It's been less than a year since a standing room only crowd packed St. Pete's State Theatre for the first Saints and Sinners Film Festival. The festival's promoters promised they'd be back and, lo and behold, SS2 is already upon us.On Saturday, Nov. 30, The State Theatre plays host to the second installment of Saints and Sinners, a festival whose declared goal is to generate interest for independent filmmaking in Florida. Local feature-length and short films will be screened in the categories of "Non-horror Comedy and Drama" (Saints) and "Horror" (Sinners), and awards will be presented to winners in each division.
Among the homegrown films screened at SS2 will be Pete Bauer's Justice, Jennifer Whitaker's Winter's End and the local documentaries We Believe and Gibtown. A slew of films with titles like Filthy, The Uninvited and Wonder Boy 2 will also be showcased. Special guests will include scream queen Linne'a Quigley (Return of the Living Dead) and independent filmmaker Mike Fox, and don't be surprised if one or two other semi-famous mystery men and women also show up. Call 727-688-5756 or visit www.renegadefilms.net.
This article appears in Nov 27 – Dec 3, 2002.