| January 27, 2007 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 5:00 pm |
Date:
Saturday January 27, 2007
Time:
10:00am - 5:00pm
Location:
Kristauf’s Martini Bar
825 Main St.
Park City, UT 84060
Noon - 1:15
Peepshow
Director: Robert Deleskie
TRT: 3:31 min
Inside the absurdist world of a peepshow, a couple pay to watch an unusual latex fantasy, where the performers’ first tentative touches lead to an increasingly competitive game of “slaps”. The game takes a serious turn when a hand crosses the line…
New York, New York
Director: Steve Rodriguez / 5Boro
TRT: 19 min
A TromaDance tradition of featuring the best videos from NYC’s sickest skateboarders returns!
Monument
Director: Alain Delannoy
TRT: 12:10 min
Boy embarks on an odyssey in what appears to be a bleak and destitute landscape. It is, however, the very journey leads him to discover not only the hidden meaning of his environment but also his own identity and ultimately, his very destiny. (animation)
DVD
Director: Ciro Altabas
TRT: 17 min
A love/hate story structured in the mindset of a DVD collecting obsessive.
I’m Keith Hernandez
Director: Rob Perri
TRT: 19 min
A version of Hernandez’s life is utilized to discuss how male identity is shaped by media.
Meet H
Director: Ruud Vrugt
TRT: 5:34
A love story in three acts. We follow “H”, an average guy, in his desperate search for love.
1:15 - 2:15
Maternity Blue
Director: Shunsuke Yamamoto
TRT: 17 min
Akiko, she is living in the dirty and noisy industrial area as a housewife. She lost her love and passion for her husband. Then she started looking for one night stand…
The Man with Apple-Shaped Boxing Gloves
Director: Jason LaRay Keener & Jeremiah Ledbetter
TRT: 7:43 min
An assault of bizarre scenarios such as a man finding a dead bird in a rat trap and an elderly woman trying to retrieve her taxes from a dog.
Guedro
Director: Nicola Dulion
TRT: 33:03 min
A man, obviously disturbed, at the wheel of his car, on the road of the salt-water marshes. He stops, swallows some pills, and is followed by a woman rabbit with a machete in hand. Let’s begin the hunt…
2:15 - 3:15
Mother
Director: Chris Gormley
TRT: 12 min
Years after chemical warfare drove humanity underground, one woman (Mother) must choose to obey the Orwellian government or face termination.
Winged Victory
Director: Victoria Prince
TRT: 7:40 min
The circus comes to town in dizzying degrees of dementia.
Animus
Director: Neal Zero
TRT: 1:53 min
This film explores self-inflicted violence and hatred through a myriad of textured motion palettes. Set to a dark score, Animus successfully arouses a feeling of unease in the viewer.
La Lupe I En Bruno
Director: Marc Riba & Anna Solanas
TRT: 5:30 min
Lupe likes Bruno. Bruno doesn’t like Lupe. A fascinating passion story of impossible love, of… OK, maybe it’s only Lupe and Bruno’s story. (animation)
Zombie Prom
Director: Vince M. Marcello
TRT: 35:58 min
A 1950s horror comic book brought to life as a musical comedy film – is the Atomic Age tale of TOFFEE and her rebel boyfriend, JONNY. The two fall in love, but their School Principal (portrayed by RuPaul) intervenes persuading Toffee to break up with him. In despair, Jonny flings himself into a nuclear reactor. Toffee mourns until the day Jonny returns, risen from the dead – AS A TEENAGE NUCLEAR ZOMBIE!
3:15 - 4:15
Mr Consumption
Director: Max Margulies and Naoko Masuda
TRT: 3:17 min
Mr Consumption, born with an obscure deformity that forces things into his mouth whenever it happens to open, falls in love. (animation)
The Pit and the Pendulum
Director: Marc Lougee
TRT: 7:04 min
Is it death that is the most harrowing, or the means by which it is brought about? From this premise we watch our hero struggle to understand his quandary in order to find hope and faith, all the while discovering the fiendish machinations his captors employ, to ratchet up the pressure in their efforts to unhinge him. (animation- produced by legendary animator Ray Harryhausen!)
Subway Stalker
Director: Mike Pecci
TRT: 7 min
Have you ever found true love on a subway train? What if u did every time?
Bottleneck
Director: Andrew Shipsides
TRT: 11 min
Driven by an unquenchable thirst, a young man stumbles through his dreams in a quest to find water. He must identify his true desire if he is ever to escape.
Rabbit Stories
Director: Sean Conway
TRT: 8 min
Rabbit Stories is a study of mental illness; a portrait of a young schizophrenic man called Fenton Fuller.
Fuddlebe
Director: John Reed
TRT: 11:15
The story of an old man who runs a funeral home in a small town where no one seems to die. (animation)
Hollow
Director: Paul Bickel
TRT: 9 min
Initially, it seems to be a portrait of the American family…
Presents
Director: Michael Peterson
TRT: 6:30 min
An apartment building. An anonymous present. A toy robot. A drunken cowboy. Loud neighbors. All of these elements will interconnect before Brendan is able to enjoy a good night’s sleep.
WITCHWISE
Director: Joe Harris
Everyone adores Andrew, including his old Aunt Mary. Rather, she did…
until she died. Now, standing at her funeral, his Aunt’s casket open before him, Andrew reflects on the last time he saw Mary alive, the shocking events that led to her death and the terrible secret she took to her grave. WITCHWISE is a swirling tale of horror and magic, murder and vengeance in which one bad little boy learns an important lesson- Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it! - J.Harris
4:15 - 5:00
Violeta, la pescadora del mar negro
Director: Marc Ribas & Anna Solanas
TRT: 9 min
Violeta loves best fishing into the darkest depths. (animation)
Popsy
Director: Brian Haynes
TRT: 24:12 min
In this Stephen King tale from ‘Nightmares and Dreamscapes’, a gambler must pay back a debt by committing a crime that may be more dangerous for him than his intended victim.
The Eyes of Edward James
Director: Rodrigo Gudino
TRT: 15 min
Edward is regressed into the traumatic memory of the evening that his wife, Sarah, was brutally murdered. As his story unveils, however, it becomes apparent that what is seen through Edward’s eyes is different from what his doctor believes is happening.
Special Presentation (not an official festival selection):
Eggs-clusive sneak-beak of selected scenes from Troma’s new work-in-progress, Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead– in theaters soon!
Director: Lloyd Kaufman
