About this Event
3653 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63108
https://www.stlpublicradio.org/events/St. Louis Public Radio and Cinema St. Louis are proud to co-present a virtual screening of the 2022 Best of Shorts. The event will include a selection of award-winning short films from the 2021 St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) and 2021 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. In addition to the films, the event will feature a pre-recorded interview with Elvira Lind, director of “The Letter Room,” which won the Best of Fest Short award at SLIFF.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has long sanctioned SLIFF’s shorts competition as a pre-screening event for the Academy Awards. The winners of the top four categories of SLIFF’s juried shorts programming (Best of Fest, Best Animation, Best Live Action, and Best Documentary) are eligible to submit their films directly to the Academy for Oscar consideration.
The following short films will be screened during this event:
Autumn Leaves
Joe Pass, No Dialogue, 3 min
A short story about intimacy and loss is synchronized with music of the same name by Joe Pass.
SLIFF Best Short Short
Come On, Shake Your Body Baby, Do the Conga!
Tom Hipp, English, 2 min.
All Tim wants to do is ask Jane to dance.
The Danger in Front
Alexis Chartrand, French, 17 min.
While observing life outside his shop, a barber thinks he sees someone who is after his life and his family.
SLIFF Best International Short
E14
Peiman Zekavat, English, 16 min.
A study in human behavior in the densest and most overdeveloped residential area in the U.K. during the coronavirus pandemic.
SLIFF Best Documentary Short
Hammond’s Books
Joshua Mullins, English, 10 min.
A look at the brother/sister duo who run an eclectic bookstore on Cherokee Street.
SLIFF Audience Choice Best Documentary Short
The Letter Room
Elvira Lind, English, 30 min.
When a kind-hearted prison officer (Oscar Isaac) is transferred to the letter room, he soon gets involved in an inmate’s personal affairs.
SLIFF Best of Fest Short
Man or Tree
Tom Hancock & Varun Raman, English, 4 min.
In the wilderness, a tree begins to question whether it may actually be a man tripping on hallucinogens.
Mila
Cinzia Angelini, No Dialogue, 20 min.
With a little more than imagination and humanity, Mila manages to profoundly impact others, including a caring stranger.
SLIFF Best Animated Short and SLIFF Audience Choice Best Narrative Short
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