Which should be exciting news for those unaware we even had an annual Italian Film Festival here in St. Louis. We do, and it's been going on for ten years now. It's not well-promoted in general but it must be in the local Italian community because I've attended on the past and they always draw huge crowds (the free admission probably doesn't hurt).
St. Louisans can enjoy the local premiere of eleven recent Italian films at this year's Italian Film Festival USA of St. Louis.
Source: http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com