Former St. Petersburg Student Awarded For Feature Film Debut

UCF graduate Erin Kitzinger's thesis film "Hope For A Thorn" won the Audience Award for Best Narrative Feature at the 2010 Gasparilla International Film Festival in Tampa.

Kitzinger, a graduate of St. Petersburg High School, will also screen the 74-minute film at the upcoming Sunscreen Film Festival April 14-18 in St. Petersburg.

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