bégin, Charles-André Coderre, Guillaume Collin, Daniel Dietzel, Jesse Kray, Michael Massicotte, Isabelle Statchtchenko Sirois, Dejan Pavlovic.

Edited by Daniel Dietzel. Director of Photography: Isabelle Stachtchenko Sirois. An Arpent Films production.

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tinker U.S.A. • 17 minutes A film by Justin Plummer III and Martin Strauss.

When the nascent romance between a mid-twentieth century repair shop owner and his charming young customer falters, he struggles to find a solution for his most daunting task—repairing himself.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

WEDNESDAy, July 24 AT 9:30 PM FEATurE

the tower U.S. Premiere Germany • 115 minutes Directed by Christian Schwochow.

Written by Thomas Kirchner, based on the novel written by Uwe Tellkamp. With Jan Josef Liefers (Simon and the Oaks), Sebastian Urzendowsky (Berlin ’36), Claudia Michelsen, Nadja Uhl. In German with subtitles.

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GeneSiS (GeneSi) U.S. Premiere • Italy • 18 minutes A film by Donatella Altieri. In Italian with subtitles.

A mystical vignette set in the Italian countryside in which an old man copes with his memories as he makes new friendships and rekindles old ones.

Please note: shorts play first at screening times.

As communist East Germany begins its final decade, the cracks in the facade of its police state can no longer be ignored. The shy son of a physician wants to become a doctor but struggles to meet his father’s rigorous demands. Meanwhile his father has been having an affair with a colleague for several years.

The family struggle deepens after the Secret Police try to force the father to be an informant, the son runs afoul of the authorities and enlists in the Army, and his mother becomes a political activist.

Produced by Matthias Adler, Benjamin Benedict and Nico Hofmann. Edited by Jens Klüber.

Director of Photography: Frank Lamm.

From Music Box Films.

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013 THURSDAY, JULY 25 AT 7:00 PM FEATURE

Blackfish New York Premiere U.S.A. • 90 minutes Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite.

Written by Gabriela Cowperthwaite and Eli Despres.

Blackfish tells the story of Tilikum, an orca that performed at Sea World, and the trainers who worked with him. With shocking footage and emotional interviews, this documentary explores the creature’s extraordinary nature, the cruel treatment of the species in captivity, the lives and losses of the trainers. A riveting exposé about the pressures brought to bear by the multibillion dollar sea-park industry.

Produced by Manuel V. Oteyza. Edited by Eli Despres. Director of Photography: Jonathan Ingalls, Christopher Towey. From Magnolia Pictures.

THURSDAY, JULY 25 AT 9:15 PM FEATURE

Muscle shoals New York Premiere U.S.A. • 111 minutes Directed and written by Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier.

With Aretha Franklin, Mick Jagger, Alicia Keys, Bono, John Paul White, Gregg Allman, Keith Richards, Steve Winwood, Jimmy Cliff, Rick Hall.

Muscle Shoals is a small Alabama town on the Tennessee River—an unlikely breeding ground for some of America’s most creative music. At its heart is Rick Hall, the founder of FAME Studios, who put together a recording studio and a house band (The Swampers). Overcoming poverty and personal tragedy, he brought black and white together in Alabama’s cauldron of racial hostility to create music for the generations while giving birth to the Muscle Shoals sound.

Among the tracks created there are “I’ll Take You There,” “Brown Sugar,” “Wild Horses,” “When a Man Loves a Woman,” “I Never Loved a Man the Way That I Loved You,” “Mustang Sally,” “Tell Mama,” “Kodachrome,” and“Freebird.”

Produced by Stephen Badger, Greg ‘Freddy’ Camalier. Edited by Richard Lowe.

Director of Photography: Anthony Arendt.

From Magnolia Pictures.

In this documentary, legendary artists including Aretha Franklin, Greg Allman, Bono, Clarence Carter, Jimmy Cliff, Etta James, Alicia Keys, Wilson Pickett, Keith Richards, Percy Sledge, Steve Winwood and others bear witness to Muscle Shoals’ magnetism, mystery and influence.

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013 FrIDAy, July 26 AT 7:00 PM FEATurE

deeP Powder U.S.A. • 91 minutes Directed by Mo Ogrodnik. Written by Mo Ogrodnik and Matt Barden. With Shiloh Fernandez, Haley Bennett, John Magaro, Colby Minifie, Josh Salatin, Logan Miller, Dana Eskelson, Amanda Mason Warren.

Privileged and reckless boarding school senior Natasha Tabor (Haley Bennet) is a member of her school’s exclusive ski club—a front for a secret society.

