11 films grab awards at 2023 Stony Brook Film Festival. Here's the list

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Hundreds of artists worked on creating 36 films from 25 countries that were screened during this summer’s Stony Brook Film Festival at the Staller Center for the Arts in Stony Brook.

And when the lights came on, 11 films had received awards.

Among those, “Yes Repeat No,” won the coveted Jury Award for Best Feature. Director Michael Moshe Dahan was in attendance for both the screening and to receive his award.

“Thank you to all of the people who believe in human rights and democracy all over the world … and to all the people who want to make difficult material all over the world because finding the questions to ask is sometimes harder than getting the answers,” Dahan said in his acceptance speech.

Also, two feature films won the audience’s hearts this year, resulting in two winners for the 2023 Audience Choice Award for Best Feature.

Those were “The Grandson,” a thriller, and “First Snow of Summer,” a romance.

Scroll down for the complete list of winners.