Screen acting is its own art form. You have to be microscopic with your choices. There’s an intimacy to it. But it’s also very deconstructed. By 1990, Alyssa Rallo Bennett and Gary O. Bennett, the co-founders of Stonestreet Studios, were looking for a way to teach screen acting techniques in a field that was entirely dominated by theater acting.
Read moreThe Arrival Opens Big Apple Film Festival with NYC Premiere
Stonestreet Studios and Jamaad Pictures are having their NYC premiere of their latest feature film. The Arrival brings an array of patrons seeking to unravel the truth. And uncover the mystery behind their origins, relationships, and boundaries crossed. Only to deeply challenge who they are and might become.
Read moreTHE ARRIVAL Makes Waves with World Premiere at Martha’s Vineyard Women in Film Festival
Stonestreet Studios and Jamaad Pictures recently celebrated the world premiere of their latest feature film, THE ARRIVAL, at the Martha’s Vineyard Women in Film Festival on Sunday, October 15, 2023. Outline: In the backdrop of a quiet afternoon at a popular Manhattan bar, THE ARRIVAL introduces an array of patrons, each wrestling with their own emotional, physical, or professional boundaries. The film takes viewers on a gripping journey as characters delve into the mysteries behind their own predicaments, urging them to ponder on their identities and future selves.
Read moreThe Arrival: Mini Film Festivals Light Up The Screen
Films abound this weekend with both The Martha’s Vineyard Film Society and Circuit Arts hosting mini festivals. At the Martha’s Vineyard Film Society, women take center stage in the fifth annual Women In Film Festival, which runs from Oct. 13 to 15. The festival concludes with The Arrival, set in a Manhattan bar. Directed by Alyssa Rallo Bennett.
Read moreCrowbar West Coast Premiere at Newport Beach Film Festival
Crowbar, starring Rosalyn Coleman and Jaylen Axel, displays the challenges between young gay man, Nathan, and his mother as she crashes his graduation party. It’s a compassionate tale of the complexities that exist intergenerationally in regards to ideologies, sexual identity, emotional logic, and morality. Part of the Short Sweet and Queer presentation of the Newport Beach Film Festival.
Sat, Oct 14, 2023 at 12:30 PM | Newport Beach, CA
Read moreStonestreet Studios World Premieres Crowbar, and Compulsion at Soho
Stonestreet Studios is having their world premieres of two socially poignant short films, Crowbar and Compulsion, both directed by Alyssa Rallo Bennett, at the Soho International Film Festival on Wednesday, September 20th.
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