Tramps! Explained

Tramps!
Director:Kevin Hegge
Producer:Kevin Hegge
Brian Robertson
Cinematography:Jack Reynolds
Editing:Neil Cavalier
Studio:Low End
Distributor:Bohemia Media
Game Theory Films
Runtime:104 minutes
Country:Canada
Language:English

Tramps! is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Kevin Hegge and released in 2022.[1] The film is a portrait of the New Romantic scene that emerged in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and early 1980s.[2]

The film premiered as the closing gala film at BFI Flare in 2022,[3] and had its Canadian premiere at the Inside Out Film and Video Festival.[1]

Kat Duma, Verity Susman and Matthew Simms received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Original Music in a Documentary at the 12th Canadian Screen Awards in 2024.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Rachel Ho, "'TRAMPS!' Celebrates and Mourns London's New Romantic Movement". Exclaim!, May 31, 2022.
  2. Cath Clarke, "Tramps! review – the New Romantic story of freaks, Blitz kids and a ‘typhoon of death’". The Guardian, December 7, 2023.
  3. Naman Ramachandran, "Sundance Winner ‘Girl Picture,’ ‘Tramps!’ to Bookend In-Person BFI Flare: London LGBTQIA+ Film Festival – Global Bulletin". Variety, February 11, 2022.
  4. https://www.northernstars.ca/blackberry-leads-csa-nominations/ "BlackBerry Leads CSA Nominations"