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Worldwebfest Mania Returns for Year 3 in NYC

August 16, 2021
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WORLD WEBFEST MANIA is excited to return for Year 3 in the greatest city in the world! After a long and challenging year we are back for a hybrid festival that includes in-person screenings, virtual online programs, episodic creators and filmmakers’ in-person and zoom Q&As August 19-21st. Join us at the Wild Project Theater in the East Village section of Manhattan on Saturday, August 21st for two great screening blocks of new Episodic Series, TV Pilots, Short Films and more…

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New Faces New Voices Celebrates 3rd Year at Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas

August 9, 2021
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Katra’s sister festival, New Faces New voices, celebrated its return to in-person events at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema last month in Downtown Brooklyn, NY, with a packed theater and jovial atmosphere including audiences, friends, family, journalists and filmmakers all excited to be back in person and inside a movie theater. Special thanks to our amazing sponsors for making the 2021 Summer Festival a success. We love you all and sincerely thank you for your support: UKW Media, JMR Rentals, BKLYN…

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NEW FACES NEW VOICES RETURNS FOR YEAR 3 – ALAMO + VIRTUAL SCREENINGS

July 23, 2021
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NEW FACES NEW VOICES is excited to return for Year 3 in a hybrid format in the greatest city in the world! After a long and challenging year we are heading back to movie theaters for in-person screenings, virtual programs, Q&As, and closing night rooftop awards party… Join us virtually and in-person at Brooklyn’s famed Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas July 27-29th for diverse, multicultural and inclusive works by talented local, national and international filmmakers and episodic creators. The Alamo lineup and…

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Katra Film Series Celebrates 10 Years in New York City

July 13, 2021
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WE ARE BACK!!! After a long and challenging year of COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, we celebrated our return to in-person events last month the only way we know how — ON THE BIGGEST SCREEN IN NEW YORK CITY! What an amazing two nights they were as filmmakers, audiences, family and friends alike gathered in the hallways of the AMC Theatre Multiplex in Times Square to embrace each other with warm hugs and kisses for the first time in over a…

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2021 Official Summer Lineup

June 4, 2021
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We are proud to announce the Official Selections for the 2021 Katra Summer Series taking place at AMC Theatres in Times Square, New York and virtually online via XERB.TV. This year’s Summer Series marks our milestone 10th Year and runs June 22nd-June 26th in a hybrid format with in-person screenings and virtual events with innovative programming including filmmaker Q&As all week long. The official selections and tickets for our In-person Screenings at AMC Theatre are below. Tickets and official selections…

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Last Chance to Submit for Katra’s 10th Year

April 30, 2021
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Last chance to submit for our milestone 10th year TODAY! Submit now and get 20% off using code “KATRA21” below.  Katra Film Series is proud to celebrate its 10 Year Anniversary back in movie theaters! Widely known for discovering new talent and launching careers, Katra is a recipient of the 2020 Google PowerUp grant, 2019 Prosperity Nation Award, and Rated Top 100 Best Reviewed Festival on Film Freeway for 5 years in a row — remaining true to its original…

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Celebrating Filmmakers at Socially Distance Award Night

March 9, 2021
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The 9th Annual Grand Finale took place virtually February 22nd-27th via xerb.tv platform. Despite the pandemic and its myriad challenges we were able to partner with various streaming platforms to host our regular season events online and discuss the selected works with the filmmakers via Zoom. The finalists were carefully chosen by audience vote last year and our programming team and we invited the following judges to help choose the winners: Curtis John, Founder and Executive Director of The Luminal…

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9TH ANUAL KATRA FILM SERIES GRAND FINALE

February 10, 2021
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Join us for the Katra Film Series’ 9th Annual Grand Finale Featuring the Top Works that screened with us in 2020 as part of our quarterly virtual fest. The top selections were carefully chosen by our programming team and audience vote last year and will be available to watch anytime and anywhere via XERB.TV running February 22nd-27th. The finalists will compete for up to $10,000 in total prizes in our best of categories including the Grand Jury Prize and Audience…

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CELEBRATING 10 YEARS, 2021 CALL FOR ENTRIES NOW OPEN!

