St. Louis International Film Festival Winners Announced

It was a late night down at the Ballpark Hilton where Cinema St. Louis held their annual post-fest awards party for the St. Louis International Film Festival last night. The most coveted prize is the audience-choice award and this year it was a bit of a surprise when IN DARKNESS was announced as the winner. THE DESCENDANTS or THE ARTIST both seemed like more obvious choices but Agnieszka Holland’s drama about Jewish refugees living in the sewers beneath in Nazi-occupied Poland apparently wowed St. Louis audiences enough to take home the prize. It was not a film that We Are Movie Geeks was able to review in our extensive coverage of the fest, but one we will certainly look forward to seeing and reviewing.  THE ARTIST received the second highest number of votes and was named “Best Foreign Narrative Feature”. Big congratulations to Cinema St. Louis. This was their 20th annual International Film Festival and attendance was reportedly “through the roof”. We Are Movie Geeks was proud to cover and help promote the event and look forward to next year.

Here are all the winners of the 20th Annual Stella Artois St. Louis International Film Festival:

New Filmmakers Forum Award