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ST. LOUIS FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE Begins Friday With Two Shorts Programs
The 19th Annual Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, a 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 residents or films with strong local ties. The Festival begins this Friday, July 12th. The Documentary Shorts Program Volume 1 is at 7pm and The Narrative Shorts Program Volume 1 plays at 9:15
The 19 film programs that screen at Washington University’s Brown Hall from July 12-14 & 19-21 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. There are 106 films in this year’s event.
Tickets for film programs from July 12-21 at Brown Hall are $13 each; $10 for students with valid and current photo ID and for Cinema St. Louis members with valid membership cards. No phone sales, but tickets can be purchased online at brownpapertickets.com. Direct ticketing links will be on the Cinema St. Louis website, or search for “St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase” on Brown Paper Tickets. There is a small service charge per ticket for online sales, which are limited to full-price tickets only. The closing-night awards party is free and does not require tickets.
The Documentary Shorts Program Volume 1 – 7pm –Ticket information can be found HERE
Back to China
Dawn Dixon, 12 min.
Isabella Dixon, who was raised in St. Louis, returns to China for the first time after being adopted 19 years ago.
Behind the Scenes with Kie
Erica Renee Walker, 4 min.
A profile of YouTuber Kiearra Fowler that explores her start on YouTube and her subsequent struggles and victories.
Black Girl Medicine
Nichole Thomas, 3 min.
Dr. Jennifer Moore discusses the experience of being a new black female doctor in St. Louis.
Bodies Like Oceans
Kat Cory, 13 min.
A dreamy portrait of photographer Shoog McDaniel, a self-described queer fat freak, whose work with fat bodies in nature transgresses reality.
The Deepest Cut
Alexandra Guillossou, 5 min.
A man with secondary-progressive MS struggles with his father’s inability to cope, his mother’s guilt about passing multiple sclerosis to him, and his fears for the future of his own two sons.
The Haircut
Britt Zuniga, 3 min.
An intimate look at a queer couple’s time together.
Karen Banks: Wellness
Barry Neal & Lauren Preston, 2 min.
Karen Banks discusses the importance of mental health.
Markesha Cooper: My Story
Markesha Cooper, 4 min.
A film about overcoming low self-esteem and depression and using those difficulties as motivation to achieve goals.
No More Thoughts and Prayers
Angela Lamb, 20 min.
Interviews at the March for Our Lives with activists, including leaders of Moms Demand Action, who are fed up with gun violence and school shootings in the U.S. and demand change.
Past Future Tense
Angela Guo, 4 min.
An intimate visual exploration of disquietude through mundane and surreal moments.
Reflect
Makayla Hufziger, 4 min.
A combination of Julia Gillard’s “Misogyny Speech” and contemporary political women’s rights movements.
A Short Conversation with Christian Zehnder
Kriss Avery, 4 min.
Swiss singer Christian Zehnder, whose works span the fields of jazz and alpine music, attempts to infuse contemporary performance with the archaic resonances found in nature and traditional forms.
Take the Life Curve
Kriss Avery, 3 min.
A meditation on finding the proper limit on growth when consuming the Earth’s finite resources.
These Jeans
Jade Harrell, 3 min.
15 -year-old Zaire grapples with the challenges of being a young woman in the age of #metoo.
The Narrative Shorts Program Volume 1 – 9:15pm – Ticket information can be found HERE
The Burdens They Carry
Alyssa Andrews, 12 min.
A Vietnam veteran suffering from PTSD struggles to overcome the burden of his hidden past.
The Choice
Jean Kinsella, 11 min.
Separated by time, four characters face pivotal choices that will change not only their lives but also the society in which they live.
Fade
Daniel Flood, 12 min.
As a dark figure draws near, Dorothy is enveloped by regret and memories.
Honey Would You Please?
Joseph & Stephen Tronicek, 17 min.
A troubled couple find an interesting way to reconcile after a particularly bad day.
Louis
Randy Shinn, 6 min.
A woman reflects on a night of betrayal.
A Really Nice Guy
Paul Hibbard & Christina Przada, 26 min.
A feminist perspective on male harassment told through the lens of the horror genre.
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