For Press Release 4.10.

2014

The city's cinematic past meets the future as the 4th annual
Thomas Meighan & Black Maria Film and Video Festival on
Friday May 2, at the Richey Suncoast Theatre. Filled to capacity
the last couple of years, the festivals proves to be successful. Film
enthusiasts as far as Manatee and Citrus Counties make the drive
each year to enjoy short format lms/videos at the only historic
venue of its type in Pasco County.

We are proud to bring back both the The 4th annual
Thomas Meighan and The 33rd Black Maria Festival Film and
Video Festivals. This Double feature will showcase local work
from lmmaker Bobby Marinelli of Hudson, as well as ofcial
international selections from some of the largest critically
acclaimed lm festivals. For more information about the lms
and their artists view the complete line up on our website
www.tmlmfest.com

The event is held annually at the Meighan theatre, the only
historic theatre in Pasco County. The festival provides a venue for
students and local talented artists to showcase their work to the
community in hopes to inspire and advance a greater appreciation
of independent lm and digital art. Your support is greatly
appreciated and we hope to see you there.

Festival Directors:
Robert Mateja
Deborah Pentivolpi
Marie Skelton


4th Annual THOMAS MEIGHAN FILM FESTIVAL &
33rd BLACK MARIA FILM + VIDEO FESTIVAL
FRIDAY MAY 2, 2014 @ Richey Suncoast Theatre
Program Begins at 7:30pm. Doors open at 7:00pm


Tickets are $8 and Available through:
www.tmlmfest.com (online ticket sales)
& The Richey Suncoast Box Ofce
6237 Grand Boulevard
New Port Richey
727.992.0024
Email: tmlmfest@gmail.com
33rd Black Maria Film and Video Festival Tour 2014
The Richey Suncoast Theater Presented By The Thomas Meighan Project
May 2nd, 2014


Sleight of Hand Directors Choice Award
10 min. by Michael Cusack, Adelaide, Australia.

Sleight of hand refers to skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially
for entertainment or deception, as in juggling, and card or coin magic, and with the intent to trick or
deceive. Sleight of Hand is a stop-motion animated film about illusions. A man yearns to know his
place in the world and how he fits in, when sometimes it's better not to know.

Families Are Forever Jurys Citation Award
21 min. by Caitlin Ryan and Vivian Kleiman, San Francisco, CA.

Tom and Wendy are devout Mormon parents living in a conservative community. They attend
church every Sunday, obediently serving in their ward, as they raise their five children. They even
knock on doors to promote support for California's Proposition 8 created by opponents of same-
sex marriage. One day, Wendy reads her son Jordon's diary and discovers he is gay. Their lives are
changed forever as they struggle to understand and support the son that they love.

Spooners Directors Choice Award
13.5 min. by Bryan Horch, Pelham, MA.

A romantic comedy about two men and their epic quest for a grown-up bed. After finally convincing
his partner to retire their beloved futon, Nelson goes off by himself to shop for a proper
replacement. Spooners is a playful and humorous narrative film that brings to view the absurdities
and contradictions of modern life.

Watching, Waiting Directors Choice Award
11 min. by Wesley Strick, Los Angeles, CA.

At a women's health clinic, a small, dedicated staff goes to work in the face of a subtle but
pervasive sense of threat and danger. Watching, Waiting dramatizes an idealistic girl's first day of
volunteer work with these caring professionals. Meanwhile, beyond the clinic's secure confines, a
mysterious man is patiently watching and waiting. As the clock ticks and he moves from a hilltop
perch to a sniper's nest behind a grove of mesquite trees, the tension steadily mounts. This film is a
surprising look at the hot-button issue of women's reproductive rights by framing the controversy as
a taut, thriller.

5 Ways 2 Die Directors Choice Award
16.5 min. by Daina Papadaki, Nicosia, Cyprus.

How many ways are there to commit suicide? Can a suicide attempt be considered successful?
One cuckolded husband over-analyzes this subject, as he struggles to achieve his ideal result.


