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Director Wolfgang Lehmkuhl Screening “Cannibal” at Lindenwood University

08-Apr-08

The film “Cannibal” will be shown tonight at Lindenwood University. The director, St. Louis native Wolfgang Lehmkuhl, will be be on hand to conduct a Question & Answer session in conjunction with the film screening. Lead actor, Lindenwood student Stephen J. Heffernan, will also be attending.
The screening will be held at 9:00 [...]

“How I Got Lost” In Need of Grips

30-Mar-08

HOW I GOT LOST, a bittersweet road movie about two friends wrestling with life in NY after 9/11, will be shooting in and around Kirkwood, MO, May 7-22, after twelve days in NYC. We are an independent, non-union film shooting on the RED camera and are in need of the best young grips and [...]

Not Dead, Just Grateful

28-Mar-08

SENT VIA THE STLFILMWIRE:
The website for “Not Dead, Just Grateful”, a full length documentary produced here in St. Louis, is up
The site is still under construction…like all description of the film… but there are clips available for your viewing pleasure under the video section.
The film took some 200 hours of film and 3 years [...]

Trevor Juenger Casting Call

27-Mar-08

SENT VIA THE STLFILMWIRE:
The as-yet titled film by Trevor Juenger is now seeking cast. Please see below for character descriptions. Due to the graphic nature of the film, all those applying (excluding Ron’s son) must be 18 or older.
Auditions will be held at Jade Room at 3131 S. Grand Blvd. in St. Louis, MO [...]

Tour Wehrenberg Theatres Digital Projection Room

04-Jan-08

From the January MCA Newsletter comes news regarding their January meeting
Digital Cinema Projection (or Digital Cinema, for short) is replacing traditional 35mm film projection in movie theatres all over the world. In this method, the content is projected from an electronic copy contained on a storage device, such as a high-capacity hard drive and [...]

Free Filmmaking Workshop with award-winning filmmaker Charles Burnett

14-Dec-07

KDHX Community Media and The Webster Film Series are proud to present a free Filmmaking Workshop with award-winning filmmaker Charles Burnett:
Saturday, January 19 2008
1:00pm to 4:00pm
Webster University
Room 123 of the Sverdrup Business & Technology Complex
8300 Big Bend, Blvd., 63119
Admission is FREE (but RSVP is required)
Acclaimed writer/director Charles Burnett will present a workshop on fiction filmmaking. [...]

Wehrenberg Theatres For Sale

11-Dec-07

Nearly 100 years after Fred Wehrenberg opened the first theater in St. Louis designed specifically for motion pictures, his company — said to be the oldest and largest family-owned theater chain in America — is shopping for a potential buyer.
from the St Louis Post Dispatch
UPDATE - Springfield’s independent theatre, The Moxie, offers their assessment of [...]

Get Your 2008 St Louis International Film Festival T-shirt

29-Nov-07

From an email sent out by the St Louis International Film Festival:
You can pick up your 2008 Festival t-shirt at the Cinema St. Louis office or we can ship it to you. Price of the t-shirt is $10 for in-office pick-up. If you want the shirt shipped, it is $5 extra, for a [...]

VLAA TO OFFER FAIR USE SEMINAR FOR FILMMAKERS

13-Nov-07

From the St Louis Film Hotwire List:
Today, anyone with a video camera and movie-editing software can make a documentary. But can the aspiring filmmaker afford to make it legally? Just a few years ago the answer often was “no.” Now, thanks to a best practices fair use statement developed and disseminated by their peers, documentary [...]

16th annual AT&T St. Louis International Film Festival Opens

07-Nov-07

The 16th annual AT&T St. Louis International Film Festival is Thursday through Nov. 18, according to Cliff Froehlich, executive director of Cinema St. Louis.
This year the festival will show more than 250 films, with 30 countries represented. There will be 66 feature films, around 170 shorts and 24 documentaries presented at six main venues: Tivoli [...]