'' Stingray Sam '' premiered on January 20 , 2009 at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival as part of the New Frontier program . '' Stingray Sam '' was also shown at the Sarasota Film Festival on April 5 , 2009 , Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival on April 20 , 2009 , The Downtown Independent on April 10 , 2009 , Independent Film Festival of Boston on April 26 , 2009 , Sci-Fi-London on May 2 , 2009 , and has continued to screen in numerous festivals throughout the world . The film was supposed to be screened at the Icon International Sci-Fi Film Festival in Tel Aviv in October 2009 , but the screening and visit of crew members were cancelled by McAbee in protest of the political situation in Israel towards Palestinians ( a similar cancellation also occurred with his film '' The American Astronaut '' three years earlier )
2009 Sundance Film Festival
2009 Sundance Film Festival
Stingray Sam