TromaDance 2005 Official Selections!
1/11/2005

The TromaDance 2005 Selection Committee would like to thank every independent filmmaker who submitted their work for consideration in TromaDance. We’ve had hundreds of entries this year, and it was very difficult to choose from such a vast amount of films.

Please stay tuned to www.tromadance.com as more select screenings will be announced as we get closer to the festival.

Brewvies: January 25th, 2005

5pm - 6pm

There’s Something Out There (Brian Pulido-16 min, USA)
There’s nothing cuter then a garden gnome! Unless of course it’s trying to kill you.

The Passion of the Kingdom Rebels (James Bernardinelli-5 min, USA)
This cartoon is the real story of the Jesus in all glory! Destined to give Mel Gibson and the Pope an anal stigmata!

Herman, The Legal Labrador (David Blumstein-22min, Australia)
An adorable labrador defends the life of a man charged with murder.

Feeding at Europe (Tommy Cannon-2min, USA)
Even purple space lizards get indigestion!

6pm - 7pm

LikeHell: The Movie (Ryan Schaddelee-51min, USA)
A “Behind the Music” parody of the real life rockers LikeHell proves its more then just a name!!

7pm - 8pm

All I Did Was Die (Scott Wilkins-8min, USA)
All Scott wants to do is bring his brother a cake for his birthday. But leave it to the undead to make the simplest of tasks all but impossible.

El Smasho (Garin Glassy-8min, USA)
In this satire of the Scott Peterson case, a husband goes berserk and kills his pregnant wife.

976-LARS (Gregory Scott Campbell-19min, USA)
Desperate for love and affection, Lars turns his attention to the wonderful world of hookers. And of course promptly falls in love.

Revenge of the Killer Meat! (Elie Zananiri and Patrick Meimari-2min, Canada)
The story of a hungry man and his supper, which refuses to go down without a fight!

Voltagen (Duane Graves and Justin Meeks-8min, USA)
Take a disturbing look at a man’s last moments as he is brutally tortured and electrocuted by Pagan locals.

8pm - 9pm

The Pitch (Jeffrey Hutchinson-10min, USA)
Ever wonder how those incredible Hollywood blockbusters get made? Here’s an inside peak at one such pitch meeting.

Hell House! (Karla Davis and Ryan Prowls-5min, USA)
What do you get when you take nefarious characters from history and throw them in a house together? Find out this fall on the new reality tv sensation Hell House!

Basketball (Shamus Hewitt-5min, Canada)
A friendly game of one on one goes horribly, horribly wrong.

Killer Kittens 2 (Emma Brown and Alexander Berger-2min, UK)
Helmut fins his new friend has a kitten. But not just any kitten, it’s a Murderkins, and he kills for the love of Mummy!!!

Lick-It Man (Adam Antonucci and Camille Carida-27min, USA)
Finally, a super hero designed specifically with the fairer sex in mind!!

Zombie Vegetarians (Mad Martian-3min, USA)
When tainted veggie burgers turn people into zombies, who will stop them?!

9pm - 10pm

Le Seducteur (Robin Ruquet-7min, France)
Jean-Phi teaches you to seduce the girl of your dreams in three easy lessons!

Violin (Pat Yaney-3min, USA)
Quite an interesting two man violin solo.

Teenage Bikini Vampire (Devi Snively-7min, USA)
A lonely vampire surfer chick gets lucky.

Plot Fever (Adam Fontelnault-18min, USA)
The rise and fall of the world’s greatest cemetery plot salesman.

Danger Zone (Dylan Keeling-13min, UK)
Jerry is an ordinary office worker until his penis begins to grow to extraordinary proportions! And no matter how hard he tries to protect his girlfriend, his penis has plans of its own!

10pm - 11pm

Le Bagman (Francois Simard, Anouk Whissel, Jonathan Prevast-20min, Canada)
There’s a new killer in town, and we he meets up with a group of wanna be gangsta’s it won’t be pretty!

The Dubya (Art Kochukov-7min, USA)
The federal government is doing its part in the war on terror, but what can the average citizen do? Finally, a new device that allows the rest of us to join the war on terror!

Merry Christmas, Motherfu***! (Marco Magni-12min, Italy)
Once upon a time there was a man who didn’t believe in Santa Clause…

The Big Roast (Bram Druckman-3min, USA)
Why worry about death, when being cremated is so much fun!!

Anti-Drug PSA (Sum 41 and Shamus Hewitt-9min, Canada)
The next time your late for practice, just tell your bandmates you were high. A Public Service Announcement brought to you by the good people of Sum 41.

Stunt Cocks (Tom Hodges-9min, USA)
Bill and Earl, two lovable guys blessed with the ability to shoot tons of jizz on command, turn the adult film world into a happy place to work.

11pm - 12am

Gay by Dawn (Jonathan London-11min, USA)
In the deep dark woods, four rednecks hear the most horrifying tale of all as fear turns to suspicion. Will they escape in time, or will the very woods that surround them turn gay by dawn?

Faberville: Special Delivery (Mark E. Matt-3min, USA)
In this town inhabited by pro wrestlers, we follow the morning route of the paper boy.

The Hairs (Yohei Kawamata-6min, USA)
Don’t you wish there was a way to dispose of hair with out wasting time on scissors and razors? Finally a solution for you!

Anchor’s Away (Joe Gressis-9min, USA)
A brief documentary about the civil rights movement. And how it affected pirates.

