The Alachua Children's Theater Film Division is now accepting students for the upcoming short film, ‘The Sandlot."

"The Sandlot" film is told through the perspective of Scotty Smalls, who is reminiscing about the summer of 1962. Smalls moves with his mother and stepfather Bill to a new neighborhood outside and struggles to make new friends.

One afternoon, he decides to follow a group of neighborhood boys, and he watches them play an improvised game of baseball at a small field, which they call the "sandlot."

All the shooting for the film will take place in Alachua and Skinner Park. Production times are Wednesdays from 5 pm to 6:30 pm, beginning Wednesday, January 12.

Those who participate can learn acting and behind-the-scenes activities such as editing, voice-overs, lighting and sound engineering.

Kids between the ages of 8 and 18 are needed. For more information, call 352-672-2122.