A sampling of the best narrative and experimental shorts from the 2021 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase.
In this program
![By the Sea](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/BytheSea.jpg?itok=__Q4wGnh)
By the Sea
Directed by
Zlatko Cosic
U.S.
2021
4 minutes
English
Minimal explorations of rain and sound.
![Castle Hill](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/CastleHill.jpg?itok=fot_-u-U)
Castle Hill
Directed by
Alexandria Ferguson
U.S.
2019
19 minutes
English
After secretly following her older brother and his friends to an abandoned neighborhood, Myra encounters a mysterious girl who lives with a group that is preparing for “the reckoning.”
Cave
Directed by
Dan Rule
U.S.
2019
5 minutes
English
A video collage — both pastoral and unsettling — fabricated from YouTube videos, online photos, nature desktop wallpapers, animation, and some “real life” shooting.
![Desmotivaciones](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/DesMotivaciones.jpg?itok=Q_7iREuH)
DesMotivaciones
Directed by
Kelly Jimenez
U.S.
2020
4 minutes
English
An animated film that deals with aspects of resilience by creating a parallel between the world of emotions in human beings, metamorphosis, and the seasons in nature.
![Face Mask](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/FaceMask.jpg?itok=BbmnNx9S)
Face Mask
Directed by
Daniel Allen & Adam Huber
U.S.
2020
6 minutes
English
In the middle of a pandemic, an encounter between a man and his strange neighbor quickly becomes tense.
![Ghostbusters](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/GhostbustersSouthSide.jpg?itok=FKg4P8tO)
Ghostbusters: South-Side (A Fan Film)
Directed by
Patrick Lawrence
U.S.
2021
15 minutes
English & Spanish
“There's something strange in the neighborhood” when an underfunded team of paranormal exterminators is faced with a demonic entity summoned by a local street gang.
![Lake Loch](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/LakeLochPondMonster.jpg?itok=OXOI1kHX)
Lake Loch Pond Monster
Directed by
Carolina Diz & Brittany Zeinstra
U.S.
2020
2 minutes
English
A girl is determined to go to any extreme to catch the legendary Lake Loch Pond Monster, only to realize he may have feelings, too.
![Monument](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/Monument.png?itok=iXAW0O3U)
Monument
Directed by
Joshua James Johnson & Tim Maupin
U.S.
2021
6 minutes
English
In a near-future world ravaged by climate change, a family takes a trip to an important historical monument.
![Sleepwalker](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/Sleepwalker.jpg?itok=KadzpNyF)
Sleepwalker
Directed by
Ben Manhanke
U.S.
2021
24 minutes
English
Guided by a strange dream, a young man believes he’s found a way to bring the dead back to life.
![Wollgathering](/sites/default/files/styles/film_image_large/public/2021-10/Woolgathering.png?itok=df17Lr29)
Woolgathering
Directed by
Emma Bright & Bethany Clemens
U.S.
2020
6 minutes
English
An interpretation of a deep, dark, and intimate dream.