DamnDance International Film Festival

10/27/2018

S.A.T.U.R.D.A.Y. Fright!
At 7pm we’re showing “People’s Republic of Desire”, a documentary that has been described as “Black Mirror but real” and just recently won the Grand Jury Prize at South by Southwest. Next at 9pm is “Party Hard, Die Young” which is a real slice above the rest in the ‘Teens Getting Stabbed’ genre.

Tickets available at https://filmfreeway.com/DamnDance/tickets

10/26/2018

Tonight! Tonight!
We've 'dug up' some absolutely fantastic shorts for our first block starting @ 7pm in the Portland Media Center and at 9pm we're showing "Killer Mosquitos" - a film that is guaranteed to make your skin crawl.

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10/25/2018

Playing October 27th @ 9pm in the Portland Media Center:

PARTY HARD, DIE YOUNG
Finally, graduated and off to Croatia. It’s supposed to be the “party of their lives.” But for Julia and her friends their graduation trip turns into a horror trip, from which not everyone will return.
Running time: 1h 30min GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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Official selection of the 36th Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival (BIFFF)

10/24/2018

Playing October 27th @ 7PM in the Portland Media Center:

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF DESIRE
As an entire generation has come of age on social media, virtual relationships are slowly replacing real-life human connections. And China has taken it to an extreme. Here, live streaming has become the most popular online entertainment for hundreds of millions.
Running time: 1h 35min MANDARIN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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In China’s popular live streaming showrooms, two millennials – a karaoke singer and a rags-to-riches comedian – seek fame, fortune and human connection, ulti...

10/23/2018

Playing October 26th @ 9PM in the Portland Media Center:

KILLER MOSQUITOS
During a weekend a group of friends, holed up in an isolated house in the mountains, are attacked by a swarm of killer horseflies that feast on human flesh like piranhas.
Running time: 1h 30min ENGLISH & ITALIAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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Synopsis for Riccardo Paoletti's Italian comedy-horror movie Killer Mosquitos (Tafanos) from the international sales agent for the movie, Minerva Pictures Gr...

10/22/2018

Opening this year's festival on October 26th @ 7PM in the Portland Media Center:

SHORTS BLOCK
featuring the Maine independent film classic... TRADITIONAL FAMILY VAMPIRES
A wild comedy about a right-wing vampire family that goes door to door sucking the blood of just about anybody; until they meet one particularly “unsavory” character. With a special appearance by adult film star Cole Tucker.
Running time: 16min 45sec

and including gems from around the world like..

CUSTODIAN
Keira only has her grandmother, who languishes in bed awaiting her end because she refuses to take her medicine. Keira knows the terrible secret that her grandmother keeps; and she knows that sometimes death is optional… and she has a plan.
Running time: 16min 45sec SPANISH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

THE DARK HUNGER
They took away his memory and his life, but gave him something worse in death. Now he must embrace the monster he’s become to regain his humanity.
Running time: 15min
https://vimeo.com/191699296

KILL AL
In an environment where androids are met with hostility and outrage by human beings, “Kill Al” tells the story of Femtel 216 and Femtel 303, two female synthetic beings confined to work in a sub-basement of an auditing firm.
Running time: 21min 51sec
https://youtu.be/pX5W5lw5fdw

COLD STORAGE
Cold Storage is a short dance film that pays homage to the virtuosic physical performances and melancholy comedy of the classic silent screen. On a desolate arctic shore, a lonely fisherman discovers his prehistoric counterpart frozen in the ice, and thaws him out as his newfound soul brother.
Running time: 8min 45sec

BOT
A middle-aged programmer (Noel) stands in front of the ruins of his marriage. With the help of a new intelligent language assistant, Noel tries to redirect his professional and private life into the right path. The artificial intelligence not only assists him in coping with everyday life, but also arranges an appointment with the much younger Claudine.
Running time: 22min 34sec GERMAN WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES

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Trailer to the Sci-Fi Thriller short by Walter Brandes starring Anthony Grasso, Amanda Brooke Lerner, Christine Verleny, and Renee Stork.

10/22/2018

Tickets are on sale now!
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With the first block of films starting this Friday at 7pm you’d be ghoulish..*cough**cough*..I mean ‘foolish’ to miss out on this international film experience.

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10/19/2018

On October 26th and 27th Portland Maine becomes host to a wonderfully eerie event that will shine a light into the shadowy corners of cinema from across the world just to see what comes crawling out.
'Look alive' and prepare yourself.
Welcome to DamnDance.

Check out http://www.damnationland.com/damndance/ for more details.

06/21/2018

DamnDance in Portland, Maine is entering its second year and we are looking for more ways to expose our wonderful community to all things dark, scary, disturbing, seedy, and just downright weird.. If you have a film that falls into any one of these categories and want to get a chance to have it shown to a rapt and rabid audience (not literally..we don’t think) we’d love to see it! Check out our page on FilmFreeway for more information.

Now in its 2nd year, DamnDance is a genre fest that happens on Halloween. It is an outgrowth of Damnationland, an annual showcase of Maine made short genre w...