FEATURED FILMS TO BE SHOWN
Cat Fly is an Asheville-based, non-profit film festival that highlights and supports up-and-coming indie film artists.
Since 2017, we have cultivated a spirited & gender-inclusive collective of dedicated, homegrown filmmakers who span across the Southeast.
Cat Fly was created by filmmakers, for filmmakers to help connect and build a dynamic community of talented & passionate future collaborators.
Cat Fly was created by filmmakers, for filmmakers to help connect and build a dynamic community of talented & passionate future collaborators. All the films we will have selected represent a spirited & gender-inclusive collective of dedicated, homegrown filmmakers from Asheville and the Southeast.
Film selections:
1. CRIMETIME - 5 mins
Three wannabe thieves practice robbing a bank.
Greenville, SC based, Gunner Willis is an actor/director with awards from any festival his mom attended. He's trying his very best.
2. FAKE EMMA - 5 mins
"Fake Emma" follows a young artist mentally preparing for her gallery opening as she deals with her personified depression: a warped, controlling version of herself.
Asheville, NC based, Kira Bursky is a vagabonding storyteller with an insatiable hunger for magic.
3. SIDES - 5 mins
The story of two friends on opposite sides of the Civil War.
Trustfall Productions, Asheville, NC based.
4. HYPODONTIA - 2 mins
A young girl's dental check up provides some interesting information.
Asheville, NC based, the 'Horror Queen' of AVL, Jennifer Trudrung runs Nightfrizz productions.
5. THAT SMELL - 11 mins
A young man with a passion for pleasant aromas is lured into the underground world of book sniffing.
Nashville, TN based, an Elevator Boxer Film.
6. THIS IS MY FAVORITE MURAL - 11 mins
An amateur German female filmmaker becomes infatuated with a tire shop mural.
Michael Arcos, raised in Miami, FL, began his film career editing on VHS and has been working in film and video for over a decade.
7. LADIES MOST DEJECT - 15 mins
A teenage girl from the Appalachian mountains struggles to protect her siblings from an addict mother.
Originally from Lynchburg, Virginia, Marty Elcan is a DGA director with over 25 years of production experience. Soundtrack by Rising Appalachia.
8. WHISTLE DOWN WIND - 14 mins
"Whistle Down Wind" takes place in a tiny mountain town in Western North Carolina. Our story centers two young women, Alex and Janie, who have been best friends since childhood but are now caught in a secret relationship.
Written and Directed by Andie Morgenlander, Julia Christgau, both based in Asheville, NC.
9. DONNY AND CLIVE - Two dimwitted criminals decide to rob a house.
Chris and Lowe McKee are brothers and award winning independent filmmakers originally from Western North Carolina.
