Stony Brook Film Festival

Schedule

7:00pm :Short - Where We Belong

New York Premiere
United Kingdom - 15 Min

A Film By Madoka Belda Yamamoto.

A Young Woman Trying To Reconnect With Her Grandmother Visiting From Japan Discovers The Presence Of Her Dead Grandfather Is Closer Than Ever.

7:00pm :Feature - Marguerite's Theorem

France And Switzerland - 112 Min

Directed By Anna Novion. Written By Anna Novion, Mathieu Robin, Marie-Stéphane Imbert, And Agnès Feuvre.
With Ella Rumpf, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Clotilde Courau (La Vie En Rose), Julien Frison, And Sonia Bonny.

Methodical And Socially Awkward, Marguerite’s Future As A Brilliant Math Student Seems Solid—Until A Fellow Student Spots An Error In Her Calculations During Her Thesis Presentation, Shattering Her Composure And Self-Assuredness. Faced With What She Considers Humiliation, Marguerite Abandons Her Thesis, Quits School, And Decides To Reinvent Herself Entirely. But When Confronted With The Mounting Financial Consequences Of Her Actions, She Realizes She Will Have To Act Fast. Ella Rumpf Brings The Unconventional Marguerite To Life In This Uplifting Tale Of Redemption.

7:00pm :Short - In The Night

United States - 13 Min
A Film By Shireen Khaled.

During The Slowly Unfolding Covid-19 Pandemic, A Long-Married Couple Discovers They Have Fallen Out Of Love And Spend The Night Trying To Rekindle Their Flame.
United States - 13 Min

A Film By Shireen Khaled.
During The Slowly Unfolding Covid-19 Pandemic, A Long-Married Couple Discovers They Have Fallen Out Of Love And Spend The Night Trying To Rekindle Their Flame.

9:30pm :Feature - Excursion

Bosnia And Herzegovina, France, Norway, Croatia, And Serbia - 93 Min

Written And Directed By Una Gunjak.
With Asja Zara Lagumdzija, Maja Izetbegovic, Nadja Spaho, And Mediha Musliovic.

During A Game Of Truth-Or-Dare Among Her Middle School Classmates, Imam Flirts With Rebellion By Deciding Not To Deny A Rumor That She Had Sex With An Older Boy. Continually Being Pushed For More Information, She Begins To Revel In The Notoriety The Lie Brings Her Until She Impulsively Invents A Pregnancy And Becomes The Center Of A Controversy That Is Spiraling Out Of Control. A Clear- Eyed, Brilliant Look At The World Many Teenagers Find Themselves Navigating, With A Courageous Performance By Newcomer Asja Zara Lagumdzija.

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