16th Annual AT&T St. Louis
International Film Festival
Special Events
“Honeydripper”
with John Sayles and Maggie Renzi
Co-presented by the St. Louis Blues Society
Thursday, Nov. 8; 5-6:30 p.m. (reception), 6:30 p.m. (Marquise Knox performance) and 7 p.m. (film); Tivoli; $35 for reception, film, and Q&A or $10 for film and Q&A
Advance tickets to the reception and film or the film alone are available at the Tivoli box office or online at tickets.landmarktheatres.com.
The festival kicks off with a night of honoring indie-film icon John Sayles and his producing/life partner, Maggie Renzi. The reception features the filmmakers and “Honeydripper” star Gary Clark Jr. Young St. Louis bluesman Marquise Knox will play; Pasta House Company and Anheuser-Busch will provide the appetizers and drinks. Following the reception, Sayles and Renzi will be honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and their new film, “Honeydripper,” will screen. LA Weekly film editor Scott Foundas will conduct a post-screening Q&A with Sayles and Renzi. After the event, Riddle’s Penultimate (directly across from the Tivoli) will feature a performance by St. Louisan Arthur Lee Williams, who appears in “Honeydripper.”
St. Louis Directors Seminar
Saturday, Nov. 10, 11 a.m., Tivoli, Free
Local directors – including Jack Snyder (“Ghost Image”), Wyatt Weed (the upcoming “Shadowland”), Chris Grega (“Rhineland”), and Jeremy Corray (participant in “On the Lot”) – discuss the current state of filmmaking in St. Louis.
Lo-Fi Saint Louis Seminar With Bill Streeter
Sponsored by Jeffrey T. Fort
Saturday, Nov. 10, 12:15 p.m., Free
Bill Streeter, the creator of the internationally acclaimed video blog Lo-Fi Saint Louis, offers a sampler of his work and discusses alternative distribution of films through the Web.
Family Shorts Program
Saturday, Nov. 10, 1 p.m., Saint Louis Art Museum, Free
A free program of shorts that offers fun for the whole family.
“The Naked Kiss” With James Gunn
Sponsored by Pirate Pictures
Saturday, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m., Webster University, Free
Cinema St. Louis Award honoree James Gunn introduces and discusses a personal favorite, Samuel Fuller’s “The Naked Kiss.”
NFF Coffee With the Filmmakers
Sponsored by Kaldi’s Coffeehouse
Sunday, Nov. 11, 11 a.m., Tivoli, Free
The InBaseline New Filmmakers Forum concludes with a conversation among the participating directors. Free coffee and pastries are provided by Kaldi’s Coffeehouse. The event ends with the presentation of the Emerging Director Award by the NFF jury.
Q&A With James Gunn and Scott Foundas
Sponsored by Pirate Pictures
Sunday, Nov. 11, 12:45 p.m. Tivoli, Free
Cinema St. Louis Award honoree James Gunn converses with LA Weekly film editor Scott Foundas.
Neal Gabler on Walt Disney
Presented by Washington University’s Center for the Humanities
Thursday, Nov. 15, 7 p.m., Saint Louis Art Museum, Free
As part of the Children’s Film Symposium, Neal Gabler, author of the major new biography “Walt Disney: The Triumph of American Imagination,” screens a trio of hand-picked Disney shorts – “Steamboat Willie,” “The Three Little Pigs,” and “Toot Whistle Plunk and Boom” – and discusses both the cartoons and the man who made them. As a bonus, the program includes five additional classic Disney shorts.
Tim and Eric: What a Wonderful Ride
Friday, Nov. 16, 8 p.m., COCA, $10
Spend an evening with Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, the stars of “Tom Goes to the Mayor” and “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” Tim and Eric will screen and discuss clips from “Tom Goes to the Mayor,” “Awesome Show,” short films, the world-famous “Shrek the Third” promos, and behind-the-scenes material that they couldn’t show on the air.
Children’s Film Symposium
Presented by Washington University’s Center for the Humanities
Saturday, Nov. 17, Washington University’s Brown Hall, Free
Washington U.’s Center for the Humanities and Cinema St. Louis annually present this symposium, which features screenings and explores issues related to children’s films through lectures and discussions. Neal Gabler’s talk on Walt Disney kicks off the symposium on Nov. 15 at the Art Museum; screenings of select family-friendly films from the festival will be held on the afternoon of Nov. 17 at Washington U.’s Brown Hall Auditorium. Visit the Center’s Web site for more information: cenhum.artsci.wustl.edu.
Films at the Pulitzer: Water Films by Peter Greenaway
Saturday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m., Pulitzer Foundation, Free
Drowning by Numbers
Sunday, Nov. 18, 2:30 p.m., Saint Louis Art Museum, Free
Presented by the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts
Peter Greenaway will unfortunately no longer be attending the festival. The scheduled Greenaway programs at the Pulitzer Foundation and Art Museum will still take place.
The fest will present four water-themed Greenaway shorts ("Intervals," "Water Wrackets," "Making a Splash," and "26 Bathrooms"), and Diane Carson will lead a discussion of the work at the Pulitzer Foundation at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 17. Greenaway's "Drowning by Numbers" and accompanying essay film "Fear of Drowning" will screen at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 18, at the Art Museum; RD Zurick will also present a career-spanning clip reel of Greenaway's work and discuss the films.
Closing-Night Party
Sponsored by Mandarin
Sunday, Nov. 18, 8 p.m., Mandarin, Free (with cash bar)
The festival concludes with a party at Mandarin in the Central West End. A DJ provides music, and SLIFF announces the audience-choice and juried-competition awards.
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