The Second Annual Stella Artois French Film Festival will be held Sept. 17-19, 2010, at Washington University's Brown Hall. The fest celebrates the city's Gallic heritage and France's continuing cinematic vitality with recent French films and classics by French film masters. The Stella Artois French Film Festival is co-presented by Washington University's Program in Film and Media Studies and sponsored by Culturesfrance. Please click (here) for the 2010 fest lineup, which has now been posted to the web page.

The 19th Annual SLIFF will be held Nov. 11-21, 2010. Submissions will be accepted March 1-June 30, 2010. Please click (here) for submission information.

The 2009 festival featured the St. Louis premieres of more than 250 films from nearly 40 countries. Click here for a list of the official film selections plus juried and audience choice awards of the 2009 SLIFF.

Click here for a PDF of the official program (6 MB download).

The 10th Annual SLFS was held July 17-22, 2010. This event focused exclusively on the work of local directors and filmmakers, as well as expatriates with strong local connections who have gone on to use their creative talents in other cities. Please click [here] for more information about the event, a list of invited films and filmmakers, awards from the St. Louis Film Critics Association, and a list of the 25 films that were invited to screen in the 19th Annual Stella Artois St. Louis International Film Festival this November.

Submissions for the 2010 CinemaSpoke Screenwriting Competition and Workshop runs through Feb. 19, 2010. CinemaSpoke is an opportunity for St. Louis-area screenwriters to have their work read aloud in a public forum by professional and amateur actors and to receive feedback from a panel of film-industry experts experienced in producing, screenwriting, filmmaking, development, and criticism.
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Cinema St. Louis continues its special screening series, available only to CSL members at the Producer level ($100) or above. The series offers free sneak previews of the 2010 Global Lens films that will be featured in the 19th annual St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF).

This year, we'll be previewing the 10 Global Lens films in a biweekly series for CSL members at the Kranzberg Arts Center, 501 N. Grand Blvd. The free screenings will be held at 7 p.m. Mondays, beginning March 8 and continuing through July 26. Click here for a schedule of the films and info on how to make reservations. Click here for info on membership.

Cinema St. Louis will host its an annual I Love Movies Trivia Night on Friday, June 11, at the Centene Center for Arts and Education, 3547 Olive Street (1/2 block east of Grand Blvd.). All rounds and questions are movie-themed. Tickets will go on sale in March 2010, and the cost is tax-deductible.

During the St. Louis International Film Festival, Cinema St. Louis annually offers free daytime screenings for children and teens from participating St. Louis-area schools. Click here for last year's letter to educators about Cinema for Students. Click here for a full list of last year's Cinema for Students films, synopses and grade-level suggestions.

Cinema St. Louis' The Lens is a multi-contributor blog aimed primarily - but by no means exclusively - at local cinephiles. The Lens has a specifically St. Louis perspective when relevant - and previews Cinema St. Louis events - but because film encompasses the world, the blog offers material on every aspect of movie culture, with no ties to a particular place. Lens contributors - critics, academics, journalists, novelists, poets, essayists and filmmakers - write, at any length and in any form, about all film-related topics, allowing for a wide array of approaches: simple reviews, stray thoughts, essays, reported articles, cartoons, photos, even audio clips and videos. The Lens is co-hosted by the St. Louis Beacon, the metro area's online news source.

Cinema St. Louis annually hosts the Oscar Night® America fundraiser, St. Louis' only Oscar® party officially sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The 2010 event was held from 6-10:30 p.m. Sunday, March 7, at the Crowne Plaza Clayton, Plaza Grill and Restaurant, 7750 Carondelet Avenue.
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The third annual edition of QFest was held March 28-31, 2010, at the Tivoli Theatre. QFest uses the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the diversity and inherent complexities of living an alternative lifestyle in today's society. The event will featured an eclectic slate of contemporary LGBTQ-themed feature films, documentaries and short subjects. Please click (here) for general info and official schedule of films and events for the 2010 edition of QFest.

Audience Choice Awards: HANNAH FREE won for best Narrative Feature and FERRON: GIRL ON A ROAD won for best Documentary Feature in the 2010 QFest Audience Choice Competition. Congratulations!

Survey Prize Winners: AVENUE Q tickets: Miguel Espinal; 2011 QFest VIP pass: Tim Brennan, Suzy Stone, and Dione Sanderson; and QFest t-shirt: Amy from mojwj.org.

Click (here) for 2009 QFest festival award winners, schedule, and film synopses.

Cinema St. Louis - in partnership with Old North St. Louis Restoration Group - launches the Old North St. Louis Screening Series, a free monthly program for neighborhood residents and interested members of the larger St. Louis community.

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