MITC receives highest marks at Stony Brook Film Festival

"Man in the Chair" received the highest marks in winning the Audience Award at the 12th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival. Below is a letter that was written by festival director Alan Inkles to MITC director Michael Schroeder.


Dear Michael,

Thank you again for sharing your amazing film, Man In The Chair with my audience last week at the 12th Annual Stony Brook Film Festival. The film was tremendously well received as was your exciting Q&A following the film with Christopher Plummer and Emmet Walsh.

As I mentioned, your film received one of the highest marks from the audience in our twelve-year history and your five-minute standing ovation was the first ovation we’ve received for a screening in six years and certainly the longest in our twelve-year history.

In a field of exceptional films and high marks from the audience, Man In The Chair was the clear winner, receiving a 1.22 rating (with 1.0 being the highest possible rating) from an audience of over 1,020 with 758 patrons voting. 627 of these individuals gave Man In The Chair a vote of Excellent (1) and represented the highest percentage of excellent votes in our history.

People continued to talk about your film all week and the joy from the audience as your film was announced as The Audience Choice Winner at the Closing Night Awards Reception, was a clear indication that they got it right.

We were so honored to have your film at Stony Brook this year and delighted to have met your team. We greatly appreciated the first New York screening and the opportunity to have you and the tremendously talented cast members at our screening. Man In The Chair will stand out as a Stony Brook Film Festival highlight for many years to come.

I wish you great success with the upcoming theatrical release and you can count on my staff and I to support this film in any way we can.


Most sincerely yours,


Alan Inkles, Director
Stony Brook Film Festival

MITC Wins Best Feature at Stony Brook Film Festival

"Man in the Chair" took the Audience Choice Award - Best Feature Award at the 2007 Stony Brook Film Festival http://stonybrookfilmfestival.com/