Artists

Corey Allen

What: Eric Durham: Florida's Confidence Man
When: 11 am Saturday, April 10, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $5

Corey Allen describes himself as a "young brother from Florida who loves the process of filmmaking.
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What: "With These Hands", "Carnival Train", "Wild Caught"
When: "With These Hands" - 8:30 pm Friday, April 9, 2010
"Carnival Train" - 6:30 pm Friday, April 9, 2010
"Wild Caught" - 5:30pm Saturday, April 10, 2010
Where: Studio Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $5

After careers as a medieval archaeologist, book editor, and writer, Cornelia Wright Barr never anticipated working in filmmaking. Her husband, Matthew Barr, has been involved with filmmaking since he was thirteen when he made his first 16-mm film with a Bell & Howell wind-up camera.
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Garrett Brown

What: "What Lurks in the Dark"
When: 9:00 pm Thursday, April 10, 2010
Where: Studio Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $5

Garrett Brown, age 18, a senior in the TV/film production department at Blake High School in Tampa, Florida, has been entertaining his family, friends and fellow students for years with humorous short films showcasing his hand-hewn claymation characters.
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Carissa Dorson

What: Screening: "Chicken Cheerleader"
When: 7:30 pm Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, (HCC Performing Arts Building)
Tickets: Free

Carissa Dorson migrated from Maryland to attend the Florida State University Film School. After an initial focus on editing, however, she discovered an interest in writing, directing, and cinematography as well.
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Bill Dudley

What: "Telling the Story"
When: 4:30pm Friday, April 9, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $5

Bill Dudley has been involved in radio since his high school days in the 1960s. Since 1993 he's produced a series of radio reports for the Florida Humanities Council which have run on many of the state's NPR stations.
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Dawn Elliott

What: Director, "Taboo: Ronny Elliott
When: 2:00-6:00 pm Saturday, April 10, 2010
Where: Silver Meteor Gallery
Tickets: $5

Dawn Elliott is a multi-media journalist based in Tampa. Her first documentary, "Weight of the World", screened at the 2004 Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival.
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Adrian Errico

What: Director, "The First Indication"
When: 7:30 pm Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: Free

Adrian Errico is currently a third-year student pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of South Florida, with a focus in electronic media and the digital arts.
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Paul and Sandra Fierlinger

What: "By Dog Tulip"
When: 9:00 pm Saturday, April 10, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $10

Paul Fierlinger, born in Japan in 1936, made his first animated film at the age of 12 by shooting drawing in his flipbook with a 16mm Bolex. He since has produced traditional and computer-assisted, hand-drawn animations for PBS, ABC and US Healthcare, among other organizations. Sandra Fierlinger, an artist in her own right, has collaborated with her husband on many films.
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Ramuel Galarza

What: Screening: "Faithless"
When: 7:30 pm Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, (HCC Performing Arts Building)
Tickets: Free

Ramuel Galarza was raised in Gainesville, Florida. In 2008, he moved to Tallahassee, Florida, to attend the Film School at Florida State University. While attending FSU, he worked on eleven short films including "Faithless".
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Brett Ingram

What: "Rocaterrania"
When: 5:00pm Saturday, April 10, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $5

Formerly a journalist, physics teacher, and electrical engineer on the Space Shuttle Main Engine Program, Brett Ingram has been making films since 1990. His short documentaries and animated films have screened at more than 150 festivals, winning thirty awards collectively.
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Stan Kozna

What: "Gentlemen, We've Got to Go"
When: 7:30 pm Friday, April 9, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $10

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Charlotte Lee

What: Art Exhibit: "Dreamers and Troublemakers"
When: April 5-15, 2010 (Opening Reception: 6-9pm April 8, 2010)
Where: HCC-Ybor Gallery (HCC Performing Arts Building)
Tickets: Free

