16th Annual AT&T St. Louis
International Film Festival
Sidebars
AFI Project: 20/20 is an American Film Institute (AFI) international
initiative designed to enhance cultural exchange, understanding, and
collaboration through filmmakers and their films from the U.S. and
abroad. It is an unprecedented cultural diplomacy effort that is
supported by the U.S.’s cultural agencies - National Endowment for the
Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Institute of
Museum and Library Services (IMLS), the President’s Committee on the
Arts and the Humanities, and the Department of State - and it is a
component of the Department of State’s Global Cultural Initiative.
Through workshops, seminars and appearances at film festivals, cultural
centers, museums, and educational venues, Project: 20/20 filmmakers will
promote mutual understanding, while nurturing filmmaking excellence.
Representing 10 countries, 2007 AFI Project: 20/20 introduces a
multicultural roster of films signifying a universal perspective that
challenges us to examine, reflect, and celebrate diversity.
Afghan Muscles | American Fork | Big Dreams Little Tokyo | Cyrano Fernandez | Disappearances | Spine Tingler
American Independent Sidebar
The best of current American indies.
American Fork | Big Dreams Little Tokyo | The Curiosity of Chance | Ghost Image | The Gymnast | Lovely by Surprise | Low and Behold | The Memory Thief | Orphans | Ruzzian Roulette | Shelter | When a Man Falls in the Forest
Anheuser-Busch African/African-American Sidebar
Sponsored by Anheuser-Busch
Movies that relate to the black experience in the U.S. and the world and films from Africa.
America the Beautiful | Another Man’s Garden | Banished | Darius Goes West| Dry Season | Enough! | Honeydripper | Low and Behold | Ruzzian Roulette | A Walk to Beautiful | We Are Together
Animation Sidebar
A diverse survey of contemporary animation.
Aardman Animations | Shorts Programs 4-6 | Chicago 10 |
Disney Shorts (with Neal Gabler) | My Friends Tigger and Pooh | Persepolis | Tim and Eric: What a Wonderful Ride
Archival Presentations
A sampling of classic cinematic works.
Crossroads (with New Music Circle) |Drowning by Numbers (with Peter Greenaway) |The Iron Horse (with organist Stan Kann) |The Naked Kiss (with James Gunn)
Art and Music Sidebar
Movies exploring the world of art or featuring music.
Crossroads (with New Music Circle) | Films at the Pulitzer: Water Films | The Iron Horse (with organist Stan Kann) | Punk’s Not Dead | The Samba Poet | Shorts Program 3 | Strange Culture |Twisted | A Walk into the Sea
Asian Sidebar
Works from the cinematic hotspot of Asia.
Crossroads | Daisy | Dam Street | Getting Home | Mahek | No Regret | Of Love and Eggs | Ploy | Rainbow Song | Tuya's Marriage
AtomFilms Shorts Sidebar
Sponsored by AtomFilms
A juried competition – awarding prizes in six categories – featuring more than 120 works | including shorts before features and dedicated shorts programs. SLIFF’s shorts programming is officially sanctioned by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Aardman Animations | Disney Shorts (with Neal Gabler) | Documentary Shorts Program | Family Shorts Program | Global Lens Shorts | Jamie Travis Shorts | St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase Shorts 1 and 2 | Shorts Programs 1-8 | Tim and Eric: What a Wonderful Ride
Cinema for Students
Sponsored by Georgia Frontiere and the St. Louis Rams
Free daytime screenings for children and teens from participating St. Louis-area schools. Teachers interested in having their classes participate should click here for more information, here for descriptions of the programs, and here for a downloadable registration form.
Aardman Animations | Election Day | Enough! | Follow the Second Line | 48 Angels | In the Crease | The Journeys We Must Take | Kilometre Zero | Mahek | The Method | My Friends Tigger and Pooh | Of Love and Eggs | A Year in My Life
Eastern European Sidebar
A selection of films from Eastern Europe.
Beauty in Trouble | Children of Glory | The Collector | Fresh Air | Fine Dead Girls | The Melon Route | Orange Revolution | Two Players From the Bench
Family Film Sidebar
Programs for children of all ages.
Disney Shorts (with Neal Gabler) | Family Shorts Program | 48 Angels (13 and older) | Mahek | My Friends Tigger and Pooh | Of Love and Eggs | Son of Rambow (13 and older) | A Year in My Life
Global Lens 2007
An annual series that presents the best of developing world cinema on screens throughout the United States | with a particular focus on films in languages other than English. Global Lens is a project of the Global Film Initiative | which promotes cross-cultural understanding through the medium of cinema.
Another Man’s Garden | Dam Street | Enough! | Fine Dead Girls | Global Lens Shorts | Kilometre Zero | Of Love and Eggs | On Each Side | The Sacred Family
Hollywood Spotlight
The finest in upcoming studio releases.
