SLIFF 2012 Special Events
SLIFF Opening Night
SLIFF Opening Night
Silver Linings Playbook
Regular ticket price of $12
The 2012 SLIFF kicks off with the local premiere of a dazzling new comedy by David O. Russell (“The Fighter,” “Three Kings”). Starring Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Jacki Weaver, and Jennifer Lawrence (who’s generating significant Oscar® buzz), “Silver Linings Playbook” won the People’s Choice Award at the 2012 Toronto Film Festival.
Children’s Film Showcase
Children’s Film Showcase
Free
Washington U.’s Center for the Humanities and Cinema St. Louis annually present the Children’s Film Showcase, which explores issues related to children’s films through screenings and discussions. Every program in the event is free and open to the public, and children and adults are equally entertained. On its opening night, the Showcase features “Tigger, Transformers, and Tropes: Telling Stories in TV Animation” (see below). Other kid-friendly film programs include “Disney’s A Poem Is …,” “Tales of the Night,” “Family Shorts,” “Le Tableau,” “Will,” “Winter’s Daughter,” “Zarafa,” “Liars, Fires and Bears,” and “Camilla Dickinson.” For more information, see the listings for individual programs or visit the Center’s Web site: cenhum.artsci.wustl.edu.
Co-presented with Washington U.’s Center for the Humanities
Sponsored by:
Chipotle
Tigger, Transformers, and Tropes
Tigger, Transformers, and Tropes: Telling Stories in TV Animation
With screenwriters Nicole Dubuc and Brian Hohlfeld
Free
What is there about “cartoons” that compels both kids and adults to watch them, and adults to channel their inner kids to create them? “Transformers: Rescue Bots” staff writers Nicole Dubuc and Brian Hohlfeld (who have more than 300 animated episodes to their combined credit) take the audience through the process of how the shows are created and how animated storytelling continues the tradition of mythic narrative. The program features clips from “Young Justice,” “The Spectacular Spider-Man,” “My Friends Tigger and Pooh,” “Kim Possible,” and “Transformers: Prime,” just to name a few. Children 10 and younger receive a chance to win a new “Transformers: Rescue Bots” DVD, and Showcase sponsor Chipotle gives away buy-one-get-one-free meal cards.
Co-presented with Washington U.’s Center for the Humanities
Opening Weekend Spotlight Selection
Opening Weekend Spotlight Selection
A Late Quartet
With director Yaron Zilberman
Regular ticket price of $12
SLIFF features "A Late Quartet," with a special appearance by director Yaron Zilberman, as our official Opening Weekend Spotlight Selection. This striking directorial debut showcases a powerhouse cast that includes Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Mark Ivanir, and Imogen Poots. “A Late Quartet” tells the story of an illustrious string quartet on the verge of celebrating their 25th season as an ensemble.
Between Two Rivers
Between Two Rivers
With a performance by Stace England and the Salt Kings
Regular ticket price of $12
The documentary “Between Two Rivers” explores Cairo, Ill., a historic river town at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, where North meets South in the heartland of America. Following the film, Carbondale’s Stace England and the Salt Kings perform their concept album “Welcome to Cairo, Ill.” in its entirety.
Georges Méliès Program
Georges Méliès Program
With live musical accompaniment by the Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra
Regular ticket price of $12
When our spectacular program of Georges Méliès shorts sold out at the Classic French Film Festival this summer, the folks who were turned away at the door begged for a return engagement. SLIFF is pleased to offer a reprise of the program on both sides of the Mississippi River – on Nov. 9 at Webster and on Nov. 10 at the Wildey. The program includes the restored “A Trip to the Moon” and a docudrama on the filmmaker, but the highlight of the event is a generous sampling of Méliès shorts with original musical accompaniment by St. Louis’ Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra.
A Fall from Grace Program
A Fall from Grace Program
Free
SLIFF guest Jennifer Lynch (“Chained”) has plans to shoot her next film, “A Fall from Grace,” in St. Louis. Post-Dispatch film critic Joe Williams leads a discussion on the project and its development with Lynch, screenwriter/actor Eric Wilkinson (a former St. Louisan), and producer David Michaels. The program includes a pair of shorts by the filmmakers: Lynch’s “How to Have a Happy Marriage” (part of the compilation film “Girls! Girls! Girls!”) and Michaels’ “Chinatown.” Free coffee and pastries are provided by Kaldi’s Coffeehouse.
Sponsored by:
Kaldi’s Coffeehouse
Filmmaker Seminars
Filmmaker Seminars
Free
SLIFF holds a free day of filmmaking seminars at the Regional Arts Commission.
11 a.m.: Casting By Seminar. The documentary “Casting By,” which screens on the evening of Nov. 10, focuses attention on the important work of the casting director. Local casting directors Joni Tackette and Carrie Houk and the film’s cinematographer, Peter Bolte (a St. Louis native), discuss the casting process.
12:15 p.m.: Documentary Filmmaking Panel. SLIFF features several documentaries either made by filmmakers with St. Louis and Missouri connections or focused on local subjects. Filmmakers Josh Aronson ("Orchestra of Exiles"), Phillip Andrew Morton (“Spanish Lake"), Jon Paley (“Ballplayer: Pelotero"), Daniel Blake Smith (“Envisioning Home"), and Douglas Wilson (“Linotype") explore the nuts and bolts of making a documentary.
1:30 p.m.: Conversation with Jennifer Lynch. Lynch (“Boxing Helena,” “Surveillance,” “Chained”) talks about her career with St. Louis Post-Dispatch film critic Joe Williams.
2:45 p.m.: Conversation with Jere Hausfater. Post-Dispatch film critic Joe Williams holds a conversation with native St. Louisan Hausfater (pictured), a leader in the media and entertainment industries for more than 30 years, working as an executive for Disney and Miramax. Hausfater currently serves as the chief operating officer of Aldamisa International, whose “Jayne Mansfield’s Car” plays SLIFF on Nov. 11.
Master Class in Editing and Cinematograpy
Master Class in Editing and Cinematography
With Carol Littleton and John Bailey
Free
Two of the most respected talents in Hollywood – editor Carol Littleton (“E.T.,” “The Big Chill,” “The Rum Diary”) and cinematographer John Bailey (“American Gigolo,” “Groundhog Day,” “As Good As It Gets”) – present a joint master class on their disciplines. Littleton and Bailey, who are husband and wife, also introduce and discuss “The Anniversary Party,” which screens Nov. 11.
Co-presented with the Webster U. Film Series and KDHX
The Hole (3D)
The Hole (3D)
With Lifetime Achievement Award winner Joe Dante
Regular ticket price of $12
SLIFF presents legendary director Joe Dante (“The Howling,” “Gremlins,” “Explorers”) with a Lifetime Achievement Award and screens his first foray into 3D – the family thriller “The Hole.” The program features a clip reel of the director’s career highlights, the presentation of the award, and an interview with Dante conducted by Video Watchdog editor Tim Lucas.
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