Cinema St. Louis

Public attendance grew 24% compared with the year before, and each screening drew an average of 45 people.

The St. Louis International Film Festival is honoring Sykes with this year’s Trailblazer Award.

“Keenelan” will screen at this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival.

Bob Cassilly dedicated his life to turning a demolished city into art. His legacy remains strong in St. Louis.

“Love” is the theme for the 17th annual QFest: self-love and acceptance, romance, familial bonds, fictive kinship and all.

Film lovers in the St. Louis region will get a chance to see award-winning movies when the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival returns this week. The festival will again feature films that highlight the often-overlooked contributions of notable Black Americans.

The 23rd annual Whittaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase includes stories set in St. Louis and explorations of local history. They include science fiction tale “The Box” and “Somewhere in Old Missouri,” a Western with supernatural elements and lots of music.

Hettie Barnhill's, “a love letter to Brian, Lesley, and Michelle,” will be shown at the Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. The experimental feature is a commentary on the injustices faced by Black people in this country.

Under Cinema St. Louis Executive Director Cliff Froehlich's leadership, the organization weathered the disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic. He retires in June.

“Lake Loch Pond Monster,” the creation of independent filmmaker Carolina Diz and actress and creator Brittany Zeinstra, is the winner of a recent filmmaking competition hosted by Cinema St. Louis.