4th annual Thomas Meighan Film Festival
The Richey Suncoast Theater Presented By
The Thomas Meighan Project May 2nd, 2014



Check !Out
10:51 by Bobby Marinelli, Hudson, Florida

Kelly and Allison are two twenty something grocery store employees who find out that the best
friendships blossom when they are most needed. Kelly, a bagger who has Downs Syndrome requests
some time to talk to Allison, her manager about a promotion. During their meeting Allison fails to give
Kelly the respect she deserves


BOBBY MARINELLI - Writer/Director
Bobby Marinelli is a writer/director and production designer from Tampa, FL. In 2006 he graduated from
the University of Florida with a BS in Telecommunication Production. Soon after he began working in
television, with production credits on Discovery Channel's Miami Ink and Dual Survival and TLCs What
Not to Wear. In 2010 he received his MFA in Film Production from Florida State University's College of
Motion Picture Arts. His thesis project Waking Eloise, which he co-wrote and directed, has won,
among other honors, a College Television Award for comedy short, and the Grand Jury Prize for a short
at Dances With Films. It was also chosen for the American Pavilion's Emerging Filmmakers Showcase at
Cannes. As Waking Eloise continues to screen at festivals worldwide, Bobby works as Production
Designer and Art Director on feature films, including Roswell FM and The Rambler.


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04:12 by Sandra Arajo (s-ara) Portugal

s-ara is a visual artist that spent endless hours shooting at monsters and strolling through mazes. So, it
only felt natural for her to evolve through an experimental and explorative process of the visual culture of
video games and popular gif files in her animations. She still plays old school computer games.

artist statement:
Video games are a pervasive media that are influencing a wide range of social and cultural practices, so
it only felt natural for Sandra Arajo to evoke them for inspirational source. The endless hours shooting
at monsters and strolling through mazes heavily influenced her discourse and aesthetic when she first
pursued photography as the medium of choice to complete her academic studies. Nevertheless, in a
single-shot image the visual and audio immersiveness of video games got lost in the threads of the
creative process. In order to achieve some of the interaction and game play qualities of video game she
became involved into 2D computer animation. That gave her the opportunity of mashing-up iconic video
game characters and scenarios with 8bit music. The gif format is also used for its animation abilities and
widespread browser integration. It also resembles game patterns and gives it a playfulness feel and
nonsense aura by splattering different mediums into a single-channel video screening. When trying to
sum up that work / play affair she says, "The main purpose is to create animations that evolve through an
experimental and explorative process of the visual culture of video games and the spread of popular gif
files. That aesthetic choice reflects and reiterates lo-fi quality and bug / glitch images of early computer
games.# She still plays old school video games. Sandra Arajo is a visual artist undergoing the MA in
Artistic Studies Theory and Critic of Art program at Faculty of Fine Arts of University of Porto. Her
experimental animations have been screened mostly in independent film and new media festivals across


Best Man
05:30 by Tomer Werechson, Israel

synopsis
On his way to his best friend's wedding Hezi's car gets stuck. After driving for hours in the opposite
direction, fortetting to pick up the groom and almost running over a bum on a bike , he arrives on time
and proves that he is somebody you can count on kind of.....

Tomer Werechson
Tomer Werechson is a Tel Aviv university film and television graduate. During his studies he has written
and directed many short films that were screened at festivals around the world and won many awards .
These days he works as an assistant director at TTV productions and is the head of the video
department of the Tel Aviv university student association.




ZWEIBETTZIMMER (Double Occupancy)
09:23 by Fabian Giessler, Germany

synopsis
Two old men share a hospital room, in which the window is the only connection to the outside world and
thus becomes a highly demanded resource. "Double Occupancy" is a parable about the greed of man -
an animated intimate play about the power of imagination and illusion.

Fabian Giessler
born 1980 in Germany. He studied Media Art and Design at Bauhaus-University in Weimar, Germany,
and produced several short films that were presented and honored on international Film Festivals. He
works as freelance Filmmaker and lecturer for Film and Animation at the Bauhaus Film-Institute as part of
the Bauhaus-University. He lives in Weimar together with his wife and little son.

director's note
The Screenplay is based on a short story by German author Wolfdietrich Schnurre (1920-1989) - The
story about a universal conflict between two static characters was inspiring! I decided to create an
animation that reflects a problem of today's society: The greed of man. For me it was even more than
that the story circles around a self-reflexive layer about storytelling and the power of imagination. On
the other hand I wanted to show human abysses: What is the slightest difference between two people
that causes the desire for killing?

team
Written, directed & produced by Fabian Giessler
Animation: Uwe Fhrmann, Tobias Gembalski
Background design: Fabian Giessler
Voices: Kaspar Eichel, Freimut Gtsch, Roswitha Dost
Voice recording: Philip Hansmann
Sound design: Kilian Grl
Music: Fabian Giessler
Eye Candy
05:18 by Neerav Doshi, India

synopsis
A short film about a boy obsessed with a pair of spectacles! The film shows how the boy's "vision"
changes through his adventures.

