A sampling of the best narrative and experimental shorts from the 2021 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase.
In this program

By the Sea
Directed by
Zlatko Cosic
Minimal explorations of rain and sound.

Castle Hill
Directed by
Alexandria Ferguson
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
A video collage — both pastoral and unsettling — fabricated from YouTube videos, online photos, nature desktop wallpapers, animation, and some “real life” shooting.

DesMotivaciones
Directed by
Kelly Jimenez
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
Directed by
Daniel Allen & Adam Huber
In the middle of a pandemic, an encounter between a man and his strange neighbor quickly becomes tense.

Ghostbusters: South-Side (A Fan Film)
Directed by
Patrick Lawrence
“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 Pond Monster
Directed by
Carolina Diz & Brittany Zeinstra
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
Directed by
Joshua James Johnson & Tim Maupin
In a near-future world ravaged by climate change, a family takes a trip to an important historical monument.

Sleepwalker
Directed by
Ben Manhanke
Guided by a strange dream, a young man believes he’s found a way to bring the dead back to life.

Woolgathering
Directed by
Emma Bright & Bethany Clemens
An interpretation of a deep, dark, and intimate dream.