The St. Augustine Film Festival will be having its 15th season, January 9-12th, 2025 in Historic Downtown St. Augustine. Forty films from 25 countries are programmed in addition to nightly parties planned. All of the venues are within walking distance.
Within the forty films, you may want to check out these local films.
Women of the Watershed. A young woman journeys to the source of the Everglades headwaters to better understand the historic challenges of water management and pollution that now threaten this fragile ecosystem. Along the way she will meet a new generation of advocates who are redefining the balance of women in conservation.
Against The Spread. Anthony, a rugged gambler living in a southern trailer park, reignites an old rivalry with Shiloh, a menacing loan shark, in order to fund his nitwitted nephew's 'get rich quick' scheme involving a nose-job, beach house, and online girlfriend. Things spiral into chaos after Anthony's other nephew, Lorenzo, becomes entangled in a star-crossed romance with Shiloh's daughter, Jamelia, and the three family members are plunged into a web of grave peril.
Class of Her Own. During her first 25 years at Duval Elementary, Gloria Jean Merriex was a typical teacher. She adhered faithfully to her district's rigid pacing guides. But after her school flunked its high-stakes state exam, the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test, she changed. Completely. As a result of failing the FCAT, Duval faced major consequences. They included a budget freeze and the threat of a shutdown. The state and district pressured Gloria and her colleagues to strictly follow the curriculum and guidelines.
Ocklawaha: Tales My Father Told. A symphonic poem by John Gottsch as performed by the South Florida Symphony Orchestra. The "tales," based on the composer's childhood memories with his father on the mystical Ocklawaha River, are impressionistically filmed by Emmy winner Mark Emery, and narrated by Peter Coyote.
Thank You, Places. A group of friends try to make a "film" to save their theatre company from falling apart during a pandemic. But filmmaking ineptitude, old affairs, and new betrayals may be the virus that ends their company before any global pandemic does. Entirely shot in Broward County.
Unlikely Mermaid. An Unlikely Mermaid and her 79-year-old friend audition to be World Famous Weeki Wachee Mermaids.
You can buy tickets to individual screenings. Passes are available that can include a Lewis badge for that venue's planned screenings, an all films badge, and all access badge that includes party admissions. Find your schedule of films, tickets, passes and more on the festival's website
https://www.staugfilmfest.com.