The screening of Steven Hoffen’s film, ‘Growing Peace In The Middle East” will be on Sunday, May 1 at the Sunscreen Film Festival in St. Petersburg, Florida. Hoffen will be competing for Best High School Short.

The Sunscreen Film Festival boasts an annual attendance of over 10,000! and is organized and presented by the St. Petersburg-Clearwater Film Society, a not-for-profit 501(c) (3) organization, which is dedicated to educating the public about the art of visual storytelling, enhancing opportunities for filmmakers to develop their craft and art, and increasing the public’s awareness and support of filmmaking as a cultural asset. The annual Sunscreen Film Festival supports and enhances St. Petersburg’s economic profile by putting on an internationally recognized event to draw tourism and international media coverage to St. Petersburg, FL.