St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase
Now in its 25th year, the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase celebrates a quarter century of storytelling, creativity, and community by local filmmakers. This year’s theme, “SHOW ME,” nods to the resilience and talent that define St. Louis filmmakers.
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Never Hike Alone
In her true crime podcast “Never Hike Alone,” Liz investigates and reports on women who have gone missing on solo hikes. When her own brother, Kit, falls out of touch, she knows she has to find him herself. In searching for Kit, she meets an avid listener, Judith, who believes in the mission of L...
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Open the Door
A young woman. A spirit. A music box that ends your life when it finishes playing. A choice.
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Do I Live Here?
A young man called Guy is lost not only in his surroundings but in his life. Armed with a clumsy rubber band gun for reasons unknown, he encounters a compassionate stranger who becomes his unexpected ally.
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Disposed to Suffer
A reflection on American violence.
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Reverse
Every year, the female divine power Durga is worshipped for her triumph over all evil, yet reality paints a completely different hypocritical picture as women live with consistent suffering and horror of rape, murder, and injustice. This hand-drawn animated short film highlights the stark contras...
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Smallpox Island
Three residents of Alton, Illinois, reckon with the legacy and impact of a tragic historical site with roots in their city. Meanwhile, a medium from out of town visits the site to see what she can learn from the energy of the land.
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Remembering Mill Creek
Nearly seventy years later, the children who once lived in the segregated community of Mill Creek Valley in downtown St. Louis share their stories. Once home to 20,000 people, this neighborhood was demolished in 1959 as part of federal urban renewal policies. Now, these former residents reflect o...
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Rustic Roots
An urban farm becomes a sanctuary where art, agriculture, and community unite to fight food insecurity and inspire hope - led by one woman’s vision for healing and belonging.
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Ms. Peoples
Follow Ms. Christine Peoples as she works out of a historic Black church in a formerly segregated public park in Springfield, Missouri, building community and ensuring untold stories of Black achievement and perseverance aren’t lost to time.
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Kevin Hale
Memorial artist Kevin Hale from Farmington, Missouri, has spent over 20 years helping families heal through loss. Now, he's working on a national memorial for veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress - aiming to save lives, not just honor them.
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St. Louis' Playground
A documentary about resorts that once stood on the Meramec River in St. Louis.
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Zermi's Paradox
The story of a little space cadet named Zermi, and his attempt to convince his superior officers that the species he discovered - a race called “humans” from a backwater planet called “Earth” - are a species worth contacting.
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The Sadness I Carry
A single mother struggling to reconnect with her children and facing financial hardship, plans a Christmas Eve dinner in hopes of restoring their bond.
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Reintegration
A widowed father hospitalized at a psychiatric center tries to get better so he can reconnect with his daughter awaiting for him.
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The Chuckles Factory
An unemployed man struggles to get a job as a clown.
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Divine Intervention
Late one night, a man and a woman are each sitting alone at a bar. Evelyn notices Joe and wants him to come talk to her.
He's mutually interested but chickens out from taking action, and Evelyn leaves. There’s nothing new about this scene. It has happened thousands of times and will happen thou...
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It Happened in August
Aim, a Thai immigrant, and her younger brother return to New York City after the loss of their mother. When her ex-girlfriend, Sandra, reappears unexpectedly on a quiet August evening. Aim is drawn into a tender reckoning with grief, love, and the creative spark she thought she had lost.
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The Day Dean Davis Dies
An ordinary man living a boring life suddenly discovers that an omnipotent voice is narrating his every action, and it's just announced that he's going to die when he steps out his front door.
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The Middle
Michael falls down the stairs and dies, sending him down a spiral of old memories and forgotten friends.
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A Bird in the Field
When an ornithologist’s funding gets cut, her nurturing of abandoned bird eggs leads to a transformation as her marriage crumbles.