Hi everyone!

Annually, we like to present a stripped down, best of Tromadance screening in NYC. For this year, I am very excited to announce we will be part of the calendar screenings for the famed Anthology Film Archives (founded by avant-garde filmmaker, Jonas Mekas)! The shows will take place on
APRIL 13th & 14th from 7-9pm.

Because this is a traditional venue, we can screen these films in their finest glory!

We are proud to showcase these fine works, from around the world, fresh from screening at the 2007 8th Annual TromaDance Film Festival in Park City, UT.

All proceeds of these screenings go to support New York’s champion of truly independent cinema, Anthology Film Archives.

Schedule for Saturday is as follows:

SATURDAY, APRIL 14th
7pm - 9pm

PROGRAM 2:
TRT: 103 minutes

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!

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.

DVD
Director: Ciro Altabas
TRT: 17 min

A love/hate story structured in the mindset of a DVD collecting obsessive.

Chingaso The Clown
Director: Elias Matar
TRT: 15:00

Chingaso, whose parents were victims of the ruthless clown Boss, Bastard the Clown, must become what he hates most.

Devon’s Journal
Director: Mike Terrell
TRT: 4:30 min

Devon likes candy, burritos and watching horror movies. He also likes to write in his journal. Pray you’re not in it. (animation)

Witchwise
Director: Joe Harris
TRT: 13 min

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!

Violeta, la pescadora del mar negro
Director: Marc Ribas & Anna Solanas
TRT: 9 min

Violeta loves best fishing into the darkest depths. (animation)

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.

Filthy Food
Director: T. Arthur Cottam
TRT: 5:10 min

Eat it. Lick it. Suck it. Swallow it. Relax, it’s just food.

Below is Friday, April 13th’s lineup:

FRIDAY, APRIL 13th
7pm-9pm

PROGRAM 1:
TRT: 95 min.

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!

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.

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?!!

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)

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.

Hollow
Director: Paul Bickel
TRT: 9 min

Initially, it seems to be a portrait of the American family…

Day Off the Dead
Director: Lee Lanier
TRT: 6:40 min

Dead guy and dead girl try to find romance in a dead world.

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.

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.

TromaDance is the first film festival wholeheartedly devoted to filmmakers and fans. Unlike every other film festival, TromaDance does not charge filmmakers to submit their films and instead presents an opportunity for everyone who’s ever picked up a camera to have their work seen without the compromises required by elitist cartel interference. We are proud to be the first and only film festival of the people, for the people, and by the people.

See you in the dark,

Jonathan Lees
Curator, TromaDance Film Festival

Lloyd Kaufman
Founder, TromaDance Film Festival