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11th Annual Film Festival
August 21-24, 2025

 

Passes on Sale Now!

*Thursday – Friday film screenings and filmmaker reception 
*Saturday includes screenings ALL DAY 
*Sunday includes festival screenings, brunch, and the Award Ceremony 
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Early Deadline is January 7th! Head over to filmfreeway.com/BlackCatPictureShow to submit your film today!

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The Black Cat Picture Show is an international adjudicated film festival (the only one in Augusta) that provides a platform for independent film artists to exhibit their work. Le Chat Noir theatre provides an intimate setting that facilitates the exchange of ideas in order to cultivate artistic growth.

 

 

 

2024 Black Cat Picture Show Winners

Best Documentary: The Darkside of SOCIETY by Larry Wade Carrell

Best Short Narrative: THE OVERLOOK by John Gray

Best Microshort: The little romance of Will-O’-the-Wisp and Raindrop by Baptiste Denuit & Johan Denis

Best Animation: Les Bêtes by Michael Granberry

Best Student Film: Mis-Alignment by Pablo Riesgo Almonacid

Best Feature Narrative: The Imposters by Nicholas Winter

Viewer’s Choice Award: The Strangers’ Case by Brandt Andersen

Staff Pick: TIGHTROPE by Emma Paige Vines

Wages of Cine Award: OLD MAN SLAUGHTER by R. S. Trashley

The festival awards
(*- and cash prizes) in the following categories:
  • Feature Narrative*
  • Short Narrative*
  • Documentary*
  • Animation*
  • Student*
  • Viewer’s Choice Award*
  • Staff Pick*
  • Micro Short*
  • Best Performer
  • Best Editor
  • Best Cinematographer
  • Best Production Design
  • Best Sound Design
  • Best Special Effects

Thurs & Fri • August 22-23

Thursday PM block

6:30p

Moje Własne Słowa (In My Words) (Doc, 80min, GER)

8:00p

Mid Iris (Sho, 23min, US)
It Was Love To Me (Sho, 16min, US)
TIGHTROPE (Ani, 5min, US)
Radio Hope (Sho, 22min, US)
Matinee Baby (Sho, 19min, US)

10:00p

All I Ever Wanted (Doc, 99min, US)

 

Friday PM Block

5:30p

Pollo Loco (Sho, 26min, US)
Mis-Alignment (Stu, 20min, US)
Why Dogs Howl (MSh, 5min, US)
Chairs (Sho, 19min, UK)

7:00p

Corpsepaint (Sho, 12min, US)
THE OVERLOOK (Sho, 19min, US)
[INSERT SHORT FILM TITLE] (Sho, 13min, CA)

8:00p

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9:45 pm Film Artist’s Reception: 

MENU: 

TBA

Saturday • August 24

Saturday AM Block

11:00a

The Imposters (Fea, 88min, UK)

Saturday PM Block

1:00p 

Being Satori Circus ~ A Performance Documentary in Five Acts (Doc, 96min, US)

3:00p

What not to do at a Funeral (Sho, 13min, US)
Launch at Paradise (Sho, 15min, US)
It’s For You: Ephemeral Art & the Death of the Public Phone (Doc, 29min, US)

6:00p

In the Silence (Fea, 47min, US)
The Sitters (Ani, 4min, US)
Tag (MSh, 4min, US)
Cart Return (MSh, 4min, US)
Unrest in Peace (Sho, 13min, US)
Whiskered Away (Stu, 5min, US)
Les Bêtes (Ani, 12min, US)

8:00pm 

40th Anniversary Screening of Return of the Living Dead

10:00pm 

The Darkside of SOCIETY (Doc, 76min, US)

12:00am 

 Wages of Cine Pick – OLD MAN SLAUGHTER (Fea, 60min, US)

Sunday • August 25

Sunday  AM

10a BRUNCH

Sunday’s Brunch Menu: 

TBA

11:00am

The little romance of Will-O’-the-Wisp and Raindrop (Msh, 3min, BE)
Col-ored Tags (Sho, 27min, US)
Sewing Love (Ani, 9min, JP)
After ISIS (Doc, 6min, US)
Vance and the Afterlife (Sho, 11min, US)
HARLEM FRAGMENTS (Sho, 17min, US)
Callie and Bee: Hoop Dreams (MSh, 1min, US)

12:30p

Hope For The Holidays (Doc, 98min, US)

2:30p

The Strangers’ Case (Fea, 104min, JO)

5:00p

AWARDS CEREMONY

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