Sunscreen Film Festival

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 hosting nearly 200 screenings 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.