A five-person jury of local film critics and filmmakers awarded prizes in 19 categories. The jury was headed by Andrew Wyatt, film critic for St. Louis Magazine’s Look/Listen blog and the Gateway Cinephile Web site; the other jury members were Mark Glass, film critic for St. Louis-area Patch.com Web sites; Michelle McCue, film critic for the We Are Movie Geeks Web site; Bill Streeter, director of the documentary “Brick by Chance and Fortune” and creator of the vlog LoFi St. Louis; and Wyatt Weed, director of the narrative feature “Shadowland.”
Best Costumes
Dirigible Days (no one credited)
Best Makeup/Hairstyling
Little Man of Steel (Hillary Fenton)
Best Use of Music
Hotel (Chris Chartrand & Alex Nezam)
Best Sound
Traffic Cone (Milos Zivkovic)
Best Production Design/Art Direction
In Bloom (no one credited)
Best Special/Visual Effects
Little Man of Steel (John Michaels)
Best Editing
The 3 Day Rule (Nick Vitale) (trailer below)
Best Cinematography
Fishbone (Hannah Radcliff)
Best Screenplay
The 3 Day Rule (Anne Carmack) (trailer below)
Best Actor
Nick Glover in Alienated
Best Actress
Lyndsey Doolen in The 3 Day Rule (trailer below)
Best Direction
Fishbone (directed by Hannah Radcliff)
Best Experimental Film
Dream Travel/Travel Dream (directed by Van McElwee)
Best Animated Film
Traffic Cone (directed by Victor Ridaura)
Best Comedy
Little Man of Steel (directed by Larry Ziegelman)
Best Drama
The Rwanda Blend (directed by Sam Zvibleman)
Best Documentary
What Kind of Man (directed by Kamau Bilal)
Best Film Less Than 20 Minutes
Fishbone (directed by Hannah Radcliff)
Best Film More Than 20 Minutes
Jim Crow to Barack Obama (directed by Denise Ward-Brown)
A number of the films have been invited to screen at the St Louis International Film Festival this November. You can see them all at CinemaStLouis.org
The St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, an annual presentation of the nonprofit Cinema St. Louis, serves as the area’s primary venue for films made by local artists. The Showcase screens works that were written, directed, edited, or produced by St. Louis natives or films with strong local ties. The various film programs screened at the Tivoli from July 14-18, 2013 and served as the Showcase’s centerpiece. The programs range from full-length fiction features and documentaries to multi-film compilations of fiction and documentary shorts. Many programs included post-screening Q&As with filmmakers. Filmmakers of all ages within a 120 mile radius of St. Louis are strongly encouraged to submit their works, or at the very least attend the event to celebrate with us and the amazingly talented St. Louis filmmakers.
