The Stones
TFI Suppport
Tribeca All Access® 2009
Logline
In modern day Tehran, class, tradition and love all violently collide as a young working class girl embarks on a forbidden love with a wealthy young man with fatal consequences.
Ana Lily Amirpour
Director/ Screenwriter
Ana Lily Amirpour is an English-born Iranian-American filmmaker. Her recent short film, Six and a Half, premiered at Slamdance and won the Golden Ace Award at the Las Vegas Int'l Film Festival/ Her feature-length script, The Stones, was a grand prizewinner of the Bluecat Screenwriting Competition and a finalist for the 2009 Sundance Screenwriter's Lab and FIND Director's lab. She is in development on her second feature script, a dark comedy, Andronica 8 and in preproduction on her next short film, a look at teenage firls and self-image in Tehran, Pashmahloo (Furry One). Ana Lily is completing her MFA in Screenwriting at UCLA Film School.
Gordy Hoffman
Producer
Gordy Hoffman won the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at Sundance in 2002 for Love Liza. He produced his directorial feature, A Coat of Snow that premiered at the 2005 Locarno Film Festival, screened at Milan Film Festival, and won the Domani Vision Award at Visionfest. Gordy is the founder of the BlueCat Screenwriting Competition. He conducts screenwriting and filmmaking workshops internationally and recently taught screenwriting at USC.
Sina Sayyah
Producer
Sina Sayyah, a lawyer and independent producer, has worked on several short films, including Ana Lily Amirpour's and her upcoming short, (Furry One), which is inspired by characters from The Stones and will serve as a prequel to the feature. Sina practices law in Los Angeles, operating a full service boutique law firl catering to the needs of the independent film industry.