Join us for the 2017 Katra Film Series – Season Premiere on February 11th! Now in our 6th Season we have partnered up with industry leaders Digital Ocean, Red Digital Cinema, Pond5, Backstage, International Screenwriters Association, and more! Full Lineup (not exact order): DEAR NEW PRESIDENT – directed by Cameron Scout Bontrager Written and directed by 10 year old, Cameron Scout Bontrager. Cameron wanted the world to know that the youth have a…

Amazing night of Cinema, Q&A, and thoughtful conversation with our talented filmmakers at the 5th Annual Grand Finale at the illustrious Alamo Drafthouse NYC! Congrats to Federico Heller and the entire team of “Uncanny Valley” in Argentina for winning the 2016 Grand Jury Prize Award!  The Best Audience and Documentary Awards went to Ryo Murakami, Judd Ehrlich, Takeshi Fukunaga for the hard-hitting and eye-opening “Notes from Liberia.” Best Web Series went to 47 Secrets to A Younger You created by Rohana Kenin, Laura Frenzer and directed by Ryan Blackwell. The 2016 Honorable Mention goes to Avtandil Chachibaia‘s inspirational man vs. beast story The…

TICKETS ARE SOLD OUT! EMAIL US AT 12PM FOR STANDBY TICKETS INFO@KATRAFILMSERIES.COM Join Us for Our  Milestone 5th Annual Grand Finale Event at the new Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas in Downtown Brooklyn! The Top 14 Finalists of the year compete for over 5K in prizes. In partnership with Everyone Matters and Rhino Films, the 2016 Grand Prize Winner will be awarded a one-on-one meeting with acclaimed Producer Stephen Nemeth from the Academy-Award nominated The Sessions and Fear and Loathing in Las…

  Katra Film Series invites you to celebrate the holiday season with us! Join industry leaders, special guests, influencers, tastemakers, filmmakers, producers and more for a night to remember. Proudly featuring our amazing friends and partners Big Apple Film Festival, 30under30 Film Festival, Ocktober Film Festival, New York No Limits Film Series, EFFNY, The Luminal Theater, Universal Love Tribe and more! Ecstatic to welcome back the always dynamic DJ Mark Salner returning on the 1’s and 2’s spinning some magical and vibrant beats like no other! LE SOUK Lounge 510 Laguardia Place…

Woman With Violin – dir. Mariam Bakashvili An immigrant woman rushes to a violin audition confident that she will pass it. Artaud’s Descendants – dir. Tom Escovar Hank and Sid, a self-proclaimed writing and directing dream team, set out to push the boundaries of theatre if they can only figure out what they’re doing. How I Disappeared – dir. Yannick Mosimann I feel I’m going blind and mute. My body goes numb and starts to scale off. The familiar reality…

Join Us For The Penultimate Edition of The 2016 Katra Film Series! On Saturday, October 15th in the Lower East Side, 13 riveting shorts will compete for $800 in total prizes chosen by audience vote. Watch quality independent cinema, network with talented filmmakers while enjoying delicious cocktails, participate in the Q&A, and vote for your favorite short film or web series! Lineup (not exact order): Waiting for Daybreak – directed by Aviv Kosloff Even when tearing through dark, gothic landscapes…

Join us for the 2016 Katra Film Series – Fall Season Premiere! Featuring a cross-section of experimental, narrative and documentary shorts, highlighting immigration, war crimes and genocide, including an ambitious video art piece from Russia – using mathematical principles and prime numbers, daring the audience to decode it’s journey. We also have a mindbending program of sci-fi films from Argentina and the USA, as well as comedic web series about love, family, and artistic pursuits. 2016 Katra Film Series –…