'Indianapolis' going Hollywood: Film on IMS tradition to be screened at L.A. film festival

"Indianapolis" is going Hollywood.

The short stop-motion film created by IndyCar photographer Shawn Gritzmacher will be screened Saturday at the Jalopnik Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Gritzmacher's work is a collection of 3,000 still photographs taken over the month of May at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

The film highlights how IndyCar Series drivers carry on the traditions of the Indianapolis 500.

"The inspiration for the short film was a similar piece created around the 24 Hours of Le Mans by motorsports photographer Camden Thrasher -- I wanted to take what he did and apply it to the Indianapolis 500," Gritzmacher said in a release distributed Thursday by IMS.

Gritzmacher is a part-time photographer and full-time visual arts teacher at White Bear Lake Area High School in Minnesota.

This is the third year of the Jalopnik event.