GENOA – With $6,000 and a lot of passion, Alexandar Wagner hopes to get his foot in Hollywood’s door.

Wagner, a 2009 Genoa-Kingston High School graduate, is coming home this summer from Columbia College in Chicago to direct his first feature-length movie with the hopes of landing film festival screenings in Chicago and Los Angeles.

The Genoa native, who once engaged his hometown with videos of high school sporting events, is ready for his biggest challenge after tasting success with a series of short films the past few years.