Women in Film Spotlight
As a complement to Master Class: Documentary Filmmaking with Anne de Mare,…
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…
When she encountered the work of Antonioni and Bergman, Rachel Reichman was…
As part of the New Filmmakers Forum (NFF), SLIFF holds a conversation with…
People often say that good editing is invisible, but if that is the case,…
SLIFF is proud to kick off its 2020 edition with a special event featuring…
“9to5” is the latest film from heralded documentarians Julia Reichert and Steven Bognar, whose “American…
Middle-age Shokoo finds out that her elderly ex-husband, Fereydoun, has been placed in a nursing home by…
“Aggie” explores the nexus of art, race, and justice through the story of art collector and philanthropist…
Aleksi, a troubled 28-year-old who has failed to find a job as a photographer after graduating from…
In her debut feature film, Israeli filmmaker Ruthy Pribar focuses on a pair of Russian immigrants in…
In “Cachada,” which screened at last year’s SXSW, five El Salvadoran women who have lived difficult lives…
Change is never easy, even when the results are positive, and that’s never more true than when a young…
“The Dilemma of Desire” explores female sexual desire and the powerful gender politics that revolve around…
Perspectives on animals, the environment, and the natural world.
A trio of films that examine different aspects of the prison system in the U.S.
A program that explores the Black experience from a multiplicity of perspectives.
Glimpses of family life both fraught and inspiring from around the globe.
Stories of deportees, asylum seekers, and undocumented immigrants from Latin America.
A collection of real-life stories told through a variety of animated techniques.
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…
A global survey of the myriad challenges faced by women both past and present.
In a story inspired by a real-life experience, 22-year-old college student Ivan (Zoë Kennison) is informed…
Forced to leave Angola and live in exile in New York City, Walter (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine, “The Chi”)…
“Finding Yingying” chronicles the search for Yingying Zhang, a 26-year-old Chinese student who had only…
Winner of the first-ever Library of Congress/Lavine/Ken Burns Prize for Film, “Flannery” is a lyrical,…
As her small, blue-collar city struggles to emerge from the opioid epidemic and gets caught up in battles…
How can the endangered city of Venice be preserved? Gianni Berengo Gardin, Italy’s most famous living…
German schools mandate that students learn about National Socialism and its devastating impact on the…
Sabrina Bouarour's “Lights of Baltimore” tells the story of the war of images surrounding Baltimore in the…
In the heart of New York’s Chinatown, an ornery, chain-smoking, newly widowed 80-year-old grandma (Tsai…
This poetic and touching animated film from director Anca Damian follows an optimistic stray dog named…
Rómulo is a private investigator hired to investigate a retirement home in Chile where a resident may be…
Lisa (the wonderful Nina Hoss of “Phoenix” and “Barbara”), once a brilliant playwright, no longer writes.…
Serving countless newlyweds in Hong Kong’s go-to one-stop shop of cheap wedding supplies doesn’t exempt…
Rousing adventures, complex introspections, and unconventional families highlight this animated collection…
Take a break from the weight of the world with this laugh-filled collection.
An eclectic mix of crowd-pleasing shorts that includes animation, dark comedy, and horror.
Powerful films making strong statements comprise this collection of dramatic shorts.
Tales from around the globe about people seeking — but not always finding — better lives in new countries…
Janet "Lovey" Herrmann, who programmed the first SLIFF shorts program and continues to help evaluate…
These dramatic shorts transport you to a specific moment in time.
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.
Turkish soldier Ismet (Cem Bender), who served at the border as a commander of the Coast Guard, has…
In “The Oratorio,” filmmaker Martin Scorsese helps tell the story of an 1826 performance that forever…
“The Other” — the directorial debut of Charlotte Dauphin, producer of Mia Hansen Love’s “Bergman Island”…
In 1997 Algiers, when the country falls into the hands of terrorist groups seeking to establish an Islamic…
Although a portrait of the troubled Rust Belt city of Youngstown, Ohio, “The Place That Makes Us” offers a…
A work of timely urgency, director Michelle Grace Steinberg’s “A Place to Breathe” toggles between…
At 88 years old, Audrey Flack — feminist, rebel, mother, painter, sculptor, and teacher — holds a unique…
Yes, there are Jews in Montana! There’s an evangelical strand of Hasidic Judaism — Chabad-Lubavitch —…
The charming “Revival” documents a program by a New York City nonprofit — the interestingly named Dances…
For nearly three decades, Edward “Nardie” White has led an after-school community drum corps (River City…
As the country was embroiled in a divisive election and racial tensions flared, civil-rights activist and…
This program of family films will appeal to kids ages 8 to 13.
“Small Time” takes an empathetic and at times darkly humorous look at life, faith, and childhood. Though…
Sixteen-year-old physics whiz Lois wants only one thing: to travel into space. But heavy-set people like…
In this story about love, misunderstanding, and food, Vietnamese cook Long struggles to fit into a…
“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…
“Unapologetic” vividly captures a community of millennial organizers confronting an administration…
Directed by Peabody Award winner Abby Ginzberg — a two-time SLIFF alum with “And Then They Came for Us” in…
“Women in Blue” offers an unprecedented window on the inner workings of the Minneapolis Police Department…