STOCKADE tells the story of Ahlam, a struggling Lebanese artist in New York City 
who takes a job delivering a package upstate, only to open a Pandora’s box. In this updated meditation on the pursuit of the American dream, Ahlam finds herself in dire financial 
straits and desperate to come by the funds to extend her artist’s visa. When she is offered a job to deliver a mysterious package upstate, Ahlam believes she has found a solution. Upon her arrival in the Hudson Valley, Ahlam encounters shady characters and quirky neighbors as she is unwittingly drawn into the world of ancient artifact trafficking. Every step of the way, STOCKADE keeps viewers guessing, and with its naturalistic yet expressionistic aesthetic, this noir thriller makes a unique addition to the crime genre. STOCKADE had its World Premiere at the 2023 
Woodstock Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Ultra Indie Award. STOCKADE was 
produced by Anna Sang Park, Eric McGinty and Adam Vazquez. The cast features Sarah Bitar, Bahar Beihaghi and Guy de Lancey. Director and writer Eric McGinty (Wallabout) stops by to talk about his personal experience in the world of fine art and how that became an inspiration to create an ‘immigrant film noir,’ where characters and situations that are underrepresented in most mainstream films are instead at the center of STOCKADE
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Awards:
Best Narrative Feature – Queens World Film Festival – 2024
Best Female Actor Narrative Feature – Sarah Bitar – Queens World Film Festival
Nominations:
Best Narrative Feature – Queens World Film Festival – 2024
Best Director Narrative Feature – Queens World Film Festival – 2024
Best Female Actor – Feature – Queens World Film Festival – 2024
Best Ensemble Feature – Queens World Film Festival – 2024
Best Narrative Feature Screenplay – Queens World Film Festival – 2024
About the filmmaker – Eric McGinty’s first feature, Wallabout, won the Best Narrative Feature Award at the 2015 Bushwick Film Festival and the Best Personal Narrative Award at the 2014 Manhattan Film Festival. In 2016, Wallabout had a theatrical release for a month at the venerable Paris art house, Cinéma Saint-André des Arts, where the esteemed film magazine, Positif, gave it 4 stars. As a first assistant director, Eric often collaborated with French directors who were shooting films in the US, including Cédric Klapisch, Luc Besson, Olivier Nakache/Eric Toledano and Rachid Bouchareb. Based in Brooklyn, Eric grew up in a bicultural environment, having been raised in Paris and Washington, D.C. by a French mother and an American father. He began his career in Paris working as an actor and stage manager in theater and modern dance. He attended the Sorbonne and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, concentrating his studies in film and literature. In STOCKADE, Eric also plays the role of Richard.
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