“Romeo Is Bleeding” directed by Jason Zeldes was a hit at the 2015 St Louis International Film Festival winning both the St. Louis Film Critics Association Joe Pollack and Joe Williams Awards for Best Documentary Feature and the Best of Fest Audience Choice Award – Leon Award for Best Documentary Film. In Romeo Is Bleeding, a young writer Donté Clark growing up in a city divided by a turf war, channels Shakespeare to help heal the ills of his community.
Other top winning films include “Once in a Lifetime” directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar taking the St. Louis Film Critics Association Joe Pollack and Joe Williams Award for Best Narrative Feature. The other audience favorite films include “Unlikely Heroes” directed by Peter Luisi winning the TV5MONDE Award for Best International Film, and “The Last Mentsch” directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati voted Best Film.
24th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival Awards
Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Award: Alex Winter
Women in Film Award: Rosemary Rodriguez
Contemporary Cinema Award: Trent Harris
Shorts Awards
Best Documentary Short: “The Surrender” directed by Stephen Maing
Best Local Short: “Ferguson 365” directed by Chris Phillips
Best Short Short: “Deathsong” directed by Malcolm Sutherland
Best International Short: “Levitation” directed by Marko Mestrovic
Best Animated Short: “Borrowed Time” directed by Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Best Live-Action Short: “Birthday” directed by Chris King
Best of Fest: “Beverley” directed by Alexander Thomas
Midrash Award
“Four Way Stop” directed by Efi da Silva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY5CpWtz2XQ
Interfaith Awards
Best Documentary Feature: “Thao’s Library” directed by Elizabeth Van Meter
https://vimeo.com/125478494
Best Narrative Feature: “Three Windows and a Hanging” directed by Isa Qosja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOnKHG13vXM
Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ EDA Award @ SLIFF
Best Documentary Feature: “Once My Mother” directed by Sophia Turkiewicz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO6aTLM8X5s
Best Narrative Feature: “Fidélio: Alice’s Odyssey” directed by Lucie Borleteau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF02VEgdlqw
St. Louis Film Critics Association Joe Pollack and Joe Williams Awards
Best Documentary Feature: “Romeo Is Bleeding” directed by Jason Zeldes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjdh-TmRQCQ
Best Narrative Feature: “Once in a Lifetime” directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdvhyY1_rxw
Best of Fest Audience Choice Awards
Leon Award for Best Documentary Film: “Romeo Is Bleeding” directed by Jason Zeldes
TV5MONDE Award for Best International Film: “Unlikely Heroes” directed by Peter Luisi
Best Film: “The Last Mentsch” directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9L_ypD7KnI
New Filmmakers Forum Emerging Director Award (The Bobbie)
“Aram, Aram” directed by Christopher Chambers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BNiJtVDrTYTHAO’S LIBRARY
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“Romeo Is Bleeding” Wins Top Awards at 2015 St Louis International Film Festival
“Romeo Is Bleeding” directed by Jason Zeldes was a hit at the 2015 St Louis International Film Festival winning both the St. Louis Film Critics Association Joe Pollack and Joe Williams Awards for Best Documentary Feature and the Best of Fest Audience Choice Award – Leon Award for Best Documentary Film. In Romeo Is Bleeding, a young writer Donté Clark growing up in a city divided by a turf war, channels Shakespeare to help heal the ills of his community.
Other top winning films include “Once in a Lifetime” directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar taking the St. Louis Film Critics Association Joe Pollack and Joe Williams Award for Best Narrative Feature. The other audience favorite films include “Unlikely Heroes” directed by Peter Luisi winning the TV5MONDE Award for Best International Film, and “The Last Mentsch” directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati voted Best Film.
24th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival Awards
Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Award: Alex Winter
Women in Film Award: Rosemary Rodriguez
Contemporary Cinema Award: Trent Harris
Shorts Awards
Best Documentary Short: “The Surrender” directed by Stephen Maing
Best Local Short: “Ferguson 365” directed by Chris Phillips
Best Short Short: “Deathsong” directed by Malcolm Sutherland
Best International Short: “Levitation” directed by Marko Mestrovic
Best Animated Short: “Borrowed Time” directed by Andrew Coats & Lou Hamou-Lhadj
Best Live-Action Short: “Birthday” directed by Chris King
Best of Fest: “Beverley” directed by Alexander Thomas
Midrash Award
“Four Way Stop” directed by Efi da Silva
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY5CpWtz2XQ
Interfaith Awards
Best Documentary Feature: “Thao’s Library” directed by Elizabeth Van Meter
https://vimeo.com/125478494
Best Narrative Feature: “Three Windows and a Hanging” directed by Isa Qosja
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOnKHG13vXM
Alliance of Women Film Journalists’ EDA Award @ SLIFF
Best Documentary Feature: “Once My Mother” directed by Sophia Turkiewicz
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lO6aTLM8X5s
Best Narrative Feature: “Fidélio: Alice’s Odyssey” directed by Lucie Borleteau
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF02VEgdlqw
St. Louis Film Critics Association Joe Pollack and Joe Williams Awards
Best Documentary Feature: “Romeo Is Bleeding” directed by Jason Zeldes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vjdh-TmRQCQ
Best Narrative Feature: “Once in a Lifetime” directed by Marie-Castille Mention-Schaar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CdvhyY1_rxw
Best of Fest Audience Choice Awards
Leon Award for Best Documentary Film: “Romeo Is Bleeding” directed by Jason Zeldes
TV5MONDE Award for Best International Film: “Unlikely Heroes” directed by Peter Luisi
Best Film: “The Last Mentsch” directed by Pierre-Henry Salfati
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9L_ypD7KnI
New Filmmakers Forum Emerging Director Award (The Bobbie)
“Aram, Aram” directed by Christopher Chambers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BNiJtVDrTY
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124 Documentary Features Submitted For 2015 Oscar Race
One hundred twenty-four features have been submitted for consideration in the Documentary Feature category for the 88th Academy Awards®.
