2008 Woodie Awards
SLIFF: Film festival returns to campus
By: Anna Forder
Issue date: 11/9/06 Section: LifeStyle
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Webster University students will get to see a sampling of international cinema without leaving campus when the 15th annual St. Louis International Film Festival comes to Webster. The film festival is run by Cinema St. Louis, a non-profit organization that organizes and produces the international film festival. The festival's more than 200 films and shorts will be screened Nov. 9 through 19 in venues around the St. Louis area.
Michael Steinberg, director of the Webster University Film Series, said the film festival has been part of the Film Series for about five years. Webster will host the festival Nov. 15 through 19 in the Winifred Moore Auditorium.
The most anticipated of the films to be shown at Webster are those of director Les Blank, said Steinberg and Cliff Froehlich, Webster adjunct professor and executive director of Cinema St. Louis. Steinberg said Blank was on campus many times during the '80s and '90s to accompany the showing of his films, but hasn't been back since.
Blank will be on campus Nov. 18 when he is honored by the festival with the Maysles Brothers Lifetime Achievement Award in Documentary. His documentary, "The Tea Film," which follows an American tea importer to China on a quest for the best tea, will be screened at 7 p.m. In addition, a tribute reel will be shown and two of Blank's current works will be previewed. Blank's documentary, "Always for Pleasure," will show at 6 p.m. Nov. 19.
"The Naked Ape," which will kick off Webster's portion of the festival at 8 p.m. Nov. 15, has a connection close to home. The director of the film, Daniel Mellitz, is a native of St. Louis. The film is about a summer road-trip that begins in St. Louis in which the teenage characters leave with the intention of never returning. Milletz, however, will return to St. Louis and will be present for the screening of the film.
Stephen Venora's "Boardwalk," a feature film about an elderly Coney Island couple, will show at 8 p.m. Nov. 16. Froehlich describes this as a lost film because it hasn't been seen by many people since the late '70s due to a legal rights debate.
Michael Steinberg, director of the Webster University Film Series, said the film festival has been part of the Film Series for about five years. Webster will host the festival Nov. 15 through 19 in the Winifred Moore Auditorium.
The most anticipated of the films to be shown at Webster are those of director Les Blank, said Steinberg and Cliff Froehlich, Webster adjunct professor and executive director of Cinema St. Louis. Steinberg said Blank was on campus many times during the '80s and '90s to accompany the showing of his films, but hasn't been back since.
Blank will be on campus Nov. 18 when he is honored by the festival with the Maysles Brothers Lifetime Achievement Award in Documentary. His documentary, "The Tea Film," which follows an American tea importer to China on a quest for the best tea, will be screened at 7 p.m. In addition, a tribute reel will be shown and two of Blank's current works will be previewed. Blank's documentary, "Always for Pleasure," will show at 6 p.m. Nov. 19.
"The Naked Ape," which will kick off Webster's portion of the festival at 8 p.m. Nov. 15, has a connection close to home. The director of the film, Daniel Mellitz, is a native of St. Louis. The film is about a summer road-trip that begins in St. Louis in which the teenage characters leave with the intention of never returning. Milletz, however, will return to St. Louis and will be present for the screening of the film.
Stephen Venora's "Boardwalk," a feature film about an elderly Coney Island couple, will show at 8 p.m. Nov. 16. Froehlich describes this as a lost film because it hasn't been seen by many people since the late '70s due to a legal rights debate.
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