St. Louis Film Critics Association

St. Louis Film Critics, an association of professional film critics operating in metropolitan St. Louis and adjoining areas of Missouri and Illinois, was founded in late 2004.

 

Then, as now, the goal of the association is to serve the interests of local film critics, and to promote an appreciation for cinema both as an art form and for its societal, cultural and historical context and impact. The organization works to encourage film appreciation in the St. Louis area; raise St. Louis’ profile as an area that appreciates cinema; foster communication between film critics and film educators and historians; and to raise the profile of film art in the St. Louis area.

 

Latest News

 

2011 ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS AWARD WINNERS REVEALED!

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SLFC Festival Favorite Awards

Our independent SLFC award. Member film critics that see many festival films are invited to vote from their favorite films in the whole festival, including major releases and Hollywood previews. This year, we selected a documentary as well as a narrative feature winner.

 

2011 Winners:

Narrative: The Artist
Documentary: Eco-Pirate

 

SLIFF's St. Louis Film Critics “Below the Radar” Awards

 

The SLIFF awards. SLIFF selections a group of festival films which excludes the major releases and Hollywood previews. Committees from SLFC nominate 5 films each for a narrative feature and a documentary feature awards. Separate juries of critics then pick winners from the nominees for each award.

 

2011 winners:

Narrative: The Fairy
Documentary: Eco-Pirate

 

Fri., August 19 - ST. LOUIS FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION JUDGES PRESENT THE FOLLOWING AWARDS FOR the 11th annual ST. LOUIS FILMMAKERS SHOWCASE 2011 to:


• BEST FILM (NARRATIVE FEATURE): "Joint Body" by Brian Jun


• BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE: "Give a Damn?" by Dan Parris


• BEST ACTOR: Mark Pellegrino "Joint Body"


• BEST ACTRESS: Libby Bibb "All Those Yesterdays"


• BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR: David Martyn Conley "Bedlam Street"


• BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: Julie Layton "Bedlam Street"


• BEST ACTOR IN A COMEDIC ROLE: Doug Jones "Sudden Death!"


• BEST ACTRESS IN A COMEDIC ROLE: Michelle Davidson "Ready to Pop"


• BEST JUVENILE ACTOR: Caden Self "Hidden Treasure"


• BEST JUVENILE ACTRESS: Kylie Cudney "Poke"


• BEST CAMEO: John Larroquette, "Sudden Death!"


• BEST DIRECTOR (Feature): Brian Jun "Joint Body"


• BEST DIRECTOR (Short): Adam Hall "Sudden Death!"


• BEST SCREENPLAY (Feature): Paul Wendell "Bedlam Street"


• BEST SCREENPLAY (Short): Elizabeth Wiegard "Talent"


• BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Feature): Aaron Coffman "All Those Yesterdays"


• BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY (Short): (tie) "Memories of Viola" Brian Gunter and "Iron Garden" Mathew Moffitt and Mark Lovelace


• BEST DRAMATIC SHORT (under 10 min): "Showdown" Brant Hadfield


• BEST DRAMATIC SHORT (over 10 min):"Memories of Viola" Michael Gunter


• BEST COMEDIC SHORT (under 10 min): "Ready to Pop" Michelle Davidson and Anthony Ladeisch


• BEST COMEDIC SHORT (over 10 min): "Sudden Death!" Adam Hall


• BEST HORROR SHORT (under 10 min): "Stairs" Doveed Linder


• BEST HORROR SHORT (over 10 min): "The Confined" Nicholas Acosta


• BEST DOCUMENTARY SHORT: "Gray Matters" Randy Shinn


• BEST RELATIONSHIP SHORT: "Love, Guns and Amy" Marttise Roosevelt Hill


• BEST ANIMATION SHORT (tie): Michael McCubbins for "Artifacts" and "Camus' The Fall"


• BEST STOP-ANIMATION SHOT: "Rare Gold" Peter McLeod Seay


• BEST EXPERIMENTAL SHORT: "A Lens Apart" William Flynn


• BEST FANTASY SHORT: "Iron Garden" Mathew Moffitt and Mark Lovelace


• BEST SILENT (Non-Dialogue) FILM: "Of the Ages" Michelle Manott


• BEST DREAMSCAPE (Light): "Untie, Unfasten, Undo" Amanda Pfister and Manda Remmen


• BEST DREAMSCAPE (Dark): "The Tower" Brendan Leahy


• BEST NATURE SHORT: "Water in the Sun" Larry Bulawsky


• BEST LOCAL HISTORY (Feature): "Brick By Chance and Fortune: A St. Louis Story" Brian Streeter


• BEST LOCAL HISTORY (Short): "Maturity and Its Muse" Franklin Oros


• BEST EDITING - Dramatic Short: "00:14:28" Randy Hall


• BEST EDITING - Comedic Short: "Boom Boom" Larry and Terry Ziegelman


• BEST EDITING - Feature: "The Gray Seasons" Robert Herrera


• BEST USE OF COLOR: "The Inheritance" Vanessa Roman and Sandra Olmsted


• BEST USE OF BLACK AND WHITE: "Strumpet" Wolfgang Lehmkuhl


• BEST OPENING CREDITS: "Joe and Jim" John Launius


• BEST CLOSING CREDITS: "The Yodel Within" Matthew Rice


• BEST ART DIRECTION: Hannah Radcliff "Yellow"


• BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS: "Perception" Ryan Lewis


• BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC: "Sudden Death!" Kenny Wood and Kahle McCann