IndieWorks: September Series (Web Series Month)

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

59 Days in New York (14:51)
Created by May-Elise Martinsen/ Directed by Mandira Chauhan

Mybnb (4:36)
Created by Pearson Jenks/ Directed by Nickon Hemati

Stay at Home (11:12)
Created & Directed by Ben Jaeger-Thomas/Co-Directed by Liam Billingham

*Q&A with 2nd Set of Filmmakers. Followed by voting for Audience Choice winner. 

Life After Fat (7:30)
Created by Julia Pugachevsky/ Directed by Jason Hood/Produced by Will Patterson

Maybe Sunshine (9:35)
Created by Lisa Hammer/ Co-created & Directed by Levi Wilson

Kyle's Closet (3:49)
Created & Directed by Shelby Zoe Coley

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers

Silver Whiskers Winner & Audience Choice Selection announced at the end of the night. Corresponding prizes sponsored by Seed&Spark.

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 thePeople Lounge for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team. Meet the full team: http://www.congestedcat.com/about/
We're currently beginning year 3. Our first screening of every year is in June & our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Award winners of the year is in April.

IndieWorks: August Series

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

Tom in America (16:00)
Directed by Flavio Alves

Before We Lose (17:10)
Directed by Cristhian Andrews 

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 

Love & Badminton (17:43)
Directed by Kenneth Maharaj

Into The Woods (3:40)
Directed by Anne Hu

Unwritten (10:14)
Directed by Anita Carroll

*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.

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 thePeople Lounge for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Meet the full team: http://www.congestedcat.com/about/
We're currently beginning year 3. Our first screening of every year is in June & our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Award winners of the year is in April.

IndieWorks: July Series

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

Solace (11:04)
Directed by Marvin Van Buren

Time Signature (10:10)
Directed by Sean Mannion 

A Farewell to Robot Arms (5:27)
Directed by Christopher Ventura & Peter LaSala

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 

Live a Little (13:20)
Directed by Molly McGaughey

Lawn Care (8:33)
Directed by Marie Schlingmann

Hungry For Love (15:00)
Directed by Justin Ambrosino

*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.

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 thePeople Lounge for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Meet the full team: http://www.congestedcat.com/about/
We're currently beginning year 3. Our first screening of every year is in June & our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Award winners of the year is in April.

IndieWorks: June Series (Kicking off Year 3!)

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

The Man From the City (11:00)
Direct by Elias Plagianos

The Way You Love (10:00)
Directed by Lydia Darly 

Tadaima (15:25)
Directed by Robin D'Oench 

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers

In Loving Memory of Uncle Harold (8:30)
Directed by Lily van Leeuwen

Places (11:20)
Directed by Adam Taylor 

Rolling (12:32)
Directed by Adam Volerich 

*Q&A with 2nd Set of Filmmakers. Followed by voting for Audience Choice winner. 

Silver Whiskers Award Winner & Audience Choice Selection announced at the end of the night. Corresponding prizes sponsored by Seed&Spark.

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 the People Lounge for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Meet the full team: http://www.congestedcat.com/about/

We're currently beginning year 3. Our first screening of every year is in June & our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Award winners of the year is in April.

IndieWorks: Best of Fest Year 2!

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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. 

We host one screening every month (June - March) of approximately 6 short films, and 1 film is given the 'Silver Whiskers Award' based on an 8 category system (described on our site). 

Then in April, all 10 Silver Whisker winners of the year, along with 1 lucky Audience Voted winner screen and are eligible for monetary prizes! This event is our Best of Fest!

There's no entry fee, so bring all your friends and film enthusiasts. We're even giving out a prize to a lucky audience member through a free raffle through our sponsor Seed&Spark!

As always, we'll be screening at the wonderful People Lounge in the Lower Eastside. But for this special event, we'll have access to both floors and a 3rd screen! 

