Sex and Tampa Bay

The Sunscreen Film Festival is being held next week in St. Petersburg. This festival features a number of locally made films as well as indies and shorts. Here are the ones that look most interesting.

Action! Horror! Science Fiction!
A number of short films in the genre tradition including “The Seed” about a homeless veteran who looks crazy on the outside, but is really fighting a war against invisible enemies.

The Art of Pain
A man lacking inspiration in his life after experiencing a lesson in pain at the hands of Ninjas. I’m always a sucker for absurd ideas that set themselves in the real world and this seems to fit the bill.

Broke Sky
This moody Texas tale is a Southwest Noir featuring two animal disposal workers who find a dead body. It looks like it captures the modern morality tale of No Country for Old Men or A Simple Plan.

Raiders of the Lost Arc: The Adaptation
Three boys spent seven years (from 1982-1989) making their own version of Raiders of the Lost Arc. An example of homemade moviemaking at it’s best, the result is pretty much everything “Be Kind, Rewind” promised in the trailer and didn’t deliver.

Screw Cupid
Bad dates, broken hearts, and the hope of romance… this world premier by Florida Native Sanjeev Sirpal seems like the perfect companion for our sucky dating life.

Fema City
A documentary about the people left in FEMA camps after Hurricane Charley. Considering that the storm was on track to hit Tampa Bay before that last minute swerve, this could very easily have been a story about us. And it still could as we enter another Hurricane Season.

Strong Women and Why They Matter
This block of short films and documentaries focus on women who never give up, don’t listen to society, and make their own path. One quibble: why is this only being shown at noon on Friday? That when most modern women are still at work!

Get the full scoop on the Sunscreen Film Festival (and buy your tickets) at the official website.