Screenwriting student Haley Reed will be premiering her first film, “Vigil,” Saturday evening at the Nolan Center. Filming for the project took place in Wrangell during the summer, using a local cast and crew.

Production was kept to a small budget, with between three and twelve people working on it at any one time, using personal equipment.

“Overall, I think scheduling worked out pretty well,” Reed said. After filming ended she took the film back to the University of Loyola-Marymount in Los Angeles for editing help. Though she was unsure about the work after her original cut, “wit...