Due to the unprecedented and tumultuous upheaval with the Global COVID-19 Pandemic, all of our scheduled events for the 2020 Season have been postponed to a later date. Rest assured we will be back up and running in the coming weeks and months ahead, so bear with us as we work night and day to reschedule all of our events in a smart, timely and healthy fashion. While our team works tirelessly to provide all our filmmakers with a wonderful…
Now in its 3rd year, Katra’s Sidebar program is dedicated to highlighting outstanding short-form content by talented local filmmakers including works by underrepresented communities focusing on important issues, topics and stories. Each screening block is followed by Q&A and the audience will vote for the best work of the evening and the winner takes home prizes with total value of $2000 courtesy of the Bowery Film Festival, 3636 Studios and International Screenwriters’ Association. LINEUP (7PM-8PM): Deep Creek …
JANUARY 21, 2020: The Katra Film Series is proud to return to the world famous Alamo Drafthouse Theater in Downtown Brooklyn next Tuesday, January 28th for its 8th Annual Grand Finale. The Finalists will compete for over $10,000 in prizes. In partnership with Everyone Matters and Rhino Films, the Grand Prize Winner will be awarded a one-on-one meeting with acclaimed Hollywood Producer Stephen Nemeth from the Academy-Award nominated The Sessions and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas and a state-of-the-art…
JANUARY 10, 2020: We are proud to announce a new sponsor supporting our efforts to discover the next generation of filmmakers at the Alamo Drafthouse Theater for 2020. JMR Rentals is a full Digital Cinema and Broadcast Video equipment rental facility based in Brooklyn, NY. They also have added a brand new and fully operational production studio in their space, carrying the latest in today’s technology. They will customize any package you may need, including a full line of lighting, grip, audio…
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…
Join us for our 2019 Fall Sidebar Series October 19-20th at VINE in Downtown Brooklyn. Now in its 2nd year, Katra’s Sidebar program is dedicated to highlighting outstanding short-form content by talented local filmmakers including works by underrepresented communities focusing on important issues, topics and stories. Each screening block is followed by Q&A and the audience will vote for the best work of the evening and the winner takes home prizes with total value of $2000 courtesy of the Bowery Film…
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…
The 2019 Katra Summer Series continues with our Feature Film Presentations at the Wild Project Theater in NYC on Sunday, August 25th! We are proud to host the world Premiere of SUM OF US, directed by Anthony Meindl, starring Emma Kenney (Shameless, Roseanne), Isadora Goreshter (shameless), Kevin Csolak (Mean Girls on Broadway), Chad James Buchanan (INHUMANS, Star), Brianne Howey (I’m Dying Up Here, The Passage) and also the East Coast Premiere of ENTITY PROJECT directed by Jandea Percem. Each feature…
Join us for the the 2019 Katra Film Series Sidebar Edition on Saturday, July 27th at the HiO Store and VINE in Downtown Brooklyn. In addition to our main program, the Sidebar Edition is a new section dedicated to showcasing more outstanding works by talented filmmakers including underrepresented communities focusing on relevant issues, topics and stories. The Audience will vote for the best work of the evening and the winner takes home $1500 of in-kind prizes courtesy of 3636 Studios…
We are proud to support the New Faces New Faces Inaugural Competition at Vine in Brooklyn! NFNV is unwavering in its commitment and determination to highlight independent works by underrepresented communities from around the world – Filmmakers of Color, Women Filmmakers, Black, Asian, Latinx, LGBTQIA+ filmmakers and more. The winner of each session will take home over $1500 in-kind prizes courtesy of our sponsors At Your Beat, 3636 Studios, WriterDuet and International Screenwriters’ Association. LINEUP ORDER: PROGRAM 1 Living with…