"Due to the filming of our next feature film, 'Shakespeare's Shitstorm' the 19th Annual TromaDance Film Festival will be held this Fall. A little later than usual, but rest assured, TromaDance 19 is happening! Please continue to submit your feature films and shorts! The tentative submissions deadline is September 30th! Submit your films to acquisitions@troma.com!" stated Lloyd Kaufman.

Troma Entertainment, the longest running truly independent film company, has announced that the 19th Annual All Free TromaDance Film Festival will held this Fall. The festival will continue to accept submissions through September 30th. - it was announced today by Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and creator of The Toxic Avenger.

Submit to TromaDance here: TromaDance.com

Venue and Date TBA

Film, Art, Music, Panels! TromaDance Submissions Deadline extended to September 30th! tromadance.com

Lloyd Kaufman with Super Tromette Mandy Kat and star of Naked Sister, Iona at the 

17th Annual TromaDance

About TromaDance:

The Tromadance Film Festival is now in its 19th year and was first developed by Lloyd Kaufman, President of Troma Entertainment and Creator of The Toxic Avenger. South Park co-creator Trey Parker, whose debut film "Cannibal! The Musical" is distributed by Troma Entertainment, suggested the idea for Tromadance to Kaufman in 1999. Kaufman felt that the Sundance Film Festival, and similar exclusive big wig festivals, had become too "Hollywood" by charging high entry fees, showing multimillion-dollar "independent" movies, and practicing an elitist structure and film selection process. Parker urged Kaufman to create his own festival -the direct independent opposite of Sundance - that would be free to enter and attend, focusing on independently produced films made without the Hollywood system. From 1999 - 2010 Tromadance operated concurrently alongside the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah and acted as a true independent alternative to Sundance's mainstream offerings.

Lloyd Kaufman with Trey Parker and Matt Stone at TromaDance Film Festival

Unlike every other film festival, Tromadance does not charge filmmakers to submit their work and entrance to all screenings and panels are free to the public. There are no VIP reservations or preferential treatment regarding Tromadance's films or filmmaking panels. The organizers of Tromadance believe films are meant to be seen, especially the work of emerging filmmakers. Art - in all its forms - is for everyone. Tromadance is the first film festival of the people, for the people, and by the people!

After 2010, Tromadance expanded to multiple locations across the country in order to spread the TROMAtic word of truly independent art. The festival has been held in Detroit, Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, Brooklyn, and New Jersey.

James Gunn's Lollilove, Human Centipede, and Anna Biller's Viva

all were TromaDance Premieres/Discoveries!

Tromadance has enjoyed great success throughout its almost two decade run and has been covered in various international publications including IndieWire, Brooklyn Vegan, The AV Club, Fangoria, Bloody Disgusting, Dread Central, Rue Morgue, Famous Monsters of Filmland, Forbes, Noisey, MirrorUK, the New York Daily News, Page Six of the New York Post, and many more. Past sponsors include Kodak, Sega, G4, Drafthouse Films, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Lomography, and Kitsplit.com, just to name a few.

Besides world premiere screenings, such as the first U.S. showing of "The Human Centipede" in 2010, another highlight of every Tromadance Film Festival is the annual panel discussion. Panels in years past have included industry professionals, such as James Gunn, Ti West, Larry Fessenden, Rose Ganguzza, Bill Plympton, Kevin Eastman, Karen Black, Roy Frumkes, Jason Eisenor, Hery Zebrowski, and more!

Filmmakers can submit their films through here: TromaDance Submissions

Book

Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High aka Vol. 2 

in your local theater!

Up next in Theaters from Troma is Lloyd Kaufman's second installment of his two-part event film,  Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High AKA Vol.2! 7 years in the making, Vol.2 is shaping up to be what Michael Herz has called "The best Troma Movie ever made!"

World Premiere of Theatrical Trailer for,

Return to Return to Nuke 'Em High Vol. 2

https://youtu.be/Tee33q5nZMU

Warning this trailer is NSFW 

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For more information contact levi@troma.com

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Established in 1974 by Yale friends Lloyd Kaufman and Michael Herz, Troma Entertainment is arguably the longest-running independent movie studio in North America, and it's one of the very few genuine brand names in the industry. World famous for movie classics like Kaufman's "The Toxic Avenger", Trey Parker's "Cannibal, the Musical", "Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead", "Class of Nuke 'em High", Charles Kaufman's "Mother's Day" and "Tromeo & Juliet", Troma's seminal films are now being remade as big-budget mainstream productions by the likes of Brett Ratner, Richard Saperstein, Akiva Goldsman and Steven Pink. Early work of many of today's luminaries  can be found in Troma's library of 1000 films, cartoons, TV shows and shorts. Jenna Fischer, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Kevin Costner, Fergie, Vincent D'Onofrio, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gunn and Eli Roth are just a few. Troma's latest in house productions are "Return to Nuke 'Em High: Volumes 1 & 2". Troma's Blu-rays, DVDs, books, t-shirts and movie merchandise can be purchased at Tromashop. Please visit Troma at  www.troma.com, www.lloydkaufman.com, www.twitter.com/lloydkaufman,

www.facebook.com/troma.entertainment and www.tromapast.tumblr.com.

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