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FREE NETWORKING MIXER – Featuring Special Industry Guests

Join us next Thursday, August 7th in the heart of midtown for a free networking mixer with special industry guests. Katra Film Series will be hosting different events throughout the year to connect actors, writers, producers, directors, casting directors, et al, with likeminded industry professionals. Launched in 2012, Katra Film Series has connected countless people in the entertainment industry with job opportunities. Katra Film Series is partnered up with Everyone Matters Seed&Spark Carpingo AllCar Rent A Car Filmmaker Magazine Museum…

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2014 KATRA FILM SERIES – 2ND ROUND – JULY 26, 2014

ADVANCE SALES ARE OVER. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE @ DOOR BOX OFFICE OPENS AT 5PM Join us on July 26, 2014 as we showcase the Top 10 films since January! The selected filmmakers will be competing for two prizes worth over 1K and the opportunity to make it to the Grand Finale Event in January. The 2nd round prizes are sponsored by Seed&Spark, Carpingo, AllCar Rent A Car, Pulp NYC, Museum of the Moving Image, Bait & Hook, and more. Also,…

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2 Year Anniversary Party – Free Admission + Open Vodka Bar

Join us this Saturday, June 28th for the 2nd Year Anniversary Celebration with a FREE party and OPEN VODKA BAR event. Launched on June 30th, 2012 – Katra Film Series Proudly Supports Independent Filmmakers creating quality short content, serving as a launching pad for emerging artists in the Greater City of New York. During the past 2 years we’ve been honored to welcome Academy-Award Winner Susan Sarandon, Do The Right Thing’s Luis Antonio Ramos (currently starring in STARZ’s hit Show…

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KATRA FILM SERIES – JUNE EDITION

****Summer is Just Around The Corner and You Know What That means**** The Competition heats up as NYC’s Top Filmmaking Talent vie for one last chance to make it to the 2nd Round. Join us June 7th for the 2014 Katra Film Series in the Lower East Side of NYC! Our last event before the 2nd round Competition in July. RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/666531523426364/ The audience will vote for one film to move on to the 2nd round and receive a prize…

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KATRA FILM SERIES – MAY EDITION – 05/10/14

Join us for the May Edition of the 2014 Katra Film Series in the capital of the world! RSVP:  https://www.facebook.com/events/555421141238906/ The audience will vote for one film to receive a prize from Seed&Spark and the film will also move on to the 2nd round competition in July where prizes will be handed out to several filmmakers. Launched in the Summer of 2012, Katra Film Series is screens a selection of quality short films every month by emerging and award-winning filmmakers…

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Katra Film Series – April Edition – Featuring Bryan Cranston, Sundance, SXSW, Newport Beach Film Festival Alums

Katra Film Series is back with a riveting lineup of shorts! Join us for the April edition of the 2014 Katra Film Series in the Lower East Side in the capital of the world! The audience will vote for one film and the winner will receive a prize from Seed&Spark and move on to the 2nd round competition in July. Share Event page with your friends: https://www.facebook.com/events/521208384656921/ Launched in the Summer of 2012, Katra Film Series screens a selection of quality…

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2014 KATRA FILM SERIES OFFICIAL LAUNCH

Please join us February 8th for the Official Launch of the 2014 Katra Film Series in the Lower East Side of NYC. The audience will vote for one film to move on to the 2nd round competition in July where prizes will be handed out to several filmmakers. Launched in the Summer of 2012, Katra Film Series screens a selection of quality short films by emerging filmmakers living, studying or working in NYC, and provides a great networking platform for…

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*********2013 KATRA FILM SERIES GRAND FINALE********

Join us Saturday January 25th for the Grand Finale of 2013 in the heart of Williamsburg, Brooklyn. The finalists will be considered for the Best Short Film and Audience Choice Awards. The Top Prizes include one-on-one meeting with acclaimed Hollywood Producer Stephen Nemeth and $1,000 rental package from Hello World Communications. The Best Short Film Award will be judged by our esteemed Jury Members: Stephen Nemeth, Sebastián Cordero, Lucy Mulloy, and Juan Caceres. Read biographies below. PURCHASE TICKETS (tickets available…

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2013 Final Edition Is Here – Saturday, December 14th

Please join us for the final edition of the 2013 Katra Film Series as this will be our final screening of the year before the Grand Finale Event in January. DISCOUNTED ADVANCE TICKETS: http://katrafilmseriesdecember.eventbrite.com/ In partnership with Everyone Matters and Rhino Films, the 2013 Grand Prix 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 Vegas. Katra Film Series launched in the Summer of 2012…

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2013 KATRA FILM SERIES HOLIDAY PARTY

IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR – OUR 2ND ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY!!!!! Celebrate the 2013 Katra Film Series Holiday Party this Thursday, December 5th right off UNION SQUARE! For all our generous supporters, filmmakers, attendees, special guests, actors, professional networkers and all you lovers of culture and indie films we’d like to invite you all to this free party which includes a ONE HOUR OPEN VODKA BAR. That’s right, come out and celebrate with us and, as a bonus for…

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