Creativity takes courage.
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CATYA PLATE -Spanish born/German multi-media artist, animator, director, producer, writer - came to New York in 1987 through a Fulbright Scholarship to study at the School of Visual Arts.
Her work has been shown since the mid-1980's at Museums and Galleries like the Whitney Museum at Altria and Adam Baumgold Gallery and is included in collections such as The Brooklyn Museum and New York Library/Print Collection. Reviews have appeared in The New York Times, among others.
In 2009 she created Clothespin Freak Productions to bring her “Clothespin Freaks” characters to life through handcrafted award-winning stop-motion animation films.
In April 2023, she received a prestigious NYC Women's Fund Grant Award by New York Foundation for the Arts for Las Nogas which premiered at the Oscar-qualifying Rhode Island International Film Festival and won the Grand Prize for Best Environmental Film.
  • Writer (5 Credits)
    Las Nogas
    Short Script
    Meeting MacGuffin
    Screenplay, Short Script
    Las Nogas2023
    Animation, Short
    Meeting MacGuffin2017
    Animation, Short
    Hanging By A Thread2013
    Animation, Short
  • Producer (3 Credits)
    Las Nogas2023
    Animation, Short
    Meeting MacGuffin2017
    Animation, Short
    Hanging By A Thread2013
    Animation, Short
  • Director (3 Credits)
    Las Nogas2023
    Animation, Short
    Meeting MacGuffin2017
    Animation, Short
    Hanging By A Thread2013
    Animation, Short
  • Cinematography (1 Credit)
    Meeting MacGuffin2017
    Animation, Short
  • Director of Photography (1 Credit)
    Meeting MacGuffin2017
    Animation, Short
  • Animator (1 Credit)
    Meeting MacGuffin2017
    Animation, Short
Official Selection
Las Nogas
Queens World Film Festival
New York
2024
Offical Selection
Las Nogas
Boston Underground Film Festival
Cambridge
2024
Offical Selection
Las Nogas
Oxford Film Festival
Oxford
2024
Offical Selection
Las Nogas
Animac
Lleida
2024
Official Selection
Las Nogas
Cucalorus
Wilmington, NC
2023
Official Selection
Las Nogas
Filmets
Badalona
2023
Official Selection
Las Nogas
New Hampshire Film Festival
Portsmouth
2023
Grand Prize: GREEN PLANET AWARD
Las Nogas
Flickers' Rhode island International Film Festival
Providence, RI
2023
Lois Weber Pioneer Award
Meeting MacGuffin
Queens World Film Festival
Queens, NY
2021
WINNER BEST ANIMATION SCRIPT
Las Nogas
Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival
Providence
2019
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Meeting MacGuffin
ME Film Festival
Milledgeville
2019
BEST ANIMATION
Meeting MacGuffin
Jim Thorpe Film Festival
Jim Thorpe
2019
BEST ANIMATION (Professional Category)
Meeting MacGuffin
St. Francis College Women's Film Festival
New York
2018
Nominated: BEST ANIMATION
Meeting MacGuffin
Maryland International Film Festival
Hagerstown
2018
SPIRIT V & T AWARD
Meeting MacGuffin
Vidlings & Tapeheads
Hamtramck, Michigan
2018
HONORABLE JURY MENTION (Animation)
Meeting MacGuffin
6th Indian Cine Film Festival
Mumbai
2018
Nominated: BEST ANIMATED FILM
Meeting MacGuffin
FilmQuest
Provo, Utah
2018
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Meeting MacGuffin
Wasteland Film Festival
Edwards, CA
2018
BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Meeting MacGuffin
SCIFF-Scandinavian International Film Festival
Helsinki
2018
JURY SPECIAL MENTION AWARD
Meeting MacGuffin
Fano International Film Festival
Fano
2018
NOMINATED for Best Animation
Meeting MacGuffin
Berlin Sci-Fi Filmfest
Berlin
2018
Nominated Best Animation
Meeting MacGuffin
Queens World Film Festival
New York
2018
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Meeting MacGuffin
Seattle Transmedia & Independent Film Festival (stiff)
Seattle
2017
BEST INTERNATIONAL SHORT
Meeting MacGuffin
ANIMAZE-International Animation Festival Montreal
Montreal
2017
GRAND JURY PRIZE WINNER: BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Meeting MacGuffin
Rhode Island International Film Festival (Academy Awards® Qualifying) -Vortex
Providence, RI
2017
BEST SHORT PRODUCTION DESIGN Award
Meeting MacGuffin
Other Worlds Austin
Austin
2017
Top 40 Shorts
Meeting MacGuffin
Cinequest Short Screenplay Competition
San Jose, CA
2014
AWARD of EXCELLENCE (Animation)
Hanging By A Thread
The IndieFest Film Awards
California
2014
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Hanging By A Thread
Seattle True Independent Film Festival
Seattle, WA
2014
SPIRIT AWARD (Animation)
Hanging By A Thread
Brooklyn Film Festival
Brooklyn, New York
2014
MERIT AWARD (Animation)
Hanging By A Thread
Williamsburg International Film Festival
Brooklyn, New York
2014
BEST ANIMATED FILM
Hanging By A Thread
New Hampshire Film Festival
Portsmouth, NH
2014
JURY PRIZE-BEST ANIMATED SHORT
Hanging By A Thread
Nevada City Film Festival
Nevada City, CA
2013
Official Selection
Las Nogas
FilmQuest
Provo
Official Selection
Las Nogas
Stuff MX
Mexico City
Offical Selection
Las Nogas
Kerry International Film Festival
Kerry
Best Animated Film
Las Nogas
Fano International Film Festival
Fano
Jury Prize for Best Short
Las Nogas
Green Festival of San Francisco
San Francisco
BEST ANIMATION SHORT (September)
Meeting MacGuffin
Aphrodite Film Awards
New York
JURY'S CITATION AWARD
Meeting MacGuffin
38th Black Maria Film Festival
New Jersey City
Semi-Finalist
Meeting MacGuffin
Utah Awards and Film Festival
Provo
College
School of Visual Arts
Fine Arts (Postgraduate Studies/Fulbright Scholarship)
19871988
Creativity takes courage.
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