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  Join us for the 2017 Katra Film Series Semi-Annual Round on Saturday, August 12, 2017 where 14 elite shorts will compete for 5 slots to advance to the 6th Annual Grand Finale Series taking place at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater! The judges listed below will choose the top 4 shorts and the audience will vote for one short to advance to the Grand Finale Series.  Judges: RANDY WILKINS: A three-time Emmy Award-winning director, cinematographer and editor from the Bronx,…

  SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 2017  (Lineup order subject to change) MUST LUV ZOMBIES – directed by Heidi Segal Two lonely newcomers to NYC resort to online dating to find someone who will accept them for who they are – Zombie fanatics. DEATH OF A VACUUM – directed by Simone Kisiel / written by Adriana Jones A short, dark comedy about a young woman who comes home to find that her parents are working on a fun new project together – a…

April 19, 2017: We are proud to announce the 2017 Spring Edition was a tremendous success! The evening began with filmmakers, their family, and friends interacting with one and other over the open bar (courtesy of Narragansett beer) and getting a chance to network and trade war-stories with some of the most promising up-and-coming filmmakers producing content today. The screenings were broken up into three blocks featuring a range of different genres from political documentaries, to aspiring web-series, foreign-language narratives,…

2017 SPRING EDITION OFFICIAL LINEUP (Lineup order subject to change) JIHADI STREET – directed by Yulia Fomenko Jihadi Street is a Sesame Street parody. It tries to answer the question – “What if ISIS produced children’s television show to recruit kids?” Jihadi Street short film explores stark, profound realities of the current state of media, its’ influence on children and adults around the world. ¡HOLA KITTY! – directed by Daniel Burity / produced by Daniel Burity, Vera Queiroz Experience how…

The 2017 Summer Call For Entries Now Open! Filmmakers & web creators, send us your features, short films, student films, web series, documentary, music videos, animation, experimental works and more! Now in our 6th season we are looking for intriguing cinematic endeavors that blow us away. Are you ready? Send your works TODAY!  

                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…