The 9th annual St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase wrapped on Thursday at the Tivoli, and 27 locally made movies earned an invite from the event’s more prestigious big brother, the St. Louis International Film Festival in November.

The following films were deemed sufficiently artful to compete for prizes and possible Oscar consideration alongside the prestige indies, imports and Hollywood sneak peaks that comprise the annual SLIFF:

1. After Thoughts directed by Anthony Sanchez
2. And Seven Hours Later directed by Lynelle White
3. Being Born is Marvelous directed by Denise Ward-Brown
4. The Blind Date of Coffin Joe directed by Raymond Castile
5. Con Brio directed by Benn Hill Triola
6. Donnie Baker and the Pork Pistols directed by Jay Kanzler
7. Ella Se Cayo De Cada Montana directed by Jacob Taylor
8. Electrical Storm directed by Ryan Doris
9. Gabriel and Romy directed by Sam Zvibleman
10. Game of the Year directed by Chris Grega
11. How I Got Lost directed by Joe Leonard
12. I Always Wanted To Be A Teacher
13. It’s Not Me, It’s You directed by Doc Crotzer
14. Just Shy of Being directed by Derek Elz
15. The Last Legend directed by Brant Hadfield
16. Ninjas Protest Pirate Festival directed by Jeremy Corray
17. Love Lost directed by Jay Kelley
18. Oranges directed by Whitney Gelnett & Emily Hatcher
19. Playing Dead directed by Mike Rohlfing & Carey Keane
20. Ragman directed by Dale Ward
21. The Rink directed by Ron “G Whiz” Butts
22. The Rotten Corpse directed by Meatloaf Productions
23. Slice of Pie directed by Tim Reischauer
24. Spaces directed by Zlatko Cosic
25. Tarantula Consciousness directed by Nate Callaghan
26. They Came From Above the Sea directed by Stephen Jones
27. When the Body Speaks directed by James Freivogel