St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase

Jul 14th to Jul 18th
Tivoli Theatre

The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis, serves as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists. The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edited, or produced by St. Louis natives or films with strong local ties. The various film programs that will screen at the Tivoli from July 14-18, 2013 serve as the Showcase’s centerpiece. The programs range from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs include post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. Filmmakers of all ages within a 120 mile radius of St. Louis are strongly encouraged to submit their works, or at the very least attend the event to celebrate with us and the amazingly talented St. Louis filmmakers.
Download a PDF of the official program HERE.

SHOWCASE JURIED AWARD WINNERS

A five-person jury of local film critics and filmmakers awarded prizes in 19 categories. The jury was headed by Andrew Wyatt, film critic for St. Louis Magazine’s Look/Listen blog and the Gateway Cinephile Web site; the other jury members were Mark Glass, film critic for St. Louis area Patch.com Web sites; Michelle McCue, film critic for the We Are Movie Geeks Web site; Bill Streeter, director of the documentary “Brick by Chance and Fortune” and creator of the vlog LoFi St. Louis; and Wyatt Weed, director of the narrative feature “Shadowland.”

Best Costumes

Dirigible Days (no one credited)

Best Makeup/Hairstyling

Little Man of Steel (Hillary Fenton)

Best Use of Music

Hotel (Chris Chartrand & Alex Nezam)

Best Sound

Traffic Cone (Milos Zivkovic)

Best Production Design/Art Direction

In Bloom (no one credited)

Best Special/Visual Effects

Little Man of Steel (John Michaels)

Best Editing

The 3 Day Rule (Nick Vitale)

Best Cinematography

Fishbone (Hannah Radcliff)

Best Screenplay

The 3 Day Rule (Anne Carmack)

Best Actor

Nick Glover in Alienated

Best Actress

Lyndsey Doolen in The 3 Day Rule

Best Direction

Fishbone (directed by Hannah Radcliff)

Best Experimental Film

Dream Travel/Travel Dream (directed by Van McElwee)

Best Animated Film

Traffic Cone (directed by Victor Ridaura)

Best Comedy

Little Man of Steel (directed by Larry Ziegelman)

Best Drama

The Rwanda Blend (directed by Sam Zvibleman)

Best Documentary

What Kind of Man (directed by Kamau Bilal)

Best Film Less Than 20 Minutes

Fishbone (directed by Hannah Radcliff)

Best Film More Than 20 Minutes

Jim Crow to Barack Obama (directed by Denise Ward-Brown)

Films invited to SLIFF in November

  • The 3-Day Rule – Anne Carmack
  • Alienated – Will Morris
  • Between Clenched Teeth – Peter Engelsmann
  • The Brooklyn Guys in All of the Dames – Frankie Chubb
  • Chocolate Coins – Jay Kanzler
  • The Come Up – Rotting Peaches Pictures
  • End of Line – Caitlin Zera
  • Fishbone – Hannah Radcliff
  • Go South for Animal Index: A Fable of Los Alamos – Chris King
  • Good Night Trina – Lynelle White
  • Hotel – Alex Nezam
  • Jim Crow to Barack Obama – Denise Ward-Brown
  • King of the Feeder Thieves – Sonja Ecton
  • Lake Windfall – Roger Vass Jr.
  • Little Man of Steel – Larry Ziegelman
  • Menstratia – Heidi Schlitt & Tamara Frank
  • newscaster/dragon/maggots – Chris Sagovac
  • The Painter – Nate Townsend
  • Penetrating Trauma – Igor Stevanovic
  • The Rwanda Blend – Sam Zvibleman
  • Something in the Water – Kathy Bratkowski
  • Sound of Nothing – Chris Grega
  • Sunday Sundaes – Shayna Cohen
  • Traffic Cone – Victor Ridaura
  • What Kind of Man – Kamau Bilal
  • X-Ray Man – Kerri Yost
  • The Yard – Gary Lobstein

Venues

Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd. Film programs from July 14-18

Blueberry Hill’s Duck Room, 6504 Delmar Blvd. Closing-night awards party on July 18

Tickets

Tickets are on sale now for all film programs from July 14-18 at the Tivoli are $12 each; $10 for students with valid and current photo ID and for Cinema St. Louis members with valid membership cards. Advance tickets are on sale at the Tivoli Theatre box office (5-10 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-10 p.m. Saturday-Sunday). No phone sales, but tickets can be purchased online (see below). Tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis. The Pentimento Project screening is free. No ticket is required.

Online Ticket Sales

Tickets may be purchased in advance at https://tickets.landmarktheatres.com. There is a $1 per-ticket service charge. Click on the date then show time (not the film title) to go to the purchase area. Purchasers must pick up your tickets at the Tivoli box-office window. Bring the credit card used to purchase the tickets and the confirmation number. Online sales are limited to full-price tickets only. Cinema St. Louis member and student discounts can only be obtained in person at the box office because ID is required. 

Information

For more information, call Chris Clark at 314-289-4152 or e-mail chris@cinemastlouis.org.

Thank You

Jerome Schmitt (program designer) and Rob Levy (closing-night DJ)

Sponsors

Arts & Education Council, Kaldi’s Coffee, Missouri Arts Council, Missouri Film Office, Regional Arts Commission, Stella Artois, and the Whitaker Foundation.