Cinema for Students

SLIFF 2024

ALL SCREENINGS THIS YEAR WILL BE ONLINE / VIRTUAL 

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

 

Booking Information

  1. ENVIRONMENTAL SHORTS (40MIN) – This collection of short documentaries is designed to teach students about climate change from several points of view. CHOTEAU: SCENES FROM BELOW is a gorgeous film about cavers exploring th world beneath us. BROKEN FLIGHT is about people trying to save birds in urban areas. And WHERE IS MY WATER BOTTLE is exactly that as a child refuses to drink until he finds his water bottle.
  2. INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART (24min) – First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: performing “Ode to Joy” at the ceremony for the new incoming 1st graders. In Japanese with English subtitles.
  3. ANIMATED SHORTS (36 min) – These four short films include CHAIN, a short about bugs, BRIM BROOME BOULEVARD where a child wanders through a magical set of doors, LUKI AND THE LIGHTS about a charming and upbeat robot facing hardships and SONG OF THE FLYING LEAVES about the relationship between a father and daughter.
  4. CAPTAIN AVISPA (90 min) – Dubbed in English. This charming animated feature tells the story of good vs evil, heros and heroines, just with bugs. This is the first ever animated feature film from the Dominican Republic. 
  5. ALIEN HIGH (84 min) – 14 year old Norman has always believed that there was life beyond the stars, but has never had much proof… until now. A legion of aliens known as the Space Protector Force find themselves crash-landed inside Norman’s brain, joining forces to stop the evil Zolthard from mind-controlling not just the school, but the entire world. Animated.

 

MIDDLE SCHOOL FILMS

 

  1. CAPTAIN AVISPA (90min) – Dubbed in English. This charming animated feature tells the story of good vs evil, heros and heroines, just with bugs. This is the first ever animated feature film from the Dominican Republic. 
  2. CAPTURING THE CARBON (38 min) – Capturing the Carbon: A Journey to Net Zero follows host, comedian Rob Riggle, on a journey to learn about new innovations around the world being implemented to work towards accomplishing net zero by 2050.
  3. ANIMATED SHORTS (46min)- These four short films include CHAIN, a short about bugs, BRIM BROOME BOULEVARD where a child wanders through a magical set of doors, LUKI AND THE LIGHTS about a charming and upbeat robot facing hardships and SONG OF THE FLYING LEAVES about the relationship between a father and daughter.
  4. WITHOUT ARROWS (92 min) – Filmed over the course of thirteen years (2011-2023), WITHOUT ARROWS chronicles the vibrance and struggle of a Lakȟóta family.
  5. CONCRETE JUNGLE GYM (90min)- From saving Michelangelo’s Pieta to saving a struggling downtown, this film tells the unbelievable and incredible true story of how Bob Cassilly went from a prodigy youth sculpture to creating one of St. Louis’ most iconic attraction: City Museum.
  6. RISING HOPE (100 min) – In this cinematic portrait of the forgotten Mississippi Delta, inspired citizens share vibrant testimonies of hope in the face of historic oppression, defying the pervasive narrative of rural poverty.
  7. ALIEN HIGH (84 min) – 14 year old Norman has always believed that there was life beyond the stars, but has never had much proof… until now. A legion of aliens known as the Space Protector Force find themselves crash-landed inside Norman’s brain, joining forces to stop the evil Zolthard from mind-controlling not just the school, but the entire world. Animated. 

HIGH SCHOOL

  1. NARRATIVE SHORTS (56min) – These inspiring 4 films all portray teenagers making tough life decisions and coming out with the win. PRACTICE SPACE is a comedy about two boys navigating teen dating life, VISION shows what happens when a teen finds a magical pair of glasses, BOY’S THINGS is about a girl in a boy’s world, and JUST KIDS is about the only girl on a boy’s rugby team.
  2. CAPTURING THE CARBON (38 min) – Capturing the Carbon: A Journey to Net Zero follows host, comedian Rob Riggle, on a journey to learn about new innovations around the world being implemented to work towards accomplishing net zero by 2050.
  3. THE DEBUTANTES (96min)- The Debutantes is a Black girl coming-of-age story about an intergenerational group of women and girls revitalizing a long-lost tradition — the debutante ball
  4. WITHOUT ARROWS (92 min) – Filmed over the course of thirteen years (2011-2023), WITHOUT ARROWS chronicles the vibrance and struggle of a Lakȟóta family.
  5. CONCRETE JUNGLE GYM (90min)- From saving Michelangelo’s Pieta to saving a struggling downtown, this film tells the unbelievable and incredible true story of how Bob Cassilly went from a prodigy youth sculpture to creating one of St. Louis’ most iconic attraction: City Museum.
  6. RISING HOPE (100 min) – In this cinematic portrait of the forgotten Mississippi Delta, inspired citizens share vibrant testimonies of hope in the face of historic oppression, defying the pervasive narrative of rural poverty.
  7. FOREVER ENDEAVOR (90min) – This documentary is a lighthearted look at life’s heavy question: What’s The Point Of It All?

 

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