The Band’s Visit (Sony Pictures Classics) | Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (THINKfilm) | Bill (First Look Studios) | Chicago 10 (Roadside Attractions) | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (Miramax) | Grace Is Gone (Weinstein Company) | Honeydripper (Emerging Pictures) | Juno (Fox Searchlight) | Persepolis (Sony Pictures Classics) | The Savages (Fox Searchlight) | Slither (Universal) | Son of Rambow (Paramount Vantage) | Taxi to the Dark Side (THINKfilm) | The Walker (THINKfilm)
InBaseline New Filmmakers Forum
Sponsored by InBaseline
Juried competition of works by first-time feature filmmakers. Co-curated by Bobbie Lautenschlager.
Lovely by Surprise (with Kirt Gunn) | Low and Behold (with Zach Godshall) | The Memory Thief (with Gil Kofman) | Orphans (with Ry Russo-Young) | Ruzzian Roulette (with Falaq and Rukahs)
Interfaith Sidebar
A juried competition spotlighting 10 films – five fiction features and five documentaries – distinguished by their artistic merit, contribution to the understanding of the human condition, and recognition of ethical, social, and spiritual values.
Documentaries: Darius Goes West | How to Cook Your Life | Taxi to the Dark Side | A Walk to Beautiful | We Are Together
The Interfaith committee also recommends Hear and Now | Meeting Resistance
Narrative Features: Aviva My Love | Children of Glory | Emma's Bliss | Enough! | Getting Home
The Interfaith committee also recommends Another Man's Garden | Pleasant Moments | Two Players From the Bench
International Film Sidebar
Films from across the globe | with special focuses on Croatia and France. Audience voting determines the winner of Best International Film.
Algeria: Enough!
Argentina: On Each Side
Bolivia: American Visa
Brazil: The Samba Poet
Canada: Imitation | Jamie Travis Shorts
Chad: Dry Season
Chile: The Sacred Family
China: Dam Street | Getting Home | Tuya's Marriage
Croatia: Fine Dead Girls | The Melon Route | Two Players From the Bench
Czech Republic: Beauty in Trouble | Pleasant Moments
Ethiopia: A Walk to Beautiful
France: Diving Bell and the Butterfly | OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies | Persepolis | A Year in My Life
Germany: Emma’s Bliss
Hungary: Children of Glory | Fresh Air
India: Mahek
Indonesia: Of Love and Eggs
Iran: Persepolis
Iraq: Meeting Resistance
Iraqi Kurdistan: Kilometre Zero
Ireland: 48 Angels
Israel: Aviva My Love | The Band’s Visit
Italy: Manual of Love
Japan: Crossroads | Rainbow Song
Mozambique: Another Man’s Garden
Netherlands: Waiter
Poland: The Collector
South Africa: We Are Together
South Korea: Daisy | No Regret
Spain: The Method
Thailand: Ploy
UK: Nina’s Heavenly Delights | Son of Rambow
Ukraine: Orange Revolution
Venezuela: Cyrano Fernandez
Leon and Mary Strauss Documentary Sidebar
Sponsored by Mary Strauss
The best in contemporary nonfiction filmmaking. Audience voting determines the winner of the Leon Award for Best Documentary.
Afghan Muscles | America the Beautiful | An American Opera | Banished | Call of the Wild | Chicago 10 | Darius Goes West | Documentary Shorts Program | Election Day | First Saturday in May | Follow the Second Line | Hear and Now | How to Cook Your Life | In the Crease | Meeting Resistance | Orange Revolution | The Paper | Punk’s Not Dead | Spine Tingler | Strange Culture | Taxi to the Dark Side | Twisted | A Walk Into the Sea | A Walk to Beautiful | We Are Together
Midwest Music Silent Film Sidebar
Sponsored by Midwest Music
Silent-film classics with live musical accompaniment.
Crossroads (with New Music Circle) | The Iron Horse (with organist Stan Kann)
True/False Sidebar
A half-dozen documentaries chosen in conjunction with the True/False Film Festival in Columbia | Mo.
Banished | Chicago 10 | Hear and Now | Meeting Resistance | A Walk Into the Sea | We Are Together
Vital Voice Gay | Lesbian | Bisexual | and Transgendered Sidebar
Co-sponsored by Here! Films, the Vital Voice, and EXP Magazine
Films that explore issues concerning people with alternative lifestyles.
The Curiosity of Chance | The Gymnast | Nina’s Heavenly Delights | No Regret | Shelter
Whitaker Foundation Cinema St. Louis Sidebar
Sponsored by the Whitaker Foundation
Work shot in St. Louis or made by filmmakers from St. Louis or with strong ties to the area | including encore presentations from the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase.
Bill | Documentary Shorts Program | Ghost Image | Hear and Now | Lovely by Surprise | My Friends Tigger and Pooh | Naked Kiss | Orange Revolution | Q&A With James Gunn | Ruzzian Roulette | St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase Shorts 1 and 2 | Slither | Twisted | When a Man Falls in the Forest
Women in Film Sidebar
Films that are made by women or that address women’s issues.
America the Beautiful | Another Man’s Garden | Children of Glory | Election Day | Enough! | 48 Angels | Fresh Air | The Gymnast | Hear and Now | How to Cook Your Life | Mahek | Nina’s Heavenly Delights | Orphans | Persepolis | Pleasant Moments | Punk’s Not Dead | Strange Culture | Twisted | A Walk Into the Sea | A Walk to Beautiful
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