IndieWorks screens short films produced by emerging filmmakers throughout New York. It provides a platform for those filmmakers to showcase their work in front of an audience and to network with individuals in the local film community.
It also allows other filmmakers to engage in thoughtful Q&A's with the featured filmmakers of the evening.
Free entry! Doors open at 6:00pm. Screening starts at 7:00pm and lasts roughly 2 hours. But stay as late as you'd like! We encourage mingling & networking after the screening in order to spark collaboration & support.
*This is our Halloween Special! (Trigger warning for some violence & gore in films of the night.) We encourage people to dress up. The whole CongestedCat team will be in costume. The Local, our venue, will be dressed in webs and horror decor & there will be a special Halloween playlist! We'll also have props set up for our photo opps of the evening. We love Halloween & Horror Movies. If you do too, this an event you won't want to miss!*
The night's line-up (order subject to change):
Arts & Crafts (13:50)
Directed & Written by Nina Gielan
Burnt Popcorn (8:39)
Directed & Written by Rafael De Leon Jr.
The Price of Bones (10:05)
Directed by Brandon Taylor/Written by Samantha Kolesnik/Represented by Producer Michael Sherry
*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers
Stitched (3:35)
Directed & Written by Heather Taylor
The Grind (4:30)
Directed & Written by Christian LaMorte & Alejandro Veciana
Sticks (17:15)
Directed & Written by Mark J. Parker
*Q&A with 2nd Set of Filmmakers. Followed by voting for Audience Choice winner.
Silver Whiskers Winner & Audience Choice Selection announced at the end of the night. Corresponding prizes sponsored by Seed&Spark, Bright Ideas& 4milecircus.
Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!
2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to theThe Local NYC for hosting us. Happy hour prices all night.
Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions LLC team, and hosted by Ricardo Manigat & Gwen Albers. Meet the full team: http://www.congestedcat.com/about/
We're currently in Year 4. Our first screening of every year is in June & our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whiskers Award winners of the year is in April.
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks
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