Trasharama A-Go-Go

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Trasharama A-Go-Go is an annual low-budget/no-budget short film festival started in 1997 by Dick Dale of Adelaide bands and Kamikaze. Although it was started in Adelaide, South Australia the festival has gained local and national sponsorship allowing it to grow slightly in size and a lot in popularity^{[citation needed]} and now tours Australia with screenings in most Australian states.^[1][2][3][4] Trasharama A-Go-Go is promoted as "Australia's NASTIEST Short Film FESTERval".^[5] Although no festival was held in 2010, the festival returned the following yearand has been held annually since then.^[6]

List of films screened sorted by year[]

1994 – A taste of what was to become the Trasharama festival, one-off screening held at the Crown and Anchor Hotel.

• Blue Dog – Dir. Dick Dale. Followed by performances by local bands and .

1997 – "Trash Film Night" – eleven films from Adelaide and Brisbane, followed by performances by the bands, and , screening held at "Mad Love Bar" band venue.
Films screened included:

• Total Recession –
• No Smoking – &
• Cold Comfort –

1998 – "Trash Film Night 2" – Held in beer garden. Screening of 11 Australian films followed by live performances by the bands and .
Films screened included:

• The Creature from Outta Space- &
• Attack of the Undead- Peter Spierig
• Vicious Mink- Timothy Spanos & .

1999 – Trasharama A-Go-Go is held at Mercury Cinema in Adelaide, in Melbourne and Side on Cafe in Sydney.
Films screened included:

• Hot Crusty Death- Judd Tilyard
• Blood of a woman- Jonathan Sequeria
• Making a Death Mask- Mark Nichols

2000 – Trasharama A-Go-Go is held at Mercury Cinema in Adelaide, The Zoo in Brisbane, Side on Cafe in Sydney and Revolver in Melbourne.
Films screened included:

• Black Lindy/ White Lindy- Timothy Spanos
• The film John Lennon couldn't make-
• Zombie Bride Blood Bath-

2001
Films screened included:

• Mondo Excreta-
• Westvale Road- Episode 1 Holy Crap-
• Rampage of the Undead- Peter Spierig
• Nicholas Dickmuncher- Timothy Spanos

2002 Festival only held in South Australia in 2002, at Mercury Cinema in Adelaide.

• Films shown comprised a "best of" selection from previous years.

2003 Screenings held in Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth.
Films screened included:

• The Denim Avenger VS The Undead Bogans – and
• The Twilight of Granitar –
• Arakned, Apex of Zombies – Bonnie Hart
• Case #406 –
• Bad Company –

2004 Screenings held in Adelaide, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, Caloundra, Geelong and Newcastle.
Films screened included:

• We Almost Got Shot – and Bill Flowers
• ZZZZ –
• Laser Beetles From Venus –
• Head – Peter Duggan
• The Offering –
• Drop Bears -
• The Scent of a Man –
• Pencil Dick –

2005 Travelled widely around Australia.
Films screened included:

• Best Of 3 –
• Hair Removal –
• Return of the Killer Bikini Vampire Girls –
• Dracenstein – and Bill Flowers
• Still Born –
• A Story, A Song and a Dream – Matt Penney

2006 Travelled widely around Australia.
Films screened included:

• Final Faeces –
• Wok –
• Remake –
• Killer Bikini Vampire Girls Strike Back –
• The Patrolman – Anthony Marriott &
• The Morning After –
• Sickie – Stuart Simpson

2007 Travelled widely around Australia.
Films screened included:

• Greedy Guts –
• Dog Meat –
• Numb Skulls –
• Foetal Decision –
• Off The Beaten Track –
• Killer Bikini Vampire Girls 3: A New Hope –
• Road Kill –
• I Piss in Your Eye –
• The Physique of the Christ – Bill Flowers &
• Bad Timing –
• Cheerleader Swapmeat – &
• Betty Burgers –
• Dan The Dogman –

2008 Travelled widely around Australia.
Films screened included:

• Rabbit Rage (First place)
• Look to the skies – & Ben Nichols (Second place)
• Money Shot
• Mooney Street
• The Good Ship Morning Dew
• Death of the Killer Bikini Vampire Girls
• The Life of Piglet
• Look to the Skies
• Stop The Barbies
• Killin' Flies
• Heartbreak Motel
• Do You Have Protection
• Garden of Earthly Delights
• Dr. Poo
• The Day I Got Sacked
• The Box Monster & The Death Bag of Death
• My New Ghoul Friends
• The Love of Victoria Anus
• The Dog Sex Killer
• Danny (The Dog Who Farts Fire)
• Family Bizness

2009

• Monster Mash – Timothy Stewart, SA
• The Golden Rule – David Wade, SA
• Dirtbike Dero's – Macho Lama, SA
• Cereal Killer – Daniel Vink, SA
• The Decayed – Josef J Weber, SA
• Vengeance wears a Tampon – Frank Daft, SA
• The Tramp – Max Miller, Vic
• Gumbys new Tit – Alex Machin, Vic
• Potential Employee – Andrew Dunstan, Vic
• The Body Watchers – Adam Spellicy, Vic
• Hanging at Picnic Rock- Clint Cure, Vic
• The Fish that Eat People – Ross Radiation, NSW
• Attack of the killer bananas – Karina Libbey, NSW
• The Bagman Genisus – Kade Ruckman, NSW
• Have sex and die! – James Peniata, NSW
• Violet is Dead – Thomas Cruikshank, QLD
• Cravings – Jonathon Jahnke, QLD
• Bound – Marcus Ditzel, QLD
• A dark beginning – Aston Wenham, Simon Gill, Stephen Cass, QLD
• Duncan Cunningham's Nightmare – Duncan Cunningham, QLD
• Revenge of the Gnomes – Phillip Nelson, WA
• Trapped – Matt Penny WA
• Granny Basher Stinkweed and the Vic Bitter Bandits – Griff Broham, WA
• Blood Shed – Jason Shipley, Canada
• Mammoth Mammoth – Mat Govoni, Vic
• Botched eyeball operation – Clint Enns, Canada

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