St. Pete’s Sunscreen Film Festival kicks off Thursday

The Sunscreen Film Festival has been bringing both local and nationally-recognized actors, filmmakers, writers and aspiring creatives together for almost two decades, and its 19th installment kicks off this week at the Sundial AMC 12 .

In addition to screening nearly 200 films over four days—from Florida-based shorts, documentaries and dramas to comedies, foreign films and student-produced works—a variety of movie-related workshops and panels will also take place throughout the festival.

Organizers say Sunscreen, which is described as “the epicenter of indie cinema since 2005,” draws up to 10,000 attendees to downtown St. Petersburg each spring with a projected economic impact of about $20 million dollars.

Tickets to individual films—like the “Food Roots” documentary from actor and restaurateur Billy Dec (pictured), who has a restaurant in Tampa—or blocks of shorts run for $12 while passes for an entire day of screenings cost $65.

The 19th annual Sunscreen Film Festival returns to St. Pete's AMC Sundial 12 from Thursday-Sunday, April 25-28. Subscribe to Creative Loafing newsletters.

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