When she is tapped to make the annual drug run to Ecuador, she chooses a working-class local boy and aspiring hockey player (Shiloh Fernandez) as her partner in crime. Inspired by true events from the early ’80s, Deep Powder is a riveting story of tenderness and suspense.

Produced by Pamela Koffler, Christine Vachon, Gwen Bialic, Ben Howe. Edited by Agnes Grandits, Joe Klotz. Director of Photography: Michael Simmonds. A Killer Films Production.

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FrIDAy, July 26 AT 9:30 PM FEATurE

the wait East Coast Premiere U.S.A. • 96 minutes Written and directed by M Blash (Lying).

With Jena Malone (Pride and Prejudice, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire), Chloë Sevigny (American Psycho, Boys Don’t Cry), Luke Grimes (Taken 2), Devon Gearhart, Michael O’Keefe, Josh Hamilton.

While local residents in Oregon are focused on a slowly spreading forest fire, two sisters decide to keep their deceased mother in their home after being informed that she will come back to life. A discordant struggle between the sisters plays out in a world where the virtual and real converge.

“An unusual film, with a complex and layered aesthetic… grounded by a beautiful script in which the actors convincingly portray a very real and mournful time in their lives.”

— PopBytes

Produced by Neil Kopp, Ryan Crisman, Riel Roch Decter, David Guy Levy. Edited by Justin Kelly, Jessica Brunetto. Director of Photography: Kasper Tuxen. An Essentia, Olympus Pictures, Sammy Films Production. From Visit Films.

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013 STONY BROOK FILM FESTIVAL 2013 Career aChievement award TO BE PRESENTED TO KILLER FILMS’ Christine vaChon The Stony Brook Film Festival honors legendary producer and indie film powerhouse Christine Vachon of Killer Films prior to the screening of her film, Deep Powder.

Christine Vachon has produced over seventy films in less than twenty years—seven features in the last year alone—including At Any Price (Zac Efron, Dennis Quaid), Kill Your Darlings (Daniel Radcliffe), and Deep Powder, with director Mo Ogrodnik.

Vachon’s filmography includes such notables as Far from Heaven (four Academy Award nominations), Kids (Chloe Sevigny), Boys Don’t Cry (Chloe Sevigny and Academy Award Winner Hilary Swank), Hedwig and the Angry Inch (Sundance Film Festival), I Shot Andy Warhol (Lili Taylor), I’m Not There (Cate Blanchette), and recently the HBO miniseries, Mildred Pierce (Kate Winslet). Ms. Vachon has been a Jury Member for many film festivals, including the Sundance Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. She has been awarded an Emmy, the National Board of Review Producers Award, and the New York Film Critics Circle Award, among others. Christine Vachon recently joined the Stony Brook Southampton’s Arts faculty to establish an innovative, cutting edge graduate program in film that will, Vachon says, “reflect the reality of film today.” This summer Prof. Vachon leads the inaugural offering of Stony Brook Southampton’s new scholarship program: 20/20/20—20 filmmakers, 20 days, 20 films.

CLOSING NIGHT SATurDAy, July 27 AT 8:30 PM FEATurE

two liveS East Coast Premiere Norway/Germany • 97 minutes Directed by Georg Maas. Written by Georg Maas, Christoph Tölle, Ståle Stein Berg & Judith Kaufmann.

With Liv Ullmann, Dennis Storhøi, Ken Duken, Juliane Köhler, Rainer Bock. In Norwegian, German and English with subtitles.

Katrine is a war child; the result of a relationship between a Norwegian woman and a German soldier during World War II. Though raised in East Germany, she has been living in Norway for the last 20 years with her family. When a lawyer asks her to be a witness in a trial on behalf of war children, she resists, and a web of secrets is gradually unveiled.

Produced by Axel Helgeland, Rudi Teichmann, Dieter Zeppenfeld.

Edited by Hansjörg Weißbrich. Director of Photography: Judith Kaufmann. A Zinnober Film-und Fernsehproduktion, B&T Film, Helgeland Film, ApolloMedia, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Film Fund FUZZ, ARD Degeto Film. Closing Night Premiere from Beta Cinema.

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Stony Brook Film Festival 2013

closing night awards reception Sponsored by hBo

Saturday, July 27 at 10:30 PM • Staller Center Main Stage (tickets required) Hors d’oeuvres and drinks to toast the winning filmmakers, hosted by Film Critic John Anderson.

Tickets: $20 for Passholders/$25 for non-Passholders, subject to availability.

Photo: Grand Prize, 2012 Stony Brook Film Festival: A.K.A. Doc Pomus, a documentary of the life of Jerome Felder. Left to right: Sharyn Felder, producer; Peter Miller, director/producer; John Anderson, film critic and MC at the awards reception.

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