Sunscreen Film Festival

The Sunscreen Film Festival is an annual film festival hosted by the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Film Society, a Florida not for profit Corporation. The primary goal of the film festival is to encourage the creation, production, and exhibition of independent film in Florida through its educational programs and public screenings, thereby increasing awareness and support of local filmmaking as a cultural and economic asset..

Now in its fifth year, the Sunscreen Film Festival hopes to continue to consistently entertain, challenge and create memorable moments for its filmmakers, special guests, judges and the film-loving public.

In May 2006, the Sunscreen Film Festival was held at Studio@620, screening thirty-five short and feature films over a two day period and hosting two world premiers, providing standing room only attendance to over three-hundred film-lovers and filmmakers, some traveling from as far as New York and Los Angeles.

Due to overwhelming popularity, the 2007 and 2008 Sunscreen Film Festival expanded its venue to include the Vinoy Renaissance Resort & Golf Club. This new venue allowed the festival to grow exponentially, collectively featuring over one-hundred short and feature films on multiple screens, and expanding its celebrity roster to include John Travolta and Kelly Preston.

In 2009, the venue moved to Muvico Theatres at Baywalk, where the celebrity roster grew still further to include actors Patrick Wilson, Michael Rooker, Bill Cobbs and Jeffrey Donovan. Over seventy short and feature films were screened, including the Southeastern Premiere of Passengers, starring Anne Hathaway and Patrick Wilson.

In 2011 the Sunscreen Film Festival will celebrate its 6th year promising year-round events, bigger movies, more celebrities and parties, and more in-depth Panels and Workshops teaching the science and art of filmmaking.

INTERESTING FACTS:

Founded by Tony Armer and Derek Miner in 2005 at the kitchen table
From 2006 to 2009, the festival saw a 600% increase in attendance
The Travolta Family Inspiration Award was created in 2009 and awarded to UT film student, Alan Mehanna
2010 will see two more additions to its film category lineup: the SunSpot award for creative television commercials, and the Cine Del Sol award for Latin filmmakers
In 2006, the festival was called the Sunscreen Film and Video Festival
The hottest film to debut at the 2007 Sunscreen Film Festival was Darius Goes West winning Best Film and the Audience Award
In 2008, the film Broke Sky won a distribution deal from York Entertainment
In 2009, the Travolta Family Inspiration Award was created
in 2010, a new category "The Sun Spot Award" will be given for Best Television Commercial


The Dogfather	Summer Camp 2011 production.
The Godmother	Summer Camp 2011 Production
The Final Frontier	Team Fluff Fluff made this movie during the Sunscreen Film Festival Summer Camp in 2010.
John Travolta at Sunscreen 2010	John Tavolta promotes States Tax insentives for Indie Flim makers in FL during an interview at Sunscreen 2010 by Kristen Ledlow.
Doc Wyatt & Sean Covel interview	Light hearted and entertaining interview of Doc Wyatt & Sean Covel just prior to their workshop at Sunscreen 2010
Phil Cooke and Dean Batali	To the point tips on how to pitch a project at "Pitchfest" by people that have done it.
Dean Batali Workshop	In this series you can hear Dean Batali executive producer for “That 70's Show, tell what he looks for when selecting a TV script
Kim Stryker Interview after Pitchfest	Great insight into how to pitch your indie project
Ralph Winter Interview	Hear Ralph Winter say what makes a movie that people will pay to see. "It's got to be a compelling story."
Indie Producing Workshops SunScreen 2010	This is an easy to follow informal workshop that for the first time film maker will be of value right from the start, it was for me. Short and to the point.

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