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Anne Meara, Mike O’Malley, Ben Stiller, et al. to Appear at Nantucket Film Festival

Ben Stiller
(© Tristan Fuge)
Ben Stiller
(© Tristan Fuge)

Ben Stiller, who is currently starring in the Broadway revival of The House of Blue Leaves, and his mother, stage veteran Anne Meara, will be among the celebrity participants at the 16th Annual Nantucket Film Festival, to run June 22-26, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


Stiller will present the festival’s All-Star Comedy Roundtable, which will feature comedians, Seth Meyers and Aziz Ansari, while Meara will co-host Late Night Storytelling with Glee star Mike O’Malley.


The festival will honor actress Vera Farmiga with the Compass Rose Acting Award, and Paul Haggis will be this year’s Screenwriting Tributee.


Among the films to be shown will be Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2 , Higher Ground, which is directed by Farmiga, the drama Margin Call, and the documentary Buck.


For more information, visit www.nantucketfilmfestival.org.