TromaDance Film Festival, which is in its 17th year, will give birth to an additional free independent film festival.  The first ever TROMAnimation Film Festival, organized by Gary Trimarchi, animation consultant and animation curator of the exhibition, set to take place at the NYC landmark Lucky 13 Saloon in Brooklyn, NY on April 30, 2016, it  was announced today by Lloyd Kaufman, prexy of Troma Entertainment and creator of “The Toxic Avenger.”

 

TROMAnimation, like TromaDance, does not require a fee to submit and the event will be admission free for a ttendees.  Selections will be made based on open-genre submissions and promises to feature over five hours of animations from 6 PM-11 PM on Saturday, April 30th.  Important to note is that any animation that has been or will be submitted to the TromaDance film festival will also be considered in selections for the TROMAnimation Film Festival. The contact to submit to TROMAnimation is cartoon@troma.com. The form for submission to the TromaDance festival is available at http://tromadance.com/submit.php.

It comes as no surprise that Troma Entertainment, historically an advocate of independent artists and filmmakers of all genres , would expand their support to include animators and cartoonists all over the world.

 

All entries and inquiries to TROMAnimation  can be sent to cartoon@troma.com. The deadline to submit is April 15th, 2016 and all genres of animation are welcome, including hand-drawn, 2-D, 3-D, digital and experinmental.

 

TROMAnimation Film Festival

Saturday, April 30th, 2016

Lucky 13 Saloon

644 Sackett St. Brooklyn, NY

6PM-11PM

Free Admission, All Ages