Jul. 30—Once again Sanford will be the backdrop on the silver screen as a local director unveils his new film.

Jared Campbell, head of Spring Lane Studios, will debut the new film he directed called "Rosemary & Sage Race Against Thyme" on Aug. 4 at Spring Lane Cinema, 1351 Plaza Blvd. He describes the full-length film as a buddy cop movie filled with action, humor and plenty of blood.

"This is our sixth film," he said. "We wanted to come together and bring something to Sanford that is new."

A fan of horror slasher films, the short movies he worked on in the past followed that genre, but says this new film is different in a lot of ways.

"It follows the story of Reba Rosemary whose partner is killed, murdered by terrorists and she teams up with an FBI agent, Samantha Sage. They come together to try and track down the terrorist organization responsible for the murder. The name of the (terrorist) organization is 'Thyme.' "

"There is a lot of action, a lot of drama," he said. "It's excessively gory. This (movie) is definitely for adults."

He said most of the scenes in the movie are in and around Sanford, especially in the downtown area.

"Every single bit of the film was shot in the area," he said. "I did it mostly downtown and in some restaurants."

He said this movie, like the others that have been made, is not a one man show.

The movie's cast was made up of 40 people, the largest they've ever had. Everyone in the cast, past and present, has been made up of volunteers.

"We've been connected in some shape or form," he said. "They've all been there for me. It's kind of a wonderful thing to build this community of people that just comes out and helps. I have people from the Sanford area that heard about us and just wanted to lend a hand."

Campbell, who is the manager at Spring Lane Cinemas, started making independent films in 2015 and hasn't looked back. That's one reason he loves working at Spring Lanes Cinema and named his movie company after it.

"I started out at the lowest possible position there," he said. "I've stuck with the place through good times and bad and we're surviving. We're doing the best that we can and I would not want to work anywhere else."

Working at a movie theater gave him insight on how to make a film and inspired him to create his own. When he first started making short films it would take eight to 10 months to create a short film and the most current one was done in four. This is their first feature length film.

"Anything you want to see in a cop movie; it's in there," he said.

The movie will run until Aug. 11 and Campbell encourages people to come out and support it.

"I'm always about the community and I want the community to come out and see it," he said.