Wednesday, January 24th - BREWVIES -
5:30pm - doors open
6:20pm - Welcome to Tromadance!
6:30-8:30 - Opening Night Feature
VIVA
Director: Anna Biller
TRT: 120 min
A suburban housewife in 1972 is abandoned by her husband, and goes out to find herself in the middle of the swinging Playboy-era sexual revolution. Looking for love and adventure, she explores nudist colonies, orgies, modeling, prostitution, bisexuality, and bohemia, in a color-soaked tribute to vintage sexploitation films.
8:30-10:00
My Bloody Valentine
Director: Richard Taylor
TRT: 3 min
A guy mutilates himself to write a loveletter.
13 Ways To Die At Home
Director: Lee Lanier
TRT: 1:40 min
Poison toads. Missing socks. Carpet leeches. So many ways to die at home!
Pinater
Director: Doug Mallette
TRT: 3:48 min
Two young men play a cruel joke on a very “special” boy.
The Toll
Director: J. Zachary Pike
TRT: 7 min Computer animated mockumentary and character study in the guise of a student project created by fictional film student Harvey Stevens. Harvey delves into the realm of not-so-fantastic myth to interview a troll who lives under a bridge. (animation)
Chingaso The Clown
Director: Elias Matar TRT: 15:00
A man named Chingaso whose parents were victims of the ruthless clown Boss, Bastard the Clown, must become what he hates most.
Full Plate
Director: Todd Norris & Paul Dorrance TRT: 5:42 min
Dark comedy about a French chef who will stop at nothing to impress an American food critic.
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Director: Becky Cady
TRT: 3:46 min
Some people weren’t meant to be together..
Uh-Oh! The ZOMBIES AGAIN?
Section
Day Off the Dead
Director: Lee Lanier
TRT: 6:40 min
Dead guy and dead girl try to find romance in a dead world.
Story of the Dead
Director: Emré Oleayto
TRT: 16 min
Three kids get lost on the way to a concert and end up in an isolated house.
Red Men Rising
Director: Cindy Murdoch
TRT: 16 min
After toxic waste is carelessly dumped into the river, it flows downstream
and finds its way into the ground of “Northern Pines Communist Graveyard”,
disturbing the ones who lie six feet under.
Night of the Living Gay
Director: Lola RockNRolla
TRT: 12 min
Gay zombies have taken over New York. What will happen if they bite you?!!
10:00-11:00
H.P. Lovecraft’s The Other Gods
Director: Peter Rhodes
TRT: 5 min
A prophet who longs to look upon his deities. A daunting journey to a mountain peak. A confrontation with gods too powerful to name. (animation)
The Shell
Director: Clif Prowse and Derek Lee
TRT: 23 min
A dying doctor helps a convict escape from prison in return for something the convict will regret for the rest of his life.
Nightlab
Director: Antonios Papantoniou
TRT: 14 min
Inside a dark forest, a wandering man witnesses unexpected things.
Carniceria
Director: Jon Nunan
TRT: 5:14 min
A piece of beef comes of age in Los Angeles.
If I Had a Hammer
Director: Andy Bean
TRT: 5:40 min
Tremble, mortals!, Thor, the Mighty God of Thunder, has lost his magical hammer and embarks on his quest for a new one – at the local hardware store… (animation)
The New Old Capt Undergarments
Director: Richard Gonzales
TRT: 6 min
The people of Thongsville are in trouble. The masked unterhosen has stolen the power bra of wonder. And he is on a mad rampage. The only one that can stop him is… Capt Undergarments.
11:00-11:30
Happy Birthday 2 You (original title: Y que cumplas mucho mas)
Director: David Alcalde
TRT: 14 min
A story about murder, cats and birthday presents.
Zordax II: la Guerre du Metal
Director: Syl Disjonk
TRT: 12 min
In a post-nuclear wasteland, a scavenger looks for anything to survive. Things start to turn nasty as our hero gets captured by Zordax’ men. Chaos, Torture, Death is all around.
11:30-12:30
Pinch Me Jesus
Director: James Scott
TRT: 3 min
A 1991 commercial for the Rev. Marion Dufresne’s hit album ‘Pinch Me Jesus!’. Go to heaven or your money back!
Frenchie The Clown
Director: Heidi Sjursen
TRT: 27 min
A super campy and colorful tale of a joyful french clown driven to the brink of insanity by a bunch of nasty little brats. Just when you think the fun has already begun, Frenchie returns to avenge his tormentors and heads start to roll!!
Shameless
Director: Yakov Levi
TRT: 6 min
See how for 3 young men will go on a dare with Baba Alla – oh…you don’t know Baba? Well once you meet her, you will surely never forget.
Filthy Food
Director: T. Arthur Cottam
TRT: 5:10 min
Eat it. Lick it. Suck it. Swallow it. Relax, it’s just food. Another dirty little short from the award-winning director of Pornographic Apathetic.
Devon’s Journal
Director: Mike Terrell
TRT: 4:30 min
Devon is a 9 years old. Devon likes candy, burritos and watching horror movies. He also likes to write in his journal. Pray you’re not in it.
Tasteless
Director: Yakov Levi
TRT: 6 min
A guy orders a girl from an escort service and receives a surprise that won’t leave until she’s been satisfied!
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
12:30-1:30
Doily’s Summer Of Freak Occurances
Director: Giuseppe Andrews
Ok people…Mr. Andrews is experimenting. For those of you who have experienced Giuseppe’s own brand of artistry will notice the changes. A heightened saturation of color, an enlightened sense of humor and a bizarre love story that will have you falling out of your seats once again. – J.L.
Giuseppe and I recently spoke and here are some things he had to say about his approach to a new direction in his storytelling…
“I was really into the works of Ed Wood. I fight with people who say bad things about this man. He is an unbelievable example of creativity with little money.”
“I wanted to make a sci-fi film that had a lot of slice of life footage and tell a love story between an older man and a young girl. And Vietnam Ron is that kind of guy whose face tells you the cosmic forces fucking with him.”
Saturday, January 27th - KRISTAUF’S -
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.
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
5:00 - Filmmaker’s Q&A Panel
9:00 - Closing Party! ($10 Contribution)
SECRET SCREENINGS SERIES:
• Okie Dokie Director: Giuseppe Andrews
• Pie Lola Pie Director: Heidi Sjursen
• Belegarth Medieval Combat Society Director: Sean O’Brien
• Dawn of the Flies and The Head Shot Director: Ronni Raygun
TDANCE 07 BENEFACTORS:
Nick Jackson, Digital Mad Movies
Benjamin Cord
Once Upon A Time – The new movie from McCurry Films
Dave Lewis, Maven Productions (Producer: “Staying Great While Doing Nothing” & “Monkfish”)
Screamfest Afterparty featuring Thee Obscene
