Show-Me Cinema
Co-sponsored by Missouri Division of Tourism and Missouri Film Office
Films with strong Missouri connections, many of which were shot in the St. Louis area or the state.
As an adjunct to Master Class: Microbudget Filmmaking with Blake Eckard and…
A supplement to Master Class: Behind the Camera with Rachel Reichman, this…
As an adjunct to Master Class: Editing with Karen Pearlman, SLIFF offers a…
Anne de Mare explores the process of making a documentary film, focusing on…
Former St. Louisan Beau Willimon — a Cinema St. Louis Award honoree in 2012…
When she encountered the work of Antonioni and Bergman, Rachel Reichman was…
Ken Kwapis, who grew up in Belleville, Ill., and attended Saint Louis…
People often say that good editing is invisible, but if that is the case,…
In this class on microbudget filmmaking, Blake Eckard will share the hard…
“America’s Last Little Italy” explores the deep historic roots of the Hill, St. Louis’ iconic Italian…
For four years in the 1860s, half of the United States was held hostage by an unrecognized white-…
This ambitious documentary by St. Louis-based filmmaker Matthew Rice analyzes how an ex-slave became one…
SLIFF is pleased to present a work-in-progress screening of a documentary on the Black Artists' Group (BAG…
Change is never easy, even when the results are positive, and that’s never more true than when a young…
A trio of films that examine different aspects of the prison system in the U.S.
A sampler of films from students in the Jonathan B. Murray Center for Documentary Journalism at the…
A trio of nonfiction shorts examining hard-won triumphs and continuing challenges in the LGBTQ community…
Nonfiction standouts from the 2020 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase and new works by artists with ties to the…
In a story inspired by a real-life experience, 22-year-old college student Ivan (Zoë Kennison) is informed…
Winner of the first-ever Library of Congress/Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, “Flannery” is a lyrical,…
“God Save the Wings” offers a rousing, highly entertaining look at the brief history of Wichita’s MISL…
Sabrina Bouarour's “Lights of Baltimore” tells the story of the war of images surrounding Baltimore in the…
Ethan Kochar (former St. Louisan Sathya Sridharan) is a reclusive young neuroscientist whose brilliance is…
A selection of some of the best narrative shorts from the 2020 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase.
Short films that prove a picture is worth a thousand words.
In “The Oratorio,” filmmaker Martin Scorsese helps tell the story of an 1826 performance that forever…
At 88 years old, Audrey Flack — feminist, rebel, mother, painter, sculptor, and teacher — holds a unique…
This program of family films will appeal to kids ages 8 to 13.
“Test Pattern,” the gripping and powerful first feature by Shatara Michelle Ford, chronicles a young Black…
Filmed over five years in Kansas City, “Transhood” follows four transgender kids — beginning at ages 4, 7…
In June 2014, Ryan Candice, a high-achieving student at the University of Missouri, took his life days…
Far from a typical music doc, “Zappa” is a multifaceted narrative that brings a complex artist to vibrant…