The lights are about to go down, and the stars are getting ready to shine.
The 20th Annual Stella Artois St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) will be held Nov.10-20. SLIFF will screen nearly 400 films: 257 shorts, 89 features and 53 documentaries. This year's festival features a record 205 programs, with 43 countries represented. The fest will host more than 100 filmmakers and related guests.
The festival opens with the St. Louis premiere of "The Artist," the major hit of the festival circuit, a black-and-white silent romance about the arrival of the sound era in Hollywood that costars St. Louis native son John Goodman.
Chinese films at 2011 SLIFF:
Empire of Silver (Baiyin diguo) Christina Yao, China, 2009, 113 min., Chinese & Mandarin Sunday, Nov. 13, 8:30 p.m., Plaza Frontenac Tuesday, Nov. 15, 9 p.m., Plaza Frontenac
Sacrifice (Zhao shi gu er) Kaige Chen, China, 2010, 122 min., Mandarin Friday, Nov. 18, 9:30 p.m., Plaza Frontenac Saturday, Nov. 19, 8:15 p.m., Plaza Frontenac
Dooman River, Zhang Lu, China, 2009, 99 min., Mandarin & Korean, Sunday, Nov. 13, 1:15 p.m., Plaza Frontenac
Bringing King to China, Kevin McKiernan, U.S., 2011, 85 min. Tuesday, Nov. 15, 7:15 p.m., Tivoli
Other prominent films featured in the festival include "The Descendents," "Jeff, Who Lives at Home," "A Dangerous Method," "Shame," "Coriolanus," "In Darkness," "Butter," "We Need to Talk About Kevin," and "I Melt With You." The fest also hosts a special preview screening of" Like Crazy" on Nov. 3.
The fest schedule and a complete list of films (with descriptions) are available at the Cinema St. Louis Web site (www.cinemastlouis.org).
SLIFF's primary venues are the following theaters:* Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd.* Plaza Frontenac Cinema, Plaza Frontenac, Lindbergh Boulevard and Clayton Road* Webster University, Webster Hall's Moore Auditorium, 470 East Lockwood Ave.* Washington University, Brown Hall Auditorium, Forsyth and Skinker boulevards
SLIFF also hosts programs at an additional seven venues, including Edwardsville, Ill.'s Wildey Theatre.
For more information, the public should visit www.cinemastlouis.org or call 314-289-4150. |