February 6, 2021
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Katra Film Series celebrates 10 years by returning to one of the largest movie theaters in New York City. With a proven track record of launching careers, Katra has made a name for itself by making it into the Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals list for 4 consecutive years, winning the 2019 Prosperity Nation Award and Google’s 2020 PowerUp Grant to continue remaining true to its mission of discovering the next generation of filmmakers and screenwriters from around the world.…

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Bowery Film Festival Starts Next Week!

December 7, 2020
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Bowery Film Festival returns in resilient spirits for its 2020 Edition in a flexible online format on the Xerb.TV streaming platform, available from December 14th through the 18th. Bowery was founded to showcase adventurous works that challenge commercial and audience expectations, and continues that mission even in a most unusual year for the arts and the world at large.  The week opens with a full block of unique quarantine shorts, many submitted via the festival’s Instagram competition earlier in the…

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Now in its 11th Year, the Katra Film Series is an internationally acclaimed film festival and screenwriting competition dedicated to supporting the next generation of filmmakers with the exhibition and promotion of independent cinema from around the world at Regal Cinemas!

Our Venue: Regal Cinemas

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Katra Film Series is proud to be listed among the “Top 100 Best Reviewed Festivals” on FilmFreeway. Submit on FilmFreeway and join our family of successful filmmakers.

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Our prizes are provided by Canon, Rhino Films, Final Draft, 3636 Studios, The Yard, International Screenwriters’ Association, NY Women in Film and TV, Museum of the Moving Image, and more. Every season we curate a diverse selection of independent works where audience participation is central in choosing the winners. Regardless of who wins each season all official selections will be considered for the Year-End Grand Finale taking place at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater where our jurors are comprised of industry veterans and professionals who watch the films and select the top winners.

Our Prizes

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All genres/forms are accepted. Seeking Feature Films, Short Films, Web Series, Documentary, Music Videos, Experimental Works, Animation, Screenplays, and Video Art. We accept works-in-progress.

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Final Draft is proud to support the Best Screenplay Winners with thousands of dollars in prizes. Final Draft is a program made to perform one task with excellence – the writing of a screenplay.

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What they say about us

“An obvious must-attend, Katra is the rare platform that actually puts its members’ work in front of an eager live audience…whose worthy and ambitious efforts might otherwise go unnoticed in an overcrowded industry.”

– Tribeca

Tribeca

“The Katra Film Series in New York City brought out emerging talent from all walks of life for a memorable film fest like none other. In over six years, the Katra Film Series has become a hub for up-and-coming filmmakers of the indie film scene.”

-LLERO

‘LLERO

“Katra Film Series is giving global filmmakers virtual opportunities to showcase their work… The pandemic has proven that creative people can find creative solutions.”

– BACKSTAGE

BACKSTAGE

“From the bottom up an amazing and excellent festival that has made it in New York”

– The New York Times

New York Times

“Katra Film Series spotlights new talent and provides a place for emerging artists to showcase their work to a live audience.”

– NY1

NY1

NY1

“Films Long in Talent, Short in Span, Bryan Cranston stars in Writer’s Block, part of the Katra Film Series – A Competitive Program highlighting the works from rising filmmakers and unheralded Talents.”

– Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal

“Innovative New Model Pushing For The Future of its Filmmakers.”

– Remezcla

Remezcla

“The Katra Film Series in New York is one of the most prolific champions of women in film. Last year, the group showcased the work of 79 female writers, directors and producers… goes to show you that if you build it, they will come.

– ELYSIAN

ELYSIAN

“Brooklyn’s own diversity makes it a natural source for a festival looking to feature films by communities whose work is often ignored by the mainstream.”

– Bklyner

Bklyner

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Great Prizes

Each year, our winners are awarded over $20,000 in prizes. The Grand Jury Prize Winner is awarded a one-on-one meeting with acclaimed Hollywood Producer Stephen Nemeth and the winner also takes home a top of the line CANON camera.

Meet And Greets

Our Filmmakers get the opportunity to network with industry professionals at our nightly events held at at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater in NYC and other top-notch nearby venues.

Final Round

Some of our past alums have landed theatrical distribution deals and have gone on to write, produce and direct feature films and TV shows for HBO, FOX, Netflix, Showtime, ESPN, Vice Media including festival stops at Sundance, Tribeca, Berlin and Cannes Film Festival.