Line-up (screening order subject to change): 

The Bureau of Short-Term Affairs (15:00) (October Winner) Directed by Bryan Artiles 
Written/Produced by Sissy Denkova 

Mating (15:45) (February Winner)
Directed by Chris Ungco 

Hey Yun (8:15) (September Winner)
Created by Hye Yun Park 

Money Box (5:00) (August Winner)
Directed by Muzappar Osman 

Wormbug (14:40) (Halloween Winner)
Directed by Arlen Konopaki

Zerogon (4:00) (Online Audience Winner)
Directed by Joshua Planz & John Mattiuzzi

-5 minute intermission

Molly's Method (15:00) (November Winner)
Directed by Gabriela Revilla Lugo 

The Visit (8:30) (June Winner)
Directed by Lawrence Horwitz 

Q.U.E.E.N. (16:25) (January Winner)
Directed by Brittany M. Fennell 

Lolotte (14:54) (March Winner)
Directed by Felix Thompson 

Boy on a Bike (2:25) (July Winner)
Directed by Casey Stein 

*Award Ceremony: There will be 2 winners of the night, the Golden Whiskers Award winner and Ultimate Audience Choice winner. Both will receive monetary prizes from our sponsors. 
 

There will be no Q&A at this event, so be sure to attend our monthly screenings for more engagement with filmmakers. Tonight will be more of a celebration of this year of films and the amazing filmmakers we featured and connected with. 

Doors open at 6:00pm. Entrance photos available at 6:30pm & during intermission. 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.

2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to the bar for hosting us. 

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. 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, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Our first screening was in June 2013, we're currently wrapping up Year 2!

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

IndieWorks: March Series

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

Dollar Night (17:45)
Directed by Marco Antonio Martinez 

Mirage (4:28)
Directed by Yaya Xu 

CLOT (10:33)
Directed by Charlotte Istel 

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 

LANA (11:53)
Directed by Berman Fenelus

July (5:20)
Directed by Jason Latorre 

Lolotte (14:54)
Directed by Felix Thompson 

*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.

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 the People Lounge for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Meet the full team: http://www.congestedcat.com/about/
We're currently in year 2. Our first screening of every year is in June & our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year is in April.

*Lolotte won Silver Whiskers

*LANA won Audience Choice

IndieWorks: February Series

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

Except For Us (11:05)
Directed by Christopher Ventura 

L'Amore Corto (Short Love) (10:00)
Directed by Valentina Vincenzini 
Represented by Jacopo Messina (Sound Designer) 

The Girl Who Reads (8:00)
Directed by Isabella Tan 

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 

Mating (15:00)
Directed by Chris Ungco 

Sumi (10:30)
Directed by Rachael Grace 

Micky (13:00)
Directed by Charlotte Istel

*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.

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 the People Lounge for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Meet the full team: http://www.congestedcat.com/about/
We're currently in year 2. Our first screening of every year is in June & our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year is in April.

*Mating won Silver Whiskers

*Micky won Audience Choice

IndieWorks: January Series

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

Zugzwang (8:50)
Directed by Yolanda Centeno

Walls (6:18)
Directed by Patrick Mandeville

John Dablovski: Reality TV Star (14:22)
Directed by Gerard Zarra

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 
 

Zerogon (3:55)
Directed by Joshua Planz & John Mattiuzzi

The Assassination on Chicago's Mayor (12:20)
Directed by D. Schmudde 

Q.U.E.E.N. (16:25)
Directed by Brittany Fennell

*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.

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 thePeople Lounge for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Meet the full team: http://www.congestedcat.com/about/
We're currently in year 2. Our first screening of every year is in June & our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year is in April.

*Q.U.E.E.N. won Silver Whiskers

*John Dablovski: Reality TV Star won Audience Choice

IndieWorks: November Series

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

BLISS (6:33)
Directed by Hannah Leshaw 

Moving On (7:00)
Directed by Andrea Fumagalli

Molly's Method (15:00)
Directed by Gabriela Revilla Lugo 

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 
 

 I hate being black (11:00)
Directed by Kevin Craig West 

Darling Can You Answer the Door (13:52)
Directed by Tomer Adorian, Produced/Represented by Danielle Bourgeois

A Good Fish (8:35)
Directed by Nicholas Santos 

*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.

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community! 

21 to drink, 18 to enter. 2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to the People's Lounge and Bar (163 Allen St) for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Meet the full team: http://www.congestedcat.com/about/
Our first screening was June 2013. Our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year was in April 2014. June 2014 started our 2nd year.

*Molly's Method won Silver Whiskers

*Darling Can You Answer the Door won Audience Choice

IndieWorks: Halloween Series (Thrills, Chills & Scares)

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7pm 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 special Halloween screening! We encourage people to dress up. The whole CongestedCat team will be in costumes. The People's Lounge, our venue, will be dressed in webs and horror decor, there will be candy & there will be a special Halloween playlist! We'll also have a photo booth with props set up for our bts photos of the evening. We love Halloween & Horror Movies. If you do too, this an event you wont want to miss!

