About Stony Brook Film Festival

The Stony Brook Film Festival  presented by Island Federal showcases the best in independent film premieres over ten stimulating days.   All screen in Staller Center’s main stage theatre at Stony Brook University.

You’ll experience talented performances by stars of the future and also see some familiar faces.  The Stony Brook Film Festival invites filmmakers to represent their films and participate in question and answer sessions after screenings. You’ll hear from directors, actors, producers and crew from all over the world.

Who:
The Stony Brook Film Festival presented by Island Federal is produced by Staller Center for the Arts, a large performance venue on the campus of Stony Brook University.

What:
The Stony Brook Film Festival will be in its 23rd year in 2018. The ten-day festival will be held from Thursday, July 19 through Saturday, July 28, 2018.   In 2017 we had over 15,000 attendees which included passholders and single ticket buyers.  Typically, each Festival feature is paired with a short film. Two features and two shorts are screened each evening, with additional screenings on the weekend.

Where:
All films are shown in Staller Center’s Main Stage Theatre, which has over 1000 seats. The theater has stadium seating, wide aisles, and excellent site lines. Parties (both public and private) are held throughout the Festival both on campus and off.  Stony Brook University, part of New York State’s public university system, is located on the north shore of Long Island.  Stony Brook is about 50 miles from New York City and a train station adjoins the campus. Long Island Sound’s public beaches are a mile away from campus.

How:
Island Federal's generous support as a presenting sponsor extends well into the future. Additional sponsors for the 2017 Stony Brook Film Festival are  Campolo, Middleton & McCormick, LLP; HBO; Suffolk County; The Village Voice and WLIW21.

How to experience:
Buy a Gold Pass for VIP reserved seating, or buy a Regular Pass and and tickets to Opening Night Reception and Closing Night Awards Reception for the maximum film festival experience.  Single tickets to films are sold subject to availability, and standby lines start one hour prior to any sold out film.

Box office:
Mon to Sat, 12 noon to 6 pm and one hour before films
(631) 632-ARTS [2787]
stonybrookfilmfestival.com 

The Real Film Festival starts the 2019 Summer with a bang, transforming spaces in Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Maitland and Port Stephens with bold films of real stories and cutting edge documentary’s about real issues.

More than any other film festival in the region, the Real Film Festival defines the Hunter’s personality. For over seven years, we have presented films by independent international, national and local storytellers whose presence at the Festival creates a buzz and honesty; a world class event right on your doorstep! Screen industry professionals who have shared their stories and expertise have included; Don McAlpine, Jillian Armstrong, Jeff Julian, Tony Buckley, David Caesar, Jason Van Genderen, Vanessa Alexander, Ian Hamilton, Scott Roberts, Paige Badenoch, Rachel Blake, Zac Garred, Anthony Marsh and William Ward to name a few.

The Real Film Festival’s contemporary programing positions it as one of Australia’s leading documentary film festivals and a real place for emerging independent filmmakers from which to launch their careers.

Real stories to make you laugh and cry… come and celebrate eight years of #keepingitreal #realfilmfestival

Newcastle                           15-17 November

Lake Macquarie                21 November

Maitland                             28 November

Port Stephens                   5 December

-Film Screenings

-Workshops

-Film Competition

-Parties

FB: facebook.com/RealFilmFestival

Insta: @real_film_festival,

Twitter: @RealFilmFest.

W: realfilmfestival.com.au

NFFTY is the world’s largest film festival for emerging directors. In 2018, we screened 286 amazing films from the best filmmakers 24 and younger representing 24 states and 24 countries, with over 10,000 in attendance.

NFFTY 2019, our 13th anniversary, will be held October 24 - 27 in Seattle, WA.

MovieMaker Magazine has twice (2016, 2014) rated NFFTY as one of the top 50 festivals worth the entry fee. We are currently one of the Top 100 Rated Film Festivals on FilmFreeway (out of more than 4,000).

NFFTY (PRONOUNCED “NIFTY”) STANDS FOR “NATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL FOR TALENTED YOUTH” AND IS THE WORLD’S LARGEST FILM FESTIVAL FOR EMERGING DIRECTORS.

But it’s not just for youth. NFFTY occurs each spring in Seattle, Washington and is the premier showcase of the best young directors 24 and younger from around the world. The films of NFFTY represent the voice of this generation, covering all topics and genres, from compelling and provocative, to hilarious and uplifting. NFFTY has the perfect film for a film fan of any age.

NFFTY is a program of The Talented Youth, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

The Filmmatic TV Pilot Awards were created to locate and expose up-and-coming TV and web-series writers, as well as to empower and educate passionate and talented screenwriters still waiting for their invitation into the mainstream industry.

Competition is open to TV pilots, webisodes and inventive TV-series scripts of all genres.

To Enter:

Season 4 results will post by November 15, 2019.

Thanks to our sponsors: Script Reader Pro, Screenwriting Staffing, Filmmatic, Monday on Main Street, The Script Coverage Co., and Jungle Software!

For short films produced in the United States. Must be 15 minutes or shorter in length. We accept narratives, documentaries, animation, PSAs, commercials, trailers, and web series.  For details, click here.