By
WENDI ZONGKER, My Nassau Sun
FERNANDINA BEACH - A film four years in the making by Fernandina Beach High
School students will be shown at the inaugural Amelia Island Film Festival.
Amelia Island: Isle of Eight Flags is a documentary on the island's history.
Former Fernandina Beach High advanced TV production teacher Rob Hicks, who
produced the 60-minute film, said the majority of the film's $11,000 price tag
was spent on equipment the school will keep.
Hicks said trying to make a professional film with students was the biggest
challenge.
"We wanted to make a professional documentary, and I think we did that," he
said. "But it was difficult to make ourselves go that extra step working only
one hour a day."
The film, produced in association with the Amelia Island Museum of History, was
completed this summer. Hicks said the students involved have graduated, but he
expects several of them to be at the festival.
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If you go
The Amelia Island Film Festival will run Thursday through Sunday, Sept. 28, in
Fernandina Beach. The festival includes screenings of more than 30 films, as
well as workshops and question-and-answer sessions with filmmakers.
Passes are $100 for adults, $150 for adult couple, $45 for students to age 24.
$10 per individual screening; tickets go on sale 20 minutes before show. The
festival gala will be 8 to 10 p.m. Friday at the Florida House Inn. $25.
335-1110 or ameliaislandfilmfestival.org.~~~TO SEE THE FILM
Amelia Island: Isle of Eight Flags is scheduled to be shown at the Palace Saloon
at 2:30 p.m. Thursday, 3 p.m. Friday, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 27, and 10:30
a.m. Sunday, Sept. 28.
DVDs of the film can purchased for $15 at Books Plus, the Book Loft,
Alexander's, Resort to Home and the Amelia Island Museum of History. Proceeds
benefit Fernandina Beach High School.