Our city’s premier outlet for locally produced cinema is now accepting submissions for this year’s festival. The 2008 St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase will run July 19-24 at the Tivoli Theatre. The deadline for submitting short films or (heaven help you) feature-length movies is May 31. St. Louis Spielbergs can download a submission form from the sponsoring organization, Cinema St. Louis, at www.cinemastlouis.org/showcase.html.

A word of advice for high schoolers: If you assume that you’re the only one submitting a fantasy about suicide or shooting up the school cafeteria, you’d be mistaken. Think different.