7 p.m. Check-in opens | 8 p.m. Screening and welcome from Arts & Culture Senior Reporter Jeremy Goodwin
Join us on the Public Media Commons for the 2025 Best of Shorts open-airi film night, presented by STLPR and Cinema St. Louis.
Watch a selection of award-winning short films from the 2024 St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) and 2024 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. Featuring a live interview with local filmmaker Dan Parris, whose short film Vision will be featured in the line up. FREE, but registration required at the link.
Short Films:
THE TEST
With dreams of becoming an American citizen to provide a better life for his family he hasn't seen in eight years, a Ghanaian maintenance worker enlists the help of two elderly residents of a Virginia retirement community with a groundbreaking initiative to prepare for the biggest test of his life: the US Citizenship exam.
THE SHORTEST RELATIONSHIP IN THE WORLD
This may be the shortest relationship in the world.
THE MOURNING OF
Maribel has been mourning the tragic loss of her mother in the most peculiar way imaginable— by secretly attending the funerals of strangers. After weeks of lying and searching for solace through the grief of others, her inability to move on finally catches up with her.
VISION
Louis, a 17-year-old visual artist from North St. Louis, meets Elijah, an elusive blind older mentor. Elijah gifts his rose-colored glasses to Louis to help him see the potential all around him. How will he capitalize on this newfound Vision?
DI SARNO- THE STORY OF EMILIO'S BALLATO
Emilio learned to read from recipe books and to cook from his mother. And his restaurant on Houston Street in Manhattan is a secret – but it’s not a secret. You know what I’m talking about?
A MOVE
Elahe returns to her hometown in Mashhad, Iran, to help her parents move to a new place after 40 years. Influenced by the Woman-Life-Freedom movement, she's also hoping for a bigger move, not just a new apartment.
INSTRUMENTS OF A BEATING HEART
First graders in a Tokyo public elementary school are presented with a challenge for the final semester: performing “Ode to Joy” at the ceremony for the new incoming 1st graders. "Instruments of a Beating Heart" intimately examines the Japanese educational system's tenuous balance between self-sacrifice and human growth as it teaches the next generation to become part of Japanese society.
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