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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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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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2020 CALL FOR ENTRIES NOW OPEN

December 9, 2019
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Now in its 9th Year, the Katra Film Series is an internationally recognized film festival and screenwriting competition dedicated to supporting the next generation of filmmakers at the world famous Alamo Drafthouse Theater. Hailed by Tribeca Films for its “honorable mission to spotlight new and emerging cinematic talents…where some of their top alums have since gone on to great things in the indie world and beyond” while the New York Times agrees “From the bottom up an amazing and excellent…

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2019 KATRA FILM SERIES SEASON FINALE

September 7, 2019
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We are proud to announce the 2019 Katra Film Series Fall Edition taking place from September 25-26th at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Brooklyn! In partnership with HiO, ScreenBlade, Final Draft, 3636 Studios, and International Screenwriters’ Association, the audience will choose the best work of the evening each night and the winners will takes home over $7,000 in prizes and advance to our 8th Annual Grand Finale in January 2020 where they will be considered for top prizes including a…

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2018 CALL FOR ENTRIES – REGULAR DEADLINE APPROACHING

October 21, 2017
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The 2018 Season is right around the corner which only means one thing…. … Time To Submit is NOW!           At Katra, we pride ourselves on hosting world-class screening events and highlighting the works of our selected filmmakers with press coverage from top media outlets and offering them unparalleled career opportunities with industry professional meetings and state-of-the-art prizes from our generous sponsors.  SUBMIT HERE  

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2017 SEAON FINALE **FALL SERIES**

August 28, 2017
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  FALL LINEUP – 2017 SEASON FINALE (lineup order subject to change): The Still Life (12:12) – Directed by Yun Xie Chris, a photographer, desperately seeking inspiration, finds himself in the right place at the wrong time. He soon realizes that in order to capture his subject’s, he’s going to have to put down his camera. Microscopia (4:32) – Directed by Nikolaus Jantsch The content of this work is about code, the code that surrounds us, that builds the chains…

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: EARLY BIRD DEADLINE MARCH 1ST

February 27, 2015
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ATTENTION SHORT CONTENT CREATORS & FILMMAKERS: Katra Film Series Earlybird deadline for Spring submissions is 2 days away. Do you have a short film, web series, music video, animated film, experimental, short documentary? Send us your work today! Great prizes and opportunity for exposure in the capital of the world! #filmfestival #shortfilms #shortfilmmakers #indiefilms #shortfilmfestival #nofilmschool #filmcurious #katrafilmseries #katrafilmfestival #shortcontent #shortcontentcreators #earlybird #submissions #call4entries #TFF2015 #NYFA #Tischschoolofthearts #SVA #studentfilms #awardwinningshorts #artsandculture

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2014 KATRA FILM SERIES – 3RD & FINAL ROUND

November 18, 2014
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***** 2014 KATRA FILM SERIES 3RD ROUND***** Join us Wednesday, December 3rd for the 3rd & Final Round of the 2014 Katra Film Series. A panel of judges will select 2 shorts to move on to the Grand Finale in January and the Audience will vote for one film to move on as well. A $500+ prize courtesy of our generous sponsors PULP NYC, Filmmaker Magazine, Pond5, Katra, CM4A will be shared amongst the 3 winners. A portion of the…

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CALL FOR ENTRIES: LATE DEADLINE OCT. 15 – Do you have what it takes?

October 9, 2014
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CALLING ALL FILMMAKERS, WRITERS, PRODUCERS, DIRECTORS, ACTORS: The 2014 Katra Film Series Season is Coming to a Close and we’re still looking for short content for our Final Edition of the year before the 3rd Round. Do you have what it takes to screen at NYC’s Premier Film Series & Networking Party? Then show us what you got! Late Deadline Oct. 15th. Submit now below: ‪#‎indiefilms‬ ‪#‎shortfilms‬ ‪#‎filmmakers‬ ‪#‎filmcurious‬ ‪#‎crowdfund‬ ‪#‎stayindietour‬ ‪#‎guerillafilmmaking‬ ‪#‎nofilmschool‬ ‪#‎webseries‬ ‪#‎webisodes‬ ‪#‎musicvideo‬ ‪#‎animation‬ ‪#‎distribution‬ ‪#‎filmfestivals‬ ‪#‎nycevents‬…

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Crowdfunding For Independence – Join us this Wednesday, Oct. 8th for a Special Workshop Course Brought to you by Seed&Spark

October 7, 2014
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Order Tickets Via Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/crowdfunding-to-build-independence-nyc-with-katra-film-series-tickets-13328470815 CROWDFUNDING TO BUILD INDEPENDENCE: The only proven path to independence as an artist is a direct connection to your audience. Crowdfunding is becoming a fundamental piece of most financing plans for independent film. However, many filmmakers miss the opportunity to turn their film funding campaigns into audience-building opportunities that can last an entire career — and provide the groundwork for theatrical distribution that you control. Seed&Spark and Tugg are combining forces to invest in the…

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