The 17th Annual SLIFF was held Nov. 13-23, 2008 and is now over. The festival featured the St. Louis premieres of more than 250 films from 38 countries. Please click (here) for general information and the complete official schedule. Please click (here) for a list of the juried and audience choice awards that were announced at our closing night party.

Cinema St. Louis is proud to announce that submissions for the 2009 CinemaSpoke Screenwriting Competition and Workshop will open on Jan. 1, 2009. CinemaSpoke is an opportunity for St. Louis-area screenwriters to have their work read aloud in a public forum by professional and amateur actors and to receive feedback from a panel of film-industry experts experienced in producing, screenwriting, filmmaking, development, and criticism. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 28, 2009.
Click (here) for submission application and required script format rules.

Stay tuned for information about our annual Oscar Night® America celebration and fundraiser. The event will be held on Sunday, February 22nd at an exciting location to be determined. All proceeds of this glamourous event benefit Cinema St. Louis

Cinema St. Louis' The Lens is a multi-contributor blog aimed primarily - but by no means exclusively - at local cinephiles. The Lens has a specifically St. Louis perspective when relevant - and previews Cinema St. Louis events - but because film encompasses the world, the blog offers material on every aspect of movie culture, with no ties to a particular place. Lens contributors - critics, academics, journalists, novelists, poets, essayists and filmmakers - write, at any length and in any form, about all film-related topics, allowing for a wide array of approaches: simple reviews, stray thoughts, essays, reported articles, cartoons, photos, even audio clips and videos. The Lens is co-hosted by the St. Louis Beacon, the metro area's online news source.

The Eighth Annual SLFS was held July 19-24, 2008. This event focuses exclusively on the work of local directors and filmmakers, as well as expatriates with strong local connections who have gone on to use their creative talents in other cities. Please click (here) for the list of films that were invited to screen in the St. Louis International Film Festival in November and the awards presented by the St. Louis Film Critics. Click (here) for full schedule of seminars, films, and film descriptions.