Cinema at Citygarden
Cinema at Citygarden – a biennial program organized by Cinema St. Louis (CSL) and funded by the Gateway Foundation – is pleased to announce the winners of its seventh juried competition. The competition was open to St. Louis-area filmmakers. Participants created short works that incorporated nature as a key element.
The program will debut on Citygarden’s video wall on Friday, May 28. The videos will play on a loop from 5-10 p.m. daily through June 27.
- Lake Loch Pond Monster - Directed by Carolina Diaz and Brittany Zeinstra
- Ephemeral - Directed by Sabrina Urban
- DesMotivaciones - Directed by Kelly Jimenez
Eight other competition films will be featured as part of the video-wall presentation:
- 10/31/2020, directed by Jason Christ
- Cave, directed by Dane Rule
- Just because!, directed by Taylor Yocom
- Manchester Rain, directed by Jessica Adkins
- Outcry, directed by Zlatko Ćosić
- /prəˈvāl/, directed by Jeff Allen, Arica Brown, Ashreale McDowell, and Jessica Pierce
- Seasons, directed by Dylan Kuehner
- VR Unlimited, directed by Austin Sane
Cinema St. Louis will also screen the three winning films — as well as other Cinema at Citygarden competition entries chosen by CSL — as part of the Whitaker St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase, held July 16-25. Those films will then be eligible for consideration by the Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival, held Nov. 4-14.
Among the most beloved public spaces in St. Louis, Citygarden is a two-block oasis of plants and trees, water and internationally renowned sculpture in the heart of downtown’s Gateway Mall. Opened in 2009, the garden is free and open to the public 365 days a year. It’s been a hit since the day it opened, and the garden continues to attract visitors from all over the St. Louis area, the nation, and the world with its blend of beauty and serenity and fun. In 2011, it received one of the nation’s most prestigious honors in urban planning, the Urban Land Institute’s Amanda Burden Urban Open Space Award.
The video wall, on which the competition works will play, is set within a limestone wall that arcs across two blocks.