Two brothers from Sturgeon Bay who organized last year's student film festival in Door County are taking their show on the road this summer — complete with a tricked-out tour bus and a shot of "Lost'' star power.

In June, Steven and Brian Amos will gas up their bus Vivian and hit 50 college towns nationwide with Student Films Across America, the first traveling student-run film fest of its kind. They'll screen five short films (30 minutes or less) made by high school and college students and feature one local filmmaker in each city, hoping to attract young crowds and media attention at every stop.

Their mission: to spread the word about the recent explosion in student filmmaking. Digital technology advancements in the last five years, like affordable cameras and editing software, means more students can make films — good films — entirely on their own, Brian said.

"People just don't realize the quality that student films are now. … It's come a long way,'' Brian said. "I think what a lot of people have in mind when they hear student films is kind of pretentious, hard-to-understand, metaphorical movies,'' Brian said.

But the entries the Amos brothers received last year for their weekend Door County fest and those rolling in from across the country for this year's two-month fest on wheels are most often straight-forward narratives on topics teens and twentysomethings are going through in their own lives, Brian said.

It's no surprise that Steven and Brian are filmmakers themselves. They've done full-length movies the past couple of summers and are active in filmmaking clubs on their college campuses: Steven at Drake University in Iowa, where he's an entrepreneurial management major, and Brian, a linguistics major at Cornell University in New York.

Living in different states means they've had to organize Student Films Across America through daily phone calls and a lot of e-mails. Steven handles the majority of the organization, like renting out venues and budgets, and all the entries come to Brian's apartment in New York for initial screening.

They're able to fund the festival through entry fees, grants and private donations. There will be $35,000 in prize money up for grabs in eight categories, including $10,000 each for Best of Fest and Audience Choice.

Who walks away with the cash is up to a judging panel with some impressive credentials, including Michael Emerson, who plays evil puppet master Ben on "Lost'' and Hollywood screenwriter John August ("Charlie and the Chocolate Factory,'' "Charlie's Angels'' movies).

Steven and Brian are getting eager to climb aboard Vivian. Their first stop is June 7 in Madison, followed by Milwaukee the next night. By the time they wrap up Aug. 8 in Los Angeles for the awards ceremony (a laid-back homecoming show is slated for a week later at Third Avenue Playhouse in Sturgeon Bay), they'll have lived on the bus for 61 days.

It will have wireless Internet and Web cams so the guys can blog daily. A Global Positioning System will allow visitors to the festival Web site track the bus.

With wheels like that, celebrity judges and a growing buzz over their groundbreaking venture, these two brothers from Door County just might feel like rock stars at every stop.

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