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

Advent (10:00)
Directed by Chance Muehleck

Vivienne Again (11:05)
Directed by Kim Garland

Deal Travis In (13:25)
Directed by Kim Garland 

Gasmask (20:00)
Directed by Pablo Bonelli

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 

Sophie & the Chain (11:00)
Directed by Daniel Rothman

Teasers (9:05)
Rafael De Leon 

Wormbug (14:40)
Directed by Arlen Konopaki

People in Trees (17:45)
Directed by Jonah Vigil 

*Q&A with 2nd Set of Filmmakers. Followed by voting for Audience Choice winner. Silver Whiskers Winner (Best of Fest) & Audience Choice Selection announced at the end of the night.

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!

21 to drink, 18 to enter. 2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to the bar for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Our first screening was June 2013. Our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year was in April 2014. June started our new year.

*Wormbug won Silver Whiskers

*Gasmask won Audience Choice

IndieWorks: October Series

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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. 

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

Sweetness (15:00)
Directed by Joe Lueben 

A Girl And A Gun (11:42)
Directed by Eileen McQueen

Museum (5:51)
Directed by Dani Tenenbaum 

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 

The Bureau of Short-Term Affairs (15:00)
Directed by Bryan Artiles 
Represented by Sissy Denkova -Writer/Actor/Producer

The Real Truth Behind the Real True Story: Donnie Miller (15:12)  Directed by Mike Piccirillo
Represented by Shannon Michael Wamser -Actor/Producer 

*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.

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!

21 to drink, 18 to enter. 2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to The People's Lounge (163 Allen St.) for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks
Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Our first screening was June 2013. Our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year was in April 2014. June started our new year. 

*The Bureau of Short-Term Affairs won Silver Whiskers

*The Real Truth Behind the Real True Story: Donnie Miller won Audience CHoice

IndieWorks: September Series (Web Series Month)

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

Docket 32357 (14:05)
Pilot
Created by Randy Wilkins 

NYC Raw (8:48)
Episode 2
Created by Aaron Lehmann

Anthology (4:50)
Episode 3
Created by Ashley Denise 

Henry (6:50)
Pilot
Created by Alain Alfaro 

Just Sayin' (4:42)
Episode 1
Created by Samantha Slater, Alexandra Clayton & Kate Hoffman 

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 

No Method (17:30) 
Episode 2
Created by Caitlin Graham 

Stay at Home (10:25)
Episode 2
Created by Ben Jaeger-Thomas & Liam Billingham 

8 for Vegas (8:50)
Pilot
Created by John Painz 

Hey Yun (8:15)
Episode 1
Created by Hye Yun Park 

*Q&A with 2nd Set of Filmmakers. Followed by voting for Audience Choice winner. Silver Whiskers Winner (Best of Fest) & Audience Choice Selection announced at the end of the night.

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!

21 to drink, 18 to enter. 2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to the bar for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks
Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Our first screening was June 2013. Our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year was in April 2014. June started our new year. 

*Hey Yun won Silver Whiskers

*Docket 32357 won Audience Choice

IndieWorks: August Series

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

August Heat (10:20)
Directed by Matthew Thompson 

Multiverse (8:40)
Directed by Michael DiBiasio 

Money Box (5:00)
Directed by Muzappar Osman

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 
 

Protestors (9:55)
Directed by Marty Lang 

Downtown (3:00)
Directed by Jaclyn Gramigna 

Schlock Fish (6:55)
Directed by Esteban Uribe 

*Q&A with 2nd Set of Filmmakers. Followed by voting for Audience Choice winner. Silver Whiskers Winner (Best of Fest) & Audience Choice Selection announced at the end of the night.

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!

21 to drink, 18 to enter. 2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to the bar for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Our first screening was June 2013. Our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year was in April 2014. June started our new year.

*Money Box won Silver Whiskers

*Schlock Fish won Audience Choice

IndieWorks: July Series

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

Golden (Out of Competition) (2:45)
Directed by: Steven Cartoccio 

5AM (7:05)
Directed by: John Painz

As You Are Now (4:30)
Directed by Nicholas Santos 

Ice Cream (3:22)
Directed by Nicholas Santos 

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 

The Visit (8:30)

Directed by Lawrence Horwitz

Bless Me (10:30)
Directed by Christian LaMorte

Purple (5:00)
Directed by Liam Billingham

* Q&A with 2nd Set of Filmmakers. Followed by voting for Audience Choice winner. Silver Whiskers Winner (Best of Fest) & Audience Choice Selection announced at the end of the night.

