Featuring screenings, workshops, and networking opportunities galore, the Cat Fly Indie Film team is excited to present the 7th year of Cat Fly Film Fest!

Cat Fly is an Asheville-based film festival that serves up and coming indie filmmakers of the Southeast Region, cultivating community and the passion of homegrown filmmaking. We have been serving the North Carolina community since 2017.

We classify ourselves as a non-competitive film festival, as we hope to foster a mutually beneficial community of filmmakers, programmers and film-goers.

Submission Requirements:

-Independent shorts films, animations, music videos, and feature films of any genre will be considered. We are especially looking for documentary shorts this year.

-Films needed in QuickTime ProRes file format.

-MUST be associated with the Southeast region of the United States in a significant way (i.e. film was shot in the Southeast; directors, producers, actors are from or based in the SE; the story is about Southern culture; etc.)

-Please include a FILM POSTER, LOGLINE, any BEHIND THE SCENES PHOTOS and HOW TO CREDIT YOUR FILM ON THE POSTER IF SELECTED with your submission.

-By submitting, the submitter and filmmaker(s) agree to grant Cat Fly Film Fest permission to share provided imagery for marketing and promotional purposes of the festival. If no film poster or BTS photos are provided at submission, Cat Fly will not be able to promote your film to our audience.

Notes:
-We consider short films to be 0 minutes - 15 minutes in length

-Music videos must feature a regional independent band or musician and be under 6 minutes in length.

-Longer independent films and features (15 minutes or more) will also be considered.

-No cutoff date for when the film was made, but cannot have screened at a past Cat Fly Indie Film event (Mythic Music Video Showcase excluded).

-Payments made to Cat Fly cannot be refunded.

-Cat Fly believes in inclusivity of minorities, women and the queer community in film.

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  • It is an honor to be a part of the Cat Fly Halloween Mini-Fest. Even though I was unable to make it to the Festival personally due to an injury, the Cat Fly Staff was very supportive and generous to our short film, RENA. Thank You and looking forward to next year.

    November 2023
  • Whitley Albury

    Despite knowing about Cat Fly for years, this was my first year participating and attending. This festival was exactly what my filmy heart needed!

    October 2023
  • Such a fun event. Such great people.

    October 2023
  • What a cute fest! 🫶🏽😻 I was so thrilled to get accepted to Catfly fest! Asheville is soooo DOPE and the artists there….MY GOD! 🔥 Fa FIRE! So bummed that I couldn’t attend but was glad that one of my cast members went. This was her very first festival and she told me that she had a blast! Brittany, you are so dope! I hope to meet you one day girly❤️❤️

    October 2023
  • Wonderful film festival with great opportunities to meet fellow artist and film fans alike. Thank you for the best weekend!

    October 2023