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.

About the Festival

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.

Submission Details

The Sunscreen Film Festival typically takes submissions from filmmakers between August and December, and the festival itself operating in April of the following year.

Submissions can be made through Withoutabox.

Festival Contact

Website:  www.sunscreenfilmfestival.com

Festival Executive Director: Tony Armer