The Black Cat Picture Show is back Aug. 22-25 for its 10th year of showcasing independent films at Le Chat Noir.
Each year, the festival highlights film in multiple genres, plus there are other events throughout the festival for people to interact with one another. There’s a filmmaker reception on Friday and brunch on Sunday, according to the Black Cat Picture Show website.
The juried event brings a mix of full-length films as well as shorter works.
On Friday at 8 p.m., the festival will continue in its partnership with A24 to present “MaXXXine,” a film set in the 1980s about an aspiring actress and adult film star who finally gets her big break, in the wake of a killer stalking young startlets.
At 8 p.m. Saturday, there will feature a special 40th anniversary screening of “Return of the Living Dead.”
Multiple shorts will be screened such as “Radio Hope.” Written and directed by Jeremy Carr, ‘Radio Hope” features audio recordings from the grave that help a grieving family connect, according to the Black Cat Picture Show Facebook page.
Not only is Carr a filmmaker but he has a degree in music and played in bands as well as went into international missions and non-profit work. “Radio Hope” is part of a block of short films at 8 p.m. Thursday.
Another short is Pablo Almonacid’s “Mis-Alignment.”
In 2021, Almonacid’s short film TIRO DOMINICAL, played in more than 20 film festivals worldwide and received best comedy short award at the 34th Fort Lauderdale International Film Festival, and was later distributed through Omeleto, according to the Black Cat Picture Show Facebook page.
His film “Mis-Alignment” explores what happens when an engineer who destroys malfunctioning androids encounters a shocking abnormality in a rebellious patient, and she risks everything to save her new friend and herself.
“Mis-Alignment” will be shown at 5:30 p.m. Friday.
There’s even animation in the mix.
In Emma Vines’ “Tightrope,” a young acrobat named Aramis must overcome the stress of high expectations set by the legacy of his family’s circus routines to impress his father, the ringmaster Lacronzo.
“Tightrope” is part of the Thursday line-up.
Here’s the schedule for the event. To get passes for the show, go here.
Thursday:
6:30 p.m.
Moje Własne Słowa (In My Words)
8 p.m
Mid Iris
It Was Love To Me
TIGHTROPE
Radio Hope
Matinee Baby
10 p.m.
All I Ever Wanted
Friday
5:30 p.m.
Pollo Loco
Mis-Alignment
Why Dogs Howl
Chairs
7 p.m.
Corpsepaint
THE OVERLOOK
[INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE]
8 p.m.
A24 & Black Cat Picture Show presents:
MaXXXine
9:45 p.m. Film Artist’s Reception:
Saturday
11 a.m.
The Imposters
1 p,.m.
Being Satori Circus ~ A Performance Documentary in Five Acts
3 p.m.
What not to do at a Funeral
Launch at Paradise
It’s For You: Ephemeral Art & the Death of the Public Phone
6 p.m.
In the Silence
The Sitters
Tag
Cart Return
Unrest in Peace
Whiskered Away
Les Bêtes
8 p.m.
40th Anniversary Screening of Return of the Living Dead
10 p.m.
The Darkside of SOCIETY (Doc, 76min, US)
Midnight
Wages of Cine Pick – OLD MAN SLAUGHTER
Sunday
10 a.m.
Brunch
11 a.m.
The little romance of Will-O’-the-Wisp and Raindrop
Col-ored Tags
Sewing Love
After ISIS
Vance and the Afterlife
HARLEM FRAGMENTS
Callie and Bee: Hoop Dreams
12:30 p.m.
Hope For The Holidays
2:30 p.m.
The Strangers’ Case
5 p.m.
Awards ceremony
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