Stony Brook Film Festival Guide: July 20

3:00 p.m.

TWA Flight 800 (Festival premiere – 86 minutes)
This EPIX premium network documentary has been described as "a story of intense personal journeys and a grand-scale exposé with breathtaking implications." Seventeen years after the tragic TWA Flight 800 crash, a scientist finally breaks through to access government documents and is aided by former federal officials who investigated the crash. Written and directed by print and broadcast journalist Kristina Borjesson. Watch the trailer here.

7:00 p.m.

Saigon '68 (18 minutes)
The story behind one of the most shocking and influential photos to come out of the Vietnam War. 

My Beautiful Country (East Coast premiere – 88 minutes)
Set during the Kosovo civil war, a Serbian widow takes care of a Kosovo-Albanian soldier who is wounded and on the run from the Serbian militia. Written and directed by Michaela Kezele. In Serbian with subtitles.

9:30 p.m.

This is Ellen (8 minutes)
The truth about Hal's new girlfriend is revealed at an awkward dinner party.

One Small Hitch (105 minutes)
A young woman and her childhood friend fake an engagement, begin planning a phony wedding and find things getting out of hand. Directed by John Burgess and written by Dode B. Levenson. Watch the trailer here.