CinemaSpoke 2009 begins again!

Hello fellow movie geeks and screenwriters alike. What’s that? You’re ONLY an “aspiring” screenwriter? So, what the heck does that mean? It’s like this… if you’ve got a screenplay, rough draft or otherwise, go to the link below, check out the submission guidelines and see if you can get some help from some professionals. That hunk of papers you call a work in progress isn’t gonna get you anywhere while it’s sitting there collecting dust, now is it?

Cinema St. Louis is proud to announce that submissions for the 2009 CinemaSpoke Screenwriting Competition and Workshop will open on Jan. 1, 2009. CinemaSpoke is an opportunity for St. Louis-area screenwriters to have their work read aloud in a public forum by professional and amateur actors and to receive feedback from a panel of film-industry experts experienced in producing, screenwriting, filmmaking, development, and criticism. Deadline for submissions is Feb. 28, 2009.

[source: Cinema St. Louis]

17th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival, Nov. 13-23

It’s that time of year again, and We Are Movie Geeks are here to help you organize all the film festival goodness that is to be had at the 17th Annual St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF). The festivities kick off Thursday night with a screening of ‘Humboldt County‘ at 7pm at the Tivoli Theatre, with a reception preceding from 5:30-7:00pm, followed by an after-party.

Co-directors, and former St. Louisans, Darren Grodsky and Danny Jacobs will be on hand for a post-screening Q&A. We Are Movie Geeks will be helping you with your homework for the next week leading up to the festival, providing reviews of the films scheduled to screen from November 13-23 to help you decide which films to hit and which ones you might want to miss.

The fun continues Friday night with a screening of ‘Adam Resurrected‘ by renowned filmmaker Paul Schrader, coinciding with his receipt of the Lifetime Achievement Award. To read more about all  the films, festivities and special events, or to check the schedule  and purchase tickets, check out the website here.

S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘My Mothers Garden’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Let the Right One In’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘From Inside’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Mil Mascarras: Resurrection’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘As Slow As Possible’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘The Empire State Building Murders’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Special’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Number One With a Bullet’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Bex X’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘The Unknown Woman’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Alone’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Kassim the Dream’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Yeast’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Yesterday Was a Lie’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘The Heartbeat Detector’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Pray the Devil Back to Hell’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Son of a Lion’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Mosquito Kingdom’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Half-Life’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Strength and Honour’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Shadowland’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Carny’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Not by Chance’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘The Last Lullaby’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘The Objective’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Remarkable Power!’
S.L.I.F.F. Review: ‘Chasing Birds’