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Cinema St. Louis (St. Louis, MO)
Founded in 1991, the mission of Cinema St. Louis is to present cinema that offers glimpses of human experience from around the world in order to foster learning about myriad expressions, cultures, and opinions. Cinema St. Louis has produced the St. Louis International Film Festival since 1992 when the festival featured only 25 films. The festival provides the only exposure to some of the world's best films for more than 16,000 viewers. In FY 2004, Cinema St. Louis received an NEA Creativity grant of $10,000 to support the 13th St. Louis International Film Festival. The 11-day event featured more than 180 films, including short and feature-length international documentaries, American independent works, and locally produced films. More than 50 guest filmmakers and 18,000 audience members participated in the 2004 event. Outside of screening some Oscar-nominated films such as Finding Neverland, the festival's schedule included feature documentaries - such as Cambodia: Living with Landmines and Bluegrass Journey - and first-time directors, including Ferenc Toth's Unknown Soldier about surviving on the streets of Harlem and St. Louis native Ryan Eslinger's Madness and Genius, which explores the world of academic physics through a discovery by a professor and student. Algeria, Bhutan, Scotland, and New Zealand were among the 29 countries presenting international films at the festival. Special events at the festival included a live discussion with Oscar-winning director Bill Condon, a tribute to pioneer woman director Alice Guy Blache, and a free seminar for filmmakers on privacy and publicity rights. (From the 2004 NEA Annual Report) National Endowment for the Arts · an independent federal agency |
