IndieWorks screens short films produced by emerging local filmmakers one Tuesday out of every month. It provides a platform for those filmmakers to showcase their work in front of an audience, network with other creators in the local community, and engage in thoughtful discussions about their creative intentions behind the work.

We host one screening every month (June - March) of approximately 5 short films, and 1 film is given the 'Silver Whiskers Award' every month. Then in April, all 10 Silver Whisker winners of the year come back to screen again and are eligible for monetary prizes! This event is our Best of Fest!

DUE TO COVID-19, WE ARE MAKING THIS AN ONLINE EVENT. MORE DETAILS SOON.

Line-up (screening order subject to change):

Neighborhood (14:30) (August Winner)
directed by Ben Garchar

Will I Say So (6:53) (June Winner)
written & directed by Jamie DiNicola

Bath (14:56) (February Winner)
written & directed by Meredith Dobbs

End of Summer (14:39) (September Winner)
written & directed by Serena Kuo

The Shallow End (10:21) (November Winner)
directed by Cynthia Silver, written by Wendy MacLeod

-10 minute intermission

Eudaemonia (14:47) (July Winner)
written & directed by Julia Ngeow

A Poem in Bamboo (4:34) (January Winner)
directed & animated by Chun-Yao Chang & XuFei Wu

Power Out (5:40) (December Winner)
written & directed by Ben Myers

The Gaffer (8:00) (March Winner)
directed by Paul Robinson, written by Sashia Dumont

Come Be Creepy With Us (15:26) (October Winner)
directed by Beth Fletcher, written by Michael Calciano

*Award Ceremony: There will be 5 winners of the night: the top Golden Whiskers Award (Best Picture) and category winners of Best Director, Best Ensemble Performance, Best Cinematography, and Best Editing. All will receive monetary prizes from our sponsors Seed&Spark and 4milecircus.

Q&A's are a staple of our screening series. However, since this is our Best of Fest re-screening of films, there will be no Q&A at this event. So check out our Q&A recap videos from the monthly screenings on our site to see these filmmakers discuss their films. And be sure to attend our monthly screenings in the future for more engagement with filmmakers. Tonight will be less focused on discussion and more of a celebration of this year of films and the amazing filmmakers we featured & connected with.

STAY IN for a fun & free night of film watching. Discover shorts, Find an audience, Build the local film community! More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, run & programmed by the CongestedCat Productions LLC team, and hosted by Ricardo Manigat & Dani Thomas. Meet the full team: http://www.congestedcat.com/about/ Our first screening was in June 2013, we're currently wrapping up Year 7!

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