Neerav Doshi
An Animation film maker and illustrator, Neerav loves watching films and meeting new people. He
believes in creative collaboration. He has studied Visual Communication at the National Institute of
Design, Ahmedabad. He is keen to explore new domains where animation can be applied.



Mr. Bear
14:15 by Andr?s Rosende, USA

synopsis
Its Christmas again: family presents parties!
the worst time of the year for Steve. Driving through New York City for Christmas Eve dinner
his car brakes down and he accidentally stumbles upon a crime scene. Mistaken for the notorious
cleaner Mr. Bear Steve has to face a difficult choice: dismember and get rid of some bodies
or become a corpse himself.

Andr?s Rosende
(Santiago de Compostela Spain 09/21/1980) Received his M.F.A. in Film from Columbia
University in New York. His film "Escape? premiered at the 2010 Sitges International Film Festival and it
has gone on to numerous festivals. "Mr. Bear" is his latest film. Andres has also co-written several
feature screenplays. Among them Christmas Kills an action comedy was quarterfinalist in the Nicholls
Fellowship in Screenwriting.


NGUTU
4:54 by Felipe Del Olmo & Daniel Valledor, Spain

synopsis
Ngutu is a newspaper street vendor who hardly sells any copies at all. Resentful, he starts watching the
passersby closely in order to make progress in his business.

Daniel Valledor
(Caracas Venezuela 10/07/1983) Graduated in both Media Studies and Advertising he specialised in film
direction at TAI and as a cinematographer at ECAM. He works as a DOP for short films documentaries
and editorial video earning various awards. In 2006 he directed his first short film Lebensraum. Ngutu
is his second work as a director.

Felipe Del Olmo
(Madrid Spain 04/13/1985) Graduated in Media Studies at Universidad Europea de Madrid. Works as a
videoclip and editorial video director. He also writes and directs his own short films: Serse (2003) Pies
desnudos corazn roto (2005) Alas de papel (2006) Noche de rayos (2010) and Ngutu (2012)
winning various awards for his work.


Umbrella Factory
4:00 by Lexie Findarle Trivundza & Nick Trivundza,


synopsis
The Umbrella Factory is an animated short film based on the horror short story, The Monkeys Paw, by
W.W. Jacobs. It is about a traveler that one evening knocked upon the door of three brothers. Asking
for a place to stay, as he has nowhere else to go, he offers them his magic talisman for payment in
exchange for room and board to come in out of the pouring rain. What the brothers learn is that the
talisman is capable of granting three wishes. But they must be careful for what they wish for. The
Umbrella Factory was created by Naissance creative lab and directed by Lexie and Nick Trivundza. It
perfectly resembles the horror story with classic drawn characters in animation. The music is a strong
factor in creating its macabre mood, also the alternation of colors in the general scheme is very fluidly
completing the narrative part.







Zombierama
7:00 by Marilina Sanchez,


Nationality: Argentina
Production: Caramba Estudio, Marilina Snchez Director: Ariel Lpez, Nano Benayn Script: Ariel
Lpez, Nano Benayn Cinematography: Ariel Lpez, Nano Benayn Music: Nicols Di Paolo Editing:
Ariel Lpez, Diego Gambarotta Animation: Ariel Lpez, Nano Benayn, Marcelo Melillo, Martn Urquijo

synopsis
On March 24, 1976 begins a dictatorship in Argentina. Along seven years the military government kills
30,000 people and installs a macabre system that deepens social and economic injustices.
Coincidentally, that day, Buenos Aires is invaded by a group of zombies. The plague grows, spreading
fear and desolation in the city, and reaches the peak in the Nineties.