Katra Film Series returns in its new online format October 5th-10th. Every online screening block is followed by a Zoom filmmaker talkback open to all audiences, and all viewers are invited to vote for Audience Choice Award Winners who will receive prize packages worth a total of $7000 courtesy of Final Draft, JMR Rentals, Screenblade, 3636 Studio, International Screenwriters’ Association, and Meditative Writing.
In addition to online streamings of indie shorts and features, they will be hosting a celebratory drive-in screening of Toy Story 4 in partnership with Councilmember Chaim Deutsch’s office, on Tuesday October 6th at Manhattan Beach, free and open to all. Audience members who are interested are also invited to reserve space to attend a small socially distant celebration on Saturday, October 10th at HiO Tribeca, where awards will be announced and presented to filmmakers amidst food, drinks, and red carpet photos and interviews!
Katra Fall Series – Complete Schedule Below The Cut:
Mon. October 5 – Feature films
7:00pm EDT – Resisterhood by Cheryl Jacobs Crim — Resisterhood is a film about the power of women, hope and resistance in modern American politics.
9:00pm EDT – Crossroads of America by Gabrielle Muller — Haunted night-after-night by suppressed memories of her past, Sandy veers toward any action to break free. But will she finally go too far?
Tue. October 6 – *Toy Story 4 Drive-in Event*
in partnership with Councilmember Chaim Deutsch’s office
6:30pm EDT – Toy Story 4
Manhattan Beach Parking Lot
1018 Oriental Blvd
Brooklyn, NY 11235
WED. October 7 – Short Films
7pm EDT – Block 1
Eye Drops by Michael Suchmann
Best friends, Benny (Bleda Cilingir) and Greg (Gabe Gathmann) sit high in a car, drinking slushees, people watching and discussing their aimless post-college life.
Bath by Meredith Dobbs
Discussions about sexuality and politics during a weekend away in Bath prove to Nick (Joseph Cullen) and Ella (Georgia Clarke-Day, Modern Day is Rubbish, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them) that despite their six years together, they don’t have it all figured out. Bath was filmed in London and was done entirely using improvised dialogue.
Lost & Found by Adam DeCarlo
After leaving his phone in a cab, a millennial New Yorker (Adam DeCarlo, Gotham, The Good Cop, Unforgettable) accepts a bet from two friends that he can’t make it through an entire weekend without his device, forcing him to look up and enjoy life untethered from his screen.
Slip by Lizzie Morgan
Lydia (MaryKathryn Kopp) and Roy (Alex Breaux, When They See Us, Hustlers) navigate their codependent and abusive relationship in New York.
Below by Chance Muehleck
A one-shot, first-person thriller with a twist.
House Hunting by Patrick Andrew Higgins
Hunters sneak inside our homes to steal our most private moments and anonymously post the video for all the world to see. Lead cast Caitlin Rose Williams (Sorry Ari, Dead End)
The Anxious Taxidermist – A Musical by Jeff Dickamore
The story of Marie (Aurora Florence), a young woman who uses her secret passion for rogue taxidermy* to cope with debilitating anxiety.
9pm EDT – Block 2
Dogmate by Amanda Thickpenny & Mollie Vogt-Welch
Tim (Matt Gibson, Second String Guests) is disenchanted with his NYC life until the dog-walking app he works for brings him to the perfect apartment, potential housemates Leigh (Cadden Jones, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) and Ken (Ken Jennings, Mildred Pierce), and dog. He decides he needs to find a way to make all these things permanent fixtures in his life.
The Priest by Michael Vukadinovich
In a lonely desert town a suicidal priest (Emmy winner Patton Oswalt, Young Adult, Ratatouille) makes a decision that kicks into motion a series of strange events leading him to an unexpected discovery. Is it coincidence or miraculous?
The Taxidermist by Natalie Johnson
Natalie Johnson (Over/Under, Greater Good) directs the chilling story of Claire (Annie Grier), a woman taxidermist, grieves her recent late-term miscarriage she had alone in the middle of the night in her taxidermy shop.
Master Maggie by Matthew Bonifacio
A celebrity acting coach (Lorraine Bracco, Good Fellas, The Sopranos) is interrupted by an unknown actor (Neil Jain, The Quitter, The Deep and Dreamless Sleep) begging for her help for a TV audition. Includes Brian Dennehy (First Blood, Silverado) and Kenan Thompson (Saturday Night Live, Snakes on a Plane).
Be Still by Tommy Snider
Battling his memory and isolation in a bleak forest, a man (Tommy Snider, Doom Patrol, Kenobi: A Star Wars Story) struggles to make sense of his circumstances, discovering clues of how he got there and the danger he faces getting out.
Honey Bee by Sandy Garfunkel
Honey Bee is a short visual poem which reflects on memory, and moments in life that mark us and hold us back. For each of us, various moments leave their mark, but this one is inspired by today’s headlines.
THU. October 8 – Short Films
7pm EDT – Block 1
Forever Red by Garrett Adams
Two American ex-spies (April Hartman, One Mississippi, Silhouette, Howlers, and David Raizor, A Brilliant Monster, Sandpaper) have left their experiences during the cold war behind them.
Father by Law by Maria De Sanctis
A father (William Russ, Boy Meets World) attempts to reconnect with his daughter (Annie Clark, Degrassi) on her wedding day.