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!

21 to drink, 18 to enter. 2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to the bar for hosting us. 
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks
Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Our first screening was June 2013. Our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year was in April 2014. June starts our new year.

*The Visit won Silver Whiskers

*Bless Me won Audience Choice

IndieWorks: June Series (Year 2 Launch)

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

Food & drink specials all night! 2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to the bar for hosting us. 

The night's line-up (order subject to change):

Before I Wake (5:45) 
Directed by Elena Delmasso
Represented by Gwen Albers

Hallelujah (8:00) 
Directed by Laura Gomez

Raymond & Lina (11:00)
Directed by Mark Pagan

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers. 

Half & Half (12:00)
Directed by Christian LaMorte

Rules (4:00)
Directed by Brendan Steere

Boy on a Bike (2:25)
Directed by Casey Stein 

* Q&A with 2nd Set of Filmmakers. Followed by voting for Audience Choice winner. Silver Whiskers Winner (Best of Fest) & Audience Choice Selection announced at the end of the night.

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!

21 to drink, 18 to enter.
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Our first screening was June 2013. Our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year was in April 2014. 

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

*Boy on a Bike won Silver Whiskers

*Rules won Audience Choice

IndieWorks: Best of Fest!

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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. 

We host one screening every month (June - March) of approximately 6 short films, and 1 film is given the 'Silver Whiskers Award' based on an 8 category system (described on our site).

Then in April, all 9 Silver Whisker winners of the year, along with 1 lucky Audience Choice winner will screen and be eligible for monetary prizes! 

There's no entry fee, so bring all your friends and film enthusiasts. We're even giving out a prize to an audience member through a free raffle, and every single person that attends will receive 250 free sparks onSeed&Spark (enough to watch a feature film)!

As always, we'll be screening at the wonderful People's Lounge in the Lower Eastside. But for this special event, we'll have access to both floors and a 3rd screen! 

Sponsors: Seed&Spark, Indiewood_Hollywoodn't & People Lounge

 Line-up (screening order subject to change):

La Solitaria (17:35)
Director: Nelson Isava (January Winner)

The Third One This Week (4:00)
Director: Felix Thompson (July Winner)

Prom Night (8:00)
Director: Celia Rowlson-Hall (August Winner)

Guides (17:09) 
Director: Dani Tenenbaum (November Winner)

Worlds We Created (9:33) 
Director: Nicholas Santos (March Winner)

-5 minute intermission

The Sucker (14:00)
Director: Katie Carman (June Winner)

Future Perfect (14:00)
Director: Liam Billingham (Audience Choice Winner) 

Anthology (4:09)
Director: Ashley Denise (September Winner) 

The Secret Friend (15:30)
Director: Flavio Alves (October Winner)

La Loteria (8:30)
Director: Shahir Daud (February Winner)

*Award Ceremony: There will be 2 winners of the night, the Golden Whiskers winner and Audience Choice winner. Both will receive monetary prizes. 

There will be no Q&A at this event, so be sure to attend our monthly screenings for more engagement with filmmakers. Also, check out our Insider Series interviews with the winning filmmakers: http://www.congestedcat.com/insiderseries

Doors open at 6:30pm. Red carpet photos available at 7pm & during intermission. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

Food & drink specials all night! 2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to the bar for hosting us. 

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!

21 to drink, 18 to enter.
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Our first screening of each year is in June 2013. Our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year is in April. 

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

*Guides won the Golden Whiskers Award, making it the Best of Fest winner for Year 1 of IndieWorks. 

*La Loteria won the Ultimate Audience Choice Award for Year 1 of Indieworks.

IndieWorks: March Series

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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 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm 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.

Food & drink specials all night! 2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to the bar for hosting us. 

The night's line-up:

The New Garden (7:43)             Directed by Ivan Kotevski 

Before I Wake (5:45)
Directed by Elena Delmasso
Represented by Gwen Albers 

Worlds We Created (9:33)
Directed by Nicholas Santos 

*Intermission and Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 

MayDay - Mortuary (3:15) (Out of Competition)
Directed by Steven Cartoccio 

Special tEd (7:39)
Directed by Brian Burstein

Las Mananitas (18:05)
Directed by Gabriella Moses 

* Q&A with 2nd Set of Filmmakers. Followed by voting for Audience Choice winner. Silver Whiskers Winner (Best of Fest) & Audience Choice Selection announced at the end of the night.

