Le Chat Noir | Black Cat Picture Show Film Festival

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9th Annual Film Festival
August 17-20, 2023

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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!

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.

2023 Black Cat Picture Show Winners

Best Documentary: Finding Home: A Journey Through Augusta’s 20th Century Past by Mark Albertin

Best Short Narrative: BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop by Jason Park

Best Animation: Deadline by Idan Gilboa

Best Student Film: Finger Lickin’ Good by Logan Wood

Best Feature Narrative: Elephant by Kamil Krawczycki

Viewer’s Choice Award: Mr. March by Nick Pusic

Staff Pick: Post Apocalyptic by Moor McKenna

Wages of Cine Award: Friday the 13th Vengeance 2: Bloodlines by Jason Brooks

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 17-18

Thursday PM block

7:00p

To The Moon (Stu, 13min, Canada)
Resurgence (Stu, 19min, US)

8:00p

Elephant (Feat, 93min, Poland)

Friday PM Block

6:00p

Cooking Inside: from Prison to Home (Doc, 23min, USA)
FishBowl (Sho, 12min, Canada)
Everybody Goes to the Hospital (Ani, 9min, USA)
Sonar (Sho, 6min, UK)
BJ’s Mobile Gift Shop (Sho, 16min, USA)
Finger Lickin’ Good (Stu, 4min, USA)
The Birthday Butterfly (Sho, 24min, USA)

8:00p

A24 & Black Cat Picture Show presents:
Past Lives

9:30 pm Film Artist’s Reception:

MENU:

Stuffed Biscuit Chicken Pot Pies
Mini Po’ Boys
Deviled Eggs
Fried MacNCheez Balls

Saturday • August 19

Saturday AM Block

11:00a

Loren & Rose (Fea, 82min, USA)

Saturday PM Block

1:00p

New West (Sho, 40min, USA)
Mr. March (sho, 13min, Canada)
Ma’s Kitchen (Sho, 12min, USA)

3:00p

Sacred Waters: The Okefenokee in Peril (Doc, 32min, USA)

6:00p

That’s Funny (Fea, 80min, USA)

8:00pm

Deadline (Ani, 13min, Israel)
Food Apocalypse (Ani, 2min, Canada)
Morbid Curiosity (Sho, 8min, UK)
The Handbook (Sho, 8min, USA)
The Haunted Baby Carriage From Hell (Sho, 9min, USA)
Midnight Shift (Ani, 4min, USA)
The Unquiet Dead (Sho, 12min, USA)
Summer Service (Sho, 7min, USA)
Shadow Puppets (Sho, 13min, USA)

Wages of Cine Pick – Friday the 13th Vengeance 2: Bloodlines (FREE TO THE PUBLIC!)

Sunday • August 20

Sunday AM

10a BRUNCH

Sunday’s Brunch Menu:

Buffet – Bacon, Sausage, Scrambled Eggs, Hashbrown Casserole
Cajun Shrimp & Grits
Bourbon Pecan Bread Pudding and Bourbon Caramel Sauce
Assorted Fruits

11:00am

Finding Home – A Journey Through Augusta’s 20th Century Past (Doc, 120min, USA)

1:30p

Grandma’s Hats (Sho, 15min, USA)
Post Apocalyptic (Stu, 2min, Canada)
A Place Called Home (Doc, 10min, USA)
Robots (Ani, 3min, Hungary)
Ms. Rossi 2: Ms. Rossi Takes The Cake (Sho, 18min, USA)