PIZ (Mike T. Mullen and Nicoli Pinguel-1min, USA)
Hey Kids!!! Tired of the same old lame candy? Well now there’s PIZ!!

Emily (Tate English-14mins, USA)
Emily desperately wants to make a good impression on her new boyfriends parents… by any means necessary!!

PC Theodore Pitts: Pigeon Police (James Scott-13min, UK)
Keeping order. Detecting Crime. Policing Pigeons.

12am - 1am

Earl’s Your Uncle (Thomas L. Phillips-20 min, USA)
All one-armed Earl wants to do is take his supafly girlfriend to see the bottlenose dolphins. And if he has to fleece the Gerber Baby Life Insurance Company to make it happen, then so be it.

3:am (Ryan Bradford-21min, USA)
After being called to pick up his drunk girlfriend at 3am, Josh Coen is forced to embark on a twisted journey through the streets of Salt Lake City.

Mother Urban’s Ratskeller: January 27th, 2005

10am - 11am

The Predator’s Return (Jerald Fine-14min, USA)
A man in a nursing home is faced with the Nazi Concentration Camp Soldier who slaughtered his family years earlier.

2 Seconds (Karl Anderson-3min, USA)
What happens in two seconds? More than you think. More than you want.

Metamorphasis (Fran Estevez-20min, Spain)
Visually taking tale from Spain.

Nosferatu: The Friendly Vampire (Karla Davis-5min, USA)
He may be the Lord of the Undead, but that doesn’t mean poor Nosferatu has an easy time making friends.

Deadline (Massimo Coglitore-14min, Italy)
A man and his pregnant wife are isolated on mountain road after their jeep breaks down. But the help they receive from an ambiguous man might not be what they expected.

11am - 12pm

Dinner Time (Jesse Alba and Mathew Klickstein-17min, USA)
The world famous Kids of Widney High are back as they improvise a series of vignettes over dinner at a posh Beverly Hills restaurant.

Doomed to Failure (DJ Summit-8min, USA)
This comically cynical look at filmmaking is the true story of what happens when inexperience meets broken equipment.

The Baby (Sum 41-9min, Canada)
Some truly bizarre animation. ‘Nuff said.

Derf (Jeremy Newman-4min, USA)
From his high school days with Jeffrey Dahmer to his garbage truck epiphany, this short tracks Derf’s path to underground celebrity.

Roadside Attractions (CJ Roy-15min, USA)
See what happens when a man gets pushed too far at a local diner.

12pm - 1pm

Lollilove (Jenna Fischer-65min, USA)
Mockumentary about a wealthy couple who set out to make a difference in the lives of homeless people by giving them lollipops featuring cheery slogans on the wrappers.

1pm - 2pm

Goyle & Gar (Gamer-2min, France)
Goyle and Gar are two Gargoyles of Notre Dame de Paris. Setting on the North Wind of the Cathedral for 756 years, they form an old couple with the whole complicity and opposition due the age.

Willy Will (Anthony Glinski-25min, USA)
There comes a time in life to put away childhood things, and for Will Willanski that time is long overdue. Back are three imaginary friends from childhood to let him know, but they aren’t quite so friendly anymore.

I’ll See You In My Dreams (Paula Diogo-24min, Portugal)
A horrifying tale of terror from Portugal!

2pm - 3pm

Golf Xpress (Miska Draskoczy-10min, USA)
An interactive golf tutorial for the busy executive, featuring Bruce Johnon, a synthetic personality with a penchant for violence.

Ramones and I (Rusty Nailz-6min, USA)
This is the story of an outcast suburban teen and the power of The Ramones. Features never before seen footage of the brothers four from 1976!!!

1-800-justice (Sum 41 and Shamus Hewitt-9min, Canada)
On the night of August 12th 1986, 31 year old Pablo Escambares Escambares Escambares and his brother Dante were the intended targets of a drug bust. Here’s how it all went down.

The Weird Museum (Jay Jennings-8min, USA)
This short is last tour inside the infamous Weird Museum, a circus-like freak show located in Hollywood. The Weird Museum was shut down forever shortly after this film by the Los Angeles Police Department. This film contains the only known footage.

The Little House In Saskatoon (Mathieu Aubin-4min, Canada)
A giant monster awakes to bring chaos and death to the Saskatchewan wilderness. Fun for the whole family… if you swing that way.

Kibitz Room (Jared Cowan-18min, USA)
A warm, whimsical slice of life portrait of the popular Cherry Hill Jewish Deli of the same name. Help celebrate pastrami, matzoh balls, and knishes!

3pm - 4:10pm

The Strange Killers (Shunsuke Yamamoto-66min, Japan)
In this take on campy 70’s and 80’s Japanese cop shows, unemployed loafer Maeda is stuck in a triangle of his nagging wife who wants him dead, the jealous mistress who wants him all for herself, and the hitmen looking to kill him.

4:10pm - 5pm

Johnson 2: The Passion of the Johnson (Andy Bauman-35min, USA)
The adventures of a private dick named Johnson and his crew. Frienships will be tested and hot Swedish chicks will be done!

Le Manian (Frederic Jolfre-15min, France)
Imagine if the stray dog that follows you for a few blocks decides to keep following you and never stops. As it follows forever, it invades your personal space so deeply, this vermin suddenly becomes a worrying predator.