PROJECTS IN DEVELOPMENT/PREPRODUCTION/PRODUCTION:
AGAINST THE SPREAD
Feature drama in post-production. Mitchell Cole writes and directs. Thomas Rondinella produces.
A re-imagination of “The Merchant of Venice” set in the Florida Panhandle.
PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL
Drama short in post-production. Claire Driscoll and Emily Feazel directs. William Pace and Thomas Rondinella produce
A troubled college student gets mentored by her old professor through a traumatic ordeal
S-W 101
Drama short in post-production. William Pace writes and directs. Thomas Rondinella and William Pace produce
A screenwriting teacher, suffers a meltdown during the middle of class and must use his rules of screenwriting to recover from it.
DIAL COVID-19
Drama short in post-production. William Pace writes and directs. Thomas Rondinella and William Pace produce.
Blood & Tears
short horror tale in post-production. William Pace writes and directs. Thomas Rondinella and William Pace produce.
A Teacher’s Nightmare
short written and directed by William Pace. Thomas Rondinella provided production support. Currently in post production.
COMPLETED PROJECTS:
CAMMY
A woman is convinced she has a serious illness, but is unable to convince anyone; not her doctor, not her mother, … nor her husband who cheated on her.
WORLD PREMIERE: Short.Sweet Film Festival, Cleveland, Ohio February, 2021. Also screened at Big Apple Film Festival in New York City, July 2021; Eau Claire International Film Festival, October 2021; Orlando Film Festival, October 2021; Studio City International Film & TV Festival, North Hollywood, Califormia, November 2011 (WINNER – Gretchen Hall, Best Actress); Chandler International Film Festival, Chandler, Arizona, January 2022 (NOMINATED- BEST SHORT); Sunscreen Film Festival, St. Petersburg, Fl., April 2022; Myrtle Beach International Film Festival, Myrtle Beach, SC., April 2022; Florence Film Awards, Florence, Italy, (International Premiere) April 2020; Showroom Shorts, South Yorkshire, England, May 2022
“Creating Cammy” BTS video https://vimeo.com/672461775
Third Party Witness
Nicole and Oreste Julius were in love in law school — until each believed the other betrayed their trust. They then broke up, graduated and moved on to separate lives and careers… until meeting once again on opposing sides of their very first case. Determined to ignore the past, they proceed to take the testimony of a witness in a routine matter, only to discover the witness has a secret he is determined to share. Unsure if this secret will prove detrimental to their cases, the two young lawyers argue whether or not to let the witness share it on the record. But during this heated exchange old wounds re-open, ultimately leading each to reveal their own secret about their former relationship, leaving them to finally come to terms with the truth.
World Premiere- SOMA Film Festival, March 2018; Orlando Film Festival, October 2018; Short Sweet Film Festival, Cleveland, OH, March 2019, UFVA Conference, Minneapolis, Minnesota, August 2019, New York Shorts International Film Festival, New York, NY, June 2019; Monmouth Film Festival, Monmouth, NJ, August 2019; Oaxaca Filmfest, Oaxaca, Mexico, October 2019; International Shorts Film Festival, Australia, December 2019.
Nominated – Best Medium Short, Clean Shorts Film Festival, Choctaw, OK, May 2020.
Little Piggy
new short from director, William Pace. Thomas Rondinella served as first AD. A dark comedy inspired by an attempt to read Fifty Shades of Grey, and imagines a couple, long past their honeymoon period, who find reconnection in a highly unusual way.
Winner- Best Short- UFVA Conference, Los Angeles, CA, August 2017. World Premiere- Short. Sweet Film Festival, Cleveland, OH, March 2018; Orlando Film Festival, October 2018.
Big Shot (Pezzonovante)
a girl that proposes a deal to the mob that they can’t refuse.
World Premiere- Chandler International Film Festival, Chandler, AZ. Winner- Best Comedy Short, December 2016; SOMA Film Festival, South Orange, NJ, March, 2017; Garden State Film Festival, March 2017; Short. Sweet Film Festival, Cleveland, OH, March 2017; Gasparilla International Film Festival, Tampa, FL, March 2017; Hang Onto your Shorts Film Festival, Asbury Park, NJ, April 2017. Orlando Film Festival, Orlando, FL, October 2017; New York Shorts Film Festival, New York, New York, November 2017; Hang Onto your Shorts Film Festival (Encore), Asbury Park, NJ, April 2018.
Teaming Up
A short comedy about corporate raiders that make a “killing”.
WORLD PREMIERE- Orlando Film Festival-Oct. 2015; Englewood International Film Festival, Chicago, Il., October 2015; Tampa Bay Underground Film Festival, Tampa Bay, FL, December 2015; Depth of Field International Film Festival, Fall 2015; Short. Sweet Film Festival, Cleveland, OH, March 2016; Garden State Film Festival, March 2016; UNO Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, May 2016; UFVA Conference, Las Vegas, NV, August 2016.
Communication Breakdown
A short comedy that explores a marital spat in a unique way. Written by William R. Pace, Directed by Thomas Rondinella.
World Premiere: Sun and Sand Film and Music Festival, Gulfport, MS. October 2014. Garden State Film Festival, Atlantic City, NJ March 2015, Hang onto your Shorts Film Festival, Asbury Park, NJ 2015, UNO Film Festival, New Orleans, LA, 2015, Brightside Tavern Film Festival, Jersey City, NJ- NOMINATED- Best NJ Short.