Magic Man by Alice Millar & Nile Tracer
Repressed by her father’s (Pete Lee-Wilson, Film Stars Dont Die in Liverpool) ideals, Masie (Rose Reynolds, The World’s End, Once Upon a Time) hides her true self in order to try to meet his expectations – expectations effortlessly met by her brother (Ben Kernow).
Chrysanthemum by Suliya Gisele
Chinatown, NYC. Ming, a canner, grieving the death of her child finds a baby doll in the trash and brings it home. Her husband Chen throws it away. Can the family become complete once more with a doll as their child?
The Knowledge by Alexander Osman
It’s a dark night in London 1991 and there’s a serial killer on the loose. Two men (Stephen Beckett, Robin Hood, and J.K. Glynn, Justice League) go about their business oblivious to the dangers at large when fate brings them together in a black taxi.
The Cord by Cory Greenbaum
The story of a young boy’s quest in proving his worth to his older brother.
9pm EDT – Block 2
What Kind Of Day Has It Been? by Elijah Reynolds
Three highschool students go through their stressful, but normal day. Everything is totally ordinary, until it’s not.
Green Cobra by Sigurd Culhane
A genre-bending story of a hit-man… excuse me, Life Ending Technician (Colleen Foy) who details a documentary film crew, her rise in a mostly male dominated field.
Foreign by Carlos Violade
Summer. Mark (Josh Taylor, The Crown, Poldark, Redeeming Love) has just started his holidays in Spain. A meal amongst friends, a foreigner, a beach, a boat, the sea… The most beautiful thing will turn into the most extreme experience of his life.
A Million Eyes by Richard Raymond
A young mixed-race photographer (Elijah M. Cooper) grapples with his mother’s (Katie Lowes, Wreck It Ralph, Zootopia, Ingrid Goes West) alcoholism, sets out to capture something he loves.
Summer in the City by Mojo Lorwin
A dream logic, black comic exploration of climate change and its insidious effects on the human psyche. Convinced that civilization is on the brink of collapse, two women set out on a journey through New York City parks in search of a river that will take them to a far away island. But does the river exist?
Remember/Tomorrow by Ari Veach & Ryan Shuler
Two lovers (Marielle Rousseau and Ari Veach) embark on a journey across time and space. Through a dream-like perception of reality, they navigate within alternate possibilities of how their lives may unfold.
FRI. October 9 – Short Films
7pm EDT – Block 1
Mann Overboard by Sam Cadman
Doug Mann (Michael Bakkensen, Alien Warfare, Toru) is quickly drowning in a world he no longer recognizes, a world where his wife Lisa (Marjan Neshat) and his mother Edie (Katra returning cast member Catherine Curtin, Stranger Things, Insecure, and Orange is the New Black) are thriving, while his life falls apart at the seams.
Eagle by Jose Acevedo
Edgar (Daniel Taveras) is a bright and promising high school senior in Brooklyn whose best friend’s (Antonio Ortiz, Gravity, Vox Lux) premonitory warning gets lost as he receives good news. Includes Roy Wood Jr. (The Daily Show, The Last O.G.)
The Tattooed Torah by Marc Bennett
An animated film based on the renowned children’s book that has been educating young children about the Holocaust for generations.
The Book of Ruth by Becca Roth
Lizzy (Chen Drachman, The Path, Black Box, Last Week… with John Oliver) and her siblings visit their grandmother Ruth (Tovah Feldsshuh, The Walking Dead, The Good Wife) for Passover. Later that night, Lizzy finds Ruth watching a midnight news story about Anne Frank’s death. Lizzy then confesses to have known a related secret for years and Ruth is left with some explaining to do.
EXT by Adrian Bobb
In the snow-covered ruins of 24th century Toronto, AEGIS (Cara Gee), a humanoid war machine, leads a team of five robot-bound digital-humans into the the real world (aka the “E-X-T”) to retake an enemy-occupied server installation vital to the survival of their digital homeworld.
Pretty Ugly Complicated by Dani Hanks
A couple (Amy Londyn and Steven Moskos) in their early 30s deal with marriage in the modern world. Temptations and traps are everywhere and getting pulled into them is as easy as swiping right.
9pm EDT – Block 2
J-1 by Emmi Shockley
It’s the end of summer in Ocean City, Maryland. A young crab house waitress, Olivia (Emmi Shockley, Don’t Be a Baby, Ping Pong Summer), has fallen for her Irish coworker (Christopher Michael Lynch, The Player, Conquered Soul) and made plans to move to Dublin with him. On the eve of their departure, Olivia must decide between the intoxicating promise of a new life and the bonds that tie her to home.
Seeing Things as They Are by Daniel Stein
After her sudden loss of her vision, a teenage girl (Rebeca Donovan, Spider Man: Homecoming) struggles to maintain meaningful relationships with her sister and best friend.
Burning Spear by Sam Lichtenstein
In a world where communication is restricted to portable technological devices, a girl struggles to find human connection.
Kite by HongWei Wang
One day a strange little white man picked up a mysterious box where he discovered a little grey man.
Right Where You Need to Be by Choice Skinner
An inner city black girl (Ambyr McWilliams, #BlackAF, Insecure) finds ways to mentally escape from her tragic childhood memories by selling drugs and street-life. Another recent tragedy plagues her with her chronic insomnia and she copes with it by writing poetry and short stories. An optimistic young man (Chris Rouse) enters her life and motivates her to further her dreams as a writer.
SAT. October 10 – *HiO TribecA Party*
7pm EDT – Awards Presentation & Party
HiO Tribeca
37 Lispenard St,
New York, NY 10013
***Free Gift for All Attendees!***