The submitted features, listed in alphabetical order, are:
“Above and Beyond”
“All Things Must Pass”
“Amy”
“The Armor of Light”
“Ballet 422”
“Batkid Begins”
“Becoming Bulletproof”
“Being Evel”
“Beltracchi – The Art of Forgery”
“Best of Enemies”
“The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution”
“Bolshoi Babylon”
“Brand: A Second Coming”
“A Brave Heart: The Lizzie Velasquez Story”
“Call Me Lucky”
“Cartel Land”
“Censored Voices”
“Champs”
“CodeGirl”
“Coming Home”
“Dark Horse”
“Deli Man”
“Dior and I”
“The Diplomat”
“(Dis)Honesty – The Truth about Lies”
“Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll”
“Dreamcatcher”
“dream/killer”
“Drunk, Stoned, Brilliant, Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon”
“Eating Happiness”
“Every Last Child”
“Evidence of Harm”
“Farewell to Hollywood”
“Finders Keepers”
“The Forecaster”
“Frame by Frame”
“Gardeners of Eden”
“A Gay Girl in Damascus: The Amina Profile”
“Godspeed: The Story of Page Jones”
“Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief”
“He Named Me Malala”
“Heart of a Dog”
“Hitchcock/Truffaut”
“How to Change the World”
“Human”
“The Hunting Ground”
“I Am Chris Farley”
“In Jackson Heights”
“In My Father’s House”
“India’s Daughter”
“Ingrid Bergman – In Her Own Words”
“Iraqi Odyssey”
“Iris”
“Janis: Little Girl Blue”
“Karski & the Lords of Humanity”
“Killing Them Safely”
“Kurt Cobain: Montage of Heck”
“Lambert & Stamp”
“A Lego Brickumentary”
“Listen to Me Marlon”
“Live from New York!”
“The Look of Silence”
“Meet the Patels”
“Meru”
“The Mind of Mark DeFriest”
“Misery Loves Comedy”
“Monkey Kingdom”
“A Murder in the Park”
“My Italian Secret”
“My Voice, My Life”
“1971”
“Of Men and War”
“One Cut, One Life”
“Only the Dead See the End of War”
“The Outrageous Sophie Tucker”
“Peace Officer”
“The Pearl Button”
“Pink & Blue: Colors of Hereditary Cancer”
“Poached”
“Polyfaces”
“The Prime Ministers: Soldiers and Peacemakers”
“Prophet’s Prey”
“Racing Extinction”
“The Resurrection of Jake the Snake”
“Ride the Thunder – A Vietnam War Story of Victory & Betrayal”
“Rosenwald”
“The Russian Woodpecker”
“Searching for Home: Coming Back from War”
“Seeds of Time”
“Sembene!”
“The Seven Five”
“Seymour: An Introduction”
“Sherpa”
“A Sinner in Mecca”
“Something Better to Come”
“Song from the Forest”
“Song of Lahore”
“Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine”
“Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans”
“Stray Dog”
“Sunshine Superman”
“Sweet Micky for President”
“Tab Hunter Confidential”
“The Tainted Veil”
“Tap World”
“(T)error”
“Thao’s Library”
“Those Who Feel the Fire Burning”
“3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets”
“The Touch of an Angel”
“TransFatty Lives”
“The True Cost”
“Twinsters”
“Very Semi-Serious: A Partially Thorough Portrait of New Yorker Cartoonists”
“The Wanted 18”
“We Are Many”
“We Come as Friends”
“We Were Not Just…Bicycle Thieves. Neorealism”
“Welcome to Leith”
“What Happened, Miss Simone?”
“What Our Fathers Did: A Nazi Legacy”
“Where to Invade Next”
“Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” (pictured above)
“The Wolfpack”
Several of the films have not yet had their required Los Angeles and New York qualifying releases. Submitted features must fulfill the theatrical release requirements and comply with all of the category’s other qualifying rules in order to advance in the voting process. A shortlist of 15 films will be announced in December.
Films submitted in the Documentary Feature category may also qualify for Academy Awards in other categories, including Best Picture, provided they meet the requirements for those categories.
The 88th Academy Awards nominations will be announced live on Thursday, January 14, 2016, at 5:30 a.m. PT at the Academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills.
The 88th Oscars® will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2016, at the Dolby Theatre® at Hollywood & Highland Center® in Hollywood, and will be televised live by the ABC Television Network at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT. The Oscar presentation also will be televised live in more than 225 countries and territories worldwide.
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13th Tallgrass Film Festival Announces Film Lineup; Opens with BAND OF ROBBERS, Closes with WAFFLE STREET
The 13th Tallgrass Film Festival taking place October 14 to 18, 2015, announced the full schedule of 203 films (54 features, 149 short films). Gala selections include the Opening Night film, Adam and Aaron Nees’ comedy BAND OF ROBBERS and the Closing Night selection of Ian and Eshom Nelms’ comedy WAFFLE STREET, bookending Valerie Weiss’ A LIGHT BENEATH THEIR FEET which will screen as the Stubbornly Independent competition winner.