SANKOFA: The Untold Story of Harry Herbert Pace
feature length documentary produced by Catfish Studios.
Harry Herbert Pace was one of the most important African American entrepreneurs and civil rights activists of the 20th century. Yet, when he died, his children passed into the white race, and never spoke of their African American ancestry, or their father’s legacy again, and this great business and cultural pioneer was all but forgotten by society.
Then in 2007, Harry H. Pace’s grandson discovered the family secret and embarked on a unique journey of discovery, identity, and celebration, in the hope that Harry Herbert Pace’s achievements would once again be remembered.
Dark Corner
a short silent comedy produced by Catfish Studios and directed by Bob Pusateri.
World Premiere: Garden State Film Festival, March 2012; Waterfront Film Festival, Saugatuck, MI, June 2012; Minneapolis Underground Film Festival, August 2012; Downbeach Film Festival (Nominated for five awards-Best Short, Best Director, Best Writer, Best Actress, Best Actor; Winner- Best Director, Best Actress) October 2012; Shared Concert- Musical score performed live, University of Albany- State University of New York, October 2012; The Noyes Museum of Art of Stockton College Independent Film Festival, November,2012.
Good Day for It
Thomas Rondinella produced this feature film , a modern day western drama. The film was completed in March 2011 and has played in four film festivals:
Sonoma Film Festival, 2011- WINNER, Audience Award, Best Feature
Philadelphia Cinefest, 2011
Nashville Film Festival, 2011
Newport Beach Film Festival, 2011
Long Island International Film Festival, 2011.
Curb Entertainment, the International Sales distributor, has sold the film worldwide, and Naedomi Media, the domestic distributor, released the film theatrically in Los Angeles on July 22, 2011. The film debuted on DVD nationally on October 28, 2011 and is available via Netflix & RedBox.
Here is a link to the trailer of the film: A GOOD DAY FOR IT Trailer
Beating Hearts
short horror film produced by Catfish Studios and director Matt Garret who also directed the feature film MORRIS COUNTY that Catfish Studios produced.
“Beating Hearts” has played in seventeen American and international film festivals to date and has won two awards:
World Premiere: Fantasia Film Festival, Montreal, CA Philadelphia Film and Music Film Festival All Things Horror New York Horror Film Festival Philadelphia Cinefest Boston Underground Film Festival, Winner – Best Director – Short Feature Dead By Dawn Festival, Edinboro, Scotland Rio Fantastic Festival, Rio De Janiero, Brazil Spooky Movie International Film Festival Celluloid Screams 2011, Sheffield, England Daggers Film Festival, New York Museum of Arts and Design Chicago International Film Festival Rio De Janeiro International Short Film Festival, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Special Presentation: Blue Sunshine, Montreal, CA; Belfast Film Festival, Northern Ireland; A Night of Short Films, Trocadero-Philadelphia, PA.; Motel-X, Lisbon International Horror Film Festival; Rumschpringe International Short Film Festival, Lancaster, PA,October 2002; Festival Numbra Monterey, Mexico, October 2013. VOD Release: Fearnet.com, April 2013. DVD release: May 2013.
“Beating Hearts” is released with Morris County on DVD.
SCRAPPERS: How The Heartland Won World War II
a Catfish Studio feature documentary concerning the 1942 Scrap Iron Drive in Nebraska and contrasting the effort to today’s war on terror.
SCRAPPERS is distributed by Passion River, has played on Nebraska Public Television, available in over 100 libraries and can be purchased on Ebay here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/141525553619?hash=item20f39491d3:g:PygAAOSwnDxUpA0y
Morris County
a feature length trilogy of dark tales concerning family life that take the viewer to the edge of uneasiness …. and then pushes beyond. Produced by Catfish Studios, MORRIS COUNTY is released on DVD by Beneath Releasing.
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AV98pzfGoFM
UNHOLY
Following World War II, a classified U.S. military document recounting the results of a Nazi occult experiment was uncovered and smuggled into an underground facility in Downingtown, Pennsylvania. Many years later, a mother (Adrienne Barbeau) and her son (BUFFY’S Nicholas Brendon) are confronted with the grisly reality of a family member’s suicide. Are these events linked? What seems like a random family tragedy leads to a conspiracy of bizarre crimes, occult carnage and a necromancer who may control a new arsenal of demonic warfare including paranormal powers, time travel and satanic rituals.
UNHOLY, produced by Catfish Studios, is distributed worldwide by renown distributors Anchor Bay Entertainment, a division of Starz Media.
Charming Billy
a feature length drama that is a haunting portrait of the quiet, desperate violence lurking beneath a deceptively smooth surface as one man struggles to understand what has led him to commit the unimaginable.
Produced by Catfish Studios, the script was a three-time finalist at the Sundance Institute’s prestigious Screenwriting Lab. The film premiered at the AFI Los Angeles Int’l Film Festival where actor Michael Hayden won a coveted Best Actor award for his riveting portrayal of the title character. CHARMING BILLY was distributed by Wellspring Films (a division of The Weinstein Co.) and also broadcast on the Independent Film Channel.