A native of Plant City, Florida, Charlotte Lee currently lives, works, paints, sews, sculpts, bakes and sings in Athens, Georgia. Child of Bud and Peggy Lee, artists and co-founders of the Artists and Writers Group, Charlotte grew up making objects from glitter, construction paper and glue.
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Joshua Long and Michael Long

What: Director, producer, "The Source
When: 9:00 pm Saturday, April 10, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $5

"The Source" is Joshua Long's first short film. In addition to producing "The Source", Michael Long has produced festival-award-winning films.
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Thomas Lorne

What: Screening: "Complete History of the World"
When: 7:30 pm Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, (HCC Performing Arts Building)
Tickets: Free

Thomas Lorne is a writer, director and artist from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He earned his MFA from Florida State University in 2009. He is committed to making risky films that play with the conventions of narrative.
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Charles Lyman

What: Writer and director, "Journeys in the Kingdom of Shadows,
"Moving Water: A Brook Through Time"
When: 4:00 pm Saturday, April 10, 20100
Where: Mainstage Theater HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $5

Charles Lyman is a Professor of Film and Electronic Media at the University of South Florida and President of Atlantic Productions. He is the founding director of the Chinsegut Conference on the Moving Image.
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Diran Lyons and Matthew Potter

"Goodbye Victoria" is the first full-length collaborative film by co-directors Diran Lyons and Matthew Potter.
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Peter Melaragno

What: Editor, "Journeys in the Kingdom of Shadows
When: 4:00 pm Saturday, April 10, 20100
Where: Mainstage Theater HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $5

In his career, Melaragno has worked as a contract editor for dozens of films and videos, and has written, edited, directed and/or produced over a dozen 16mm and video documentary and narrative films of his own.
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Christina Santa Cruz

What: "March 31"
When: 7:30 pm Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Mainstage, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: Free

Christina Santa Cruz wrote and directed the short film "March 31. She is one of the students competing in the Festival's student filmmakers competition.
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Andre Silva

What: "Ichthyopolis"
When: 7:30 pm Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $10

Andre Silva teaches film classes at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington as a Guest Artist. His filmmaking interests include experimental animation with an emphasis on the intersection of high camp, the absurd and the esoteric.
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Fred Smith

What: "The Valedictorian's Moment"
When: 7:30 pm Friday, April 9, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $10

A product of the Florida public school system, Fred Smith is a husband, father and storyteller who's authored several films and more TV commercials than he can remember.
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Alexander Solomita

What: "Ground Is Lava"
When: 7:30 pm Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $10

Alexander Solomita is a student at the University of Tampa, majoring in Film and Media Arts.
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Ryan Stone

What: Director, "Tampa Urban Exporation
When: 7:30 pm Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: Free

Ryan Stone is a full-time student at Hillsborough Community College but will transfer to the University of South Florida School of Art this fall to purse a photograph major.
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Tampa Film Network Showcase

What: "Showcase films"
When: 7:00 pm Wednesday April 7, 2010
Where: Mainstage, HCC Performing Arts Building
Tickets: $10

The Tampa Film Network presents the best films from its Showcase event. These films were nominated by Network members.
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Fawn Testa

What: Screening: "Prom Date"
When: 7:30 pm Thursday, April 8, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, (HCC Performing Arts Building)
Tickets: Free

Fawn Testa is a junior at the University of Tampa (Florida), majoring in Film and Entrepreneurship.
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Christopher W. Weeks

Christopher W. Weeks teaches photograph and digital art at the Ybor City campus of the Hillsborough Community College. His work deals with sardonic socio-political observations of the world around us, presented in a neo-pop, graphic, comic style.
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Sherry White, Jennice Ripley, Rhonda Buckley

What: "Crackie"
When: 9:00 pm Friday, April 9, 2010
Where: Mainstage Theater, (HCC Performing Arts Building)
Tickets: $10

Sherry White wrote and directed "Cracke", her first feature-length film. Jennice Ripley and Rhonda Buckley served as producers of the film.