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All the latest breaking news on Katra Film Series and our Sister Film Festivals.

New Faces New Voices and Katra LatinX Celebrates at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Despite all the challenges and restrictions of the past year, we are proud to announce that our sister festivals NFNV – New Faces New Voices – and Katra LatinX Fest closed out the year with a bang at the Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas last month! Thank you to all the filmmakers and audiences for being part of our 2021 Fall Festival. Huge thanks to our amazing sponsors and supporters UKW Media, JMR Rentals, BKLYN Commons, Screenblade, NYWIFT, Final Draft, and International…

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New Faces New Voices returns to Alamo Drafthouse Cinema!

NFNV is back for a hybrid festival this Fall in the greatest city in the world! Join us for in-person screenings, virtual programs, Q&As, and a closing night rooftop party. In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month we are collaborating with Katra LatinX Festival for a special block highlighting this community’s rich, personal and dynamic stories. We are truly excited this Fall’s diverse lineup which includes stories from underrepresented, multicultural and vibrant communities from around the globe. Join us virtually and…

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World Webfest Mania Celebrates 3rd Year at Wild Project Theater in NYC

Thank you to all the wonderful creators, filmmakers, actors, and audiences for making our theatrical return last month a special one at Wild Project Theater in the East Village of Manhattan. Huge thanks to all of our amazing sponsors for making this terrific night possible: UKW Media, JMR Rentals, BKLYN Commons, Final Draft and International Screenwriters’ Association. Congrats to the following winners: Best Web Series “Breaking and Entering” created by Heather Spilkin Best Short Film “Seven Fishes” directed by Jaclyn…

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Worldwebfest Mania Returns for Year 3 in NYC

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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