St. Louis Jewish Film Festival

A Cinematic Journey - Welcome to the St. Louis Jewish Film Festival

The Jewish Film Festival is an annual event celebrating film and the impact and influence which Jewish culture has played on current movies and film makers of today. The festival is held over five to six days during the summer in conjunction with the Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema, at the intersection of Lindbergh and Clayton Road. The St. Louis Film Festival will be celebrating its 17th year in 2012 and has drawn sold-out shows over the past several years. In general three to five movies are shown per day with subjects ranging from family, the Holocaust, Jewish people living around the globe and much more. There is something to see for everyone during the festival. So grab your popcorn and we'll save a seat for you at the movies!

Short Film Competition
The St. Louis Jewish Film Festival is beginning the second year for its Short Film Competition and is soliciting new and established filmmakers who want to participate. Students beginning with 6-8th graders through college age and beyond are welcome including a professional category.

We are asking filmmakers to submit a short film, no more than 5 minutes in length, on the theme of “Love Your Neighbor as Yourself,” which could the ideas of acts of loving kindness, caring for the stranger, the less fortunate, treatment of people with differences, including minorities, people with disabilities, etc.. The filmmakers do not have to be Jewish to submit an entry.

Finished films need to be submitted by April 27, 2012 in order to be judged and prizes awarded in time for the June, 2012 St. Louis Jewish Film Festival where the winning films will be showcased.

The deadline for letters of intent is February 24, 2012 with an entry fee of $10.

Letter of Intent
Rules & Instructions

The Jewish Film Society of the JCC
Are you someone who enjoys films? Films that promote understanding and cultural diversity while they inspire, entertain, educate and enlighten. You’re invited to become a member of a community that shares your love of the moving image. Your membership brings year-round benefits that include member-only programs and events.

Member Benefits

One free ticket to a Film Society Program
Jewish Film Society Series pass available for $25
Receive online Film Society Newsletter
Film Society screenings which are not available to the general public
Membership is tax-deductible and helps promote the Jewish Film Festival

$36 for individual
$54 for a couple
$18 for students

Upcoming Films
All films are shown in the Staenberg Family Complex – Arts & Education Building, Carl & Helene Mirowitz Performing Arts & Banquet Center and are will be followed by audience-participation discussions.

Sun
3/11, 4/15, 5/6
6:45 pm
$6 individual film tickets

For more information about the Jewish Film Festival or Jewish Film Society, call Zelda Sparks, 314-442-3169.