An award-winning short fi lm shot entirely on location in Kingfisher and directed by a Kingfisher native will be screened Sunday in the 20 Years of Okie Shorts Showcase at the Rodeo Cinema in Oklahoma City.

“Wrung,” the first short fi lm written and directed by Kingfisher High School alum J. Logan Alexander, now of Los Angeles, was selected for the honor by the deadCenter Film Festival.

“Wrung” is the story of a drifter on the amateur rodeo circuit, played by fellow KHS grad drama classmate Tye Chapman, and features scenes shot at the Kingfisher County Fairgrounds rodeo arena, the Hitchin’ Post and other local venues.

Locals also appear as extras in the film, which includes scenes shot at the Kingfi sher Roundup Club rodeo. Dr. A.J. Johnson and Kurt Kaya, Alexander’s former film and media teachers, provided cameras and other equipment, and their current media students also assisted with the fi lming.

The short fi lm fi rst premiered at Oklahoma City’s deadCenter Film Festival in 2015 and also garnered awards for best editing at the Big as Texas Short Film Festival, best student film at the Tulsa American Film Festival, best director and Andrew S. Horton Screenwriting Award at the Red Bud Film Festival and best short screenplay at the Twister Alley Film Festival.

Alexander, the son of Jim and Roxie Alexander of Kingfi sher,

SCENES FROM “Wrung,” selected for screening Sunday as part of the 20 Years of Okie Shorts Showcase at in the dead-Center Film Festival in

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now works in Hollywood, Calif., as a director’s assistant for Sweetshot Films while also continuing to earn accolades as an independent fi lmmaker.

Most recently, Alexander’s short screenplay, “A Beautiful Day,” about a dying hitman with a magical gun, was named a fi nalist in the Screencraft Short Screenplay Contest, semifi - nalist in the San Francisco IndieFest Screenplay Contest and quarterfi nalist in the Slamdance Screenplay Festival.

Alexander said his most high profile work to date is a commercial for Phoenix, a Grammy Award-winning indie rock band from Versailles, France, announcing the release of a book on the band’s history last fall.

“Wrung” was completed as Alexander’s senior directing thesis for his 2016 bachelor’s degree in fi lm and media studies from the University of Oklahoma and also served as his graduate school submission project at Boston University, where he earned a master of fi ne arts degree in cinema.

“It would have been impossible to make ‘Wrung’ without the support of everyone in Kingfisher,” Alexander said. “ After living in LA, I can proudly say it’s the best set I’ve ever worked on.”

He expressed appreciation to area residents who served as extras, offered shooting locations “and made it feel like we were a real movie.”

“I’m very proud to be from Kingfisher, and it’s an honor to be a part of the screening for deadCenter,” Alexander said.

“Wrung,” screens at 4:30 p.m. Sunday in the “Okie Journeys” screening block at the Rodeo Cinema at 2221 Exchange Ave., Oklahoma City. The screening is free, with limited tickets available on a fi rst-come-fi rstserve basis.