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!

21 to drink, 18 to enter.
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Our first screening was June 2013. Our annual Best of Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year will be in April 2014. 

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

*Worlds We Created won Silver Whiskers 

*Las Mananitas won Audience Choice 

IndieWorks: February Series

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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.

Free entry! Doors open at 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm and lasts roughly 2 hours. But stay as late as you'd like! We encourage you to mingle & network after the screening in order to spark collaboration & support.

Food & drink specials all night! 2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to the bar for hosting us. 

The night's line-up:

Red Triangle (4:00)
Written & Directed by Joseph Klein 

Reflecting (3:08)
Written & Directed by: Matthew Thompson 

MUTT (3:35)
Written & Directed by Nicholas Santos 

Sheets (4:00)
Written & Directed by: Oliver Hartman
Represented by Co-Producer Matthew Thompson 

*Intermission for Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers 

Das Fest der Liebe (Christmas Spirit) (6:15)
Directed by Anna Kirst

First Kiss (13:40)
Written & Directed by Peter LaSala 

La Loteria (8:30)
Written & Directed by Shahir Daud 

* Q&A with 2nd Set of Filmmakers. Followed by voting for Audience Choice winner. Silver Whiskers Winner (Best of Fest) & Audience Choice Selection announced at the end of the night.

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!

21 to drink, 18 to enter.
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions, LLC. team & Hosted by Lauren A. Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Our first screening was June 2013. Our annual Best of the Best Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year will be in April 2014. 

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

*La Loteria won Silver Whiskers

*Das Fest der Liebe won Audience Choice

IndieWorks: January Series

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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.

Free entry! Doors open at 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm and lasts roughly 2 hours. But stay as late as you'd like! We encourage you to mingle & network after the screening in order to spark collaboration & support.

Food & drink specials all night! 2 drink minimum is suggested but not enforced. It's just a thank you to the bar for hosting us.

The Night's Line-up:

La Solitaria (17:35)
Written & Directed by Nelson Isava 

A Memory (5:35)
Written & Directed by Irina Varina
Represented by Ari Rothschild 

LUV U (4:40)
Written & Directed by Ben Garchar

*Intermission for Q&A with 1st Set of Filmmakers

Future Perfect (14:00)            Written & Directed by Liam Billingham

Stop (1:30)
Written & Directed by Casey Stein

Harry Grows Up (11:30)
Directed by Mark Nickelsburg
Written by Mark Nickelsburg & Cindy Chupack

* Q&A with 2nd Set of Filmmakers. Followed by voting for Audience Choice winner. Silver Whiskers Winner (Best of Fest) & Audience Choice Selection announced at the end of the night.

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking. Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!

21 to drink, 18 to enter.
More info or to submit a film: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Started by Christina Raia in April 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions team & Hosted by Lauren A Kennedy & Tony Curtis. Our first screening was June 2013. Our annual Best of the Best Fest featuring Silver Whisker Winners of the year will be in April 2014. 

Follow us on twitter @CongestedCat

*La Solitaria won Silver Whiskers

*Harry Grows Up won Audience Choice

IndieWorks: November Series

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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.

Free entry! Doors open at 6:30pm. Screening starts at 7:30pm and lasts roughly 2 hours. But stay as late as you'd like!

Food & drink specials all night (2 drink minimum with attendance)! 

Come out for a fun night of film watching and networking.
Discover shorts, Find an audience & Build the local film community!

The night's line-up:

Monhegan Light (24:00) Directed by Joe Battaglia Represented by Jacob Nemeth

In Loving Memory (11:20) Written & Directed by Kristen Shalbinski

Guides (17:09) Written & Directed by Dani Tenenbaum

*Intermission for Q&A following the first three films.

Love Consequences (3:38) Written & Directed by Elena Dalmasso Represented by Gwen Albers

Do It Yer'Self (10:07) Written & Directed by Mike Dimitroulakos

Concrete Jungle (5:26) Written & Directed by Steven Cartoccio

Q&A following the last three films.

21 to drink, 18 to enter.
More info: http://www.congestedcat.com/indieworks

Started by Christina Raia in June 2013, currently run by the CongestedCat Productions team and Hosted by Lauren A Kennedy & Tony Curtis.

Follow us on twitter

* Guides won Silver Whiskers 

* Do It Yer'Self won Audience Choice