Mara Katria is a musician and filmmaker who's received several awards as director of the feature documentary Please Talk With Me and short film for her debut single Midnight Mind. Her work is often described as experiential, ethereal, and authentic.
Company
EiA Studios
    Experiences are what Mara Katria creates. She uses the varied tools of a musician, film director, videogame world-builder, and photographer to immerse audiences in the depths of history and the perpetuity of genuine emotion. Her commitment to the craft of moving people and the art of communication has seen her receive numerous accolades from film festivals, print publications, and forums dedicated to her varied disciplines.
    She was awarded Best Director for the feature length film Please Talk With Me at Wilson College Horror Film Fest in 2013. This motion picture (which recreates the C2D1 Haunting of Erie Hall at SUNY Geneseo in 1985) was adapted for screen by Chris Di Cesare and is based on the C2D1 Journal Notes by J. Jeff Ungar. It was produced by William J. Edwards of CITA Productions and stars Kyle Shea (nominated for Best Male Lead at Wilson Film Fest), Aaron Katter, Dawn Sobolewski, Clara Heller, and Nicholas Pearl. PTWM premiered by special invitation at Scare-A-Con Film Fest to a packed house and won Best Feature at Spirit Quest Film Fest in 2014. The docu-thriller was invited back as a headliner of the following Eerie Horror Film Festival, and it continued in conventions though 2019 and beyond.
    On 20th February 2020 - 20/2/2020 - Mara Katria's debut single "Midnight Mind" was released for the first time on Channel 98.9 FM. The song has gone on to play on several stations including Lehigh Valley's 88.1 FM and ALT-Natives on ALT-92.1 FM. The track features the artist and photographer J. Jeff Ungar and was e-mastered at Real World Studios. Katria also wrote, directed, and edited the song's music video which is now screening in film festivals leading up to public release (slated for spring 2020). "Midnight Mind" has been endowed with multiple Best Music Video awards at international annual festivals. Early honors came from Imagine This Women's International Film Festival, Imaginarium Film Festival, and Sound & Vision International Film Festival.
    In early 2020, Mara announced that "Midnight Mind" would be followed by an original EP with her friends and heroes, the legendary post punk band Modern English. The album, code-named Modern M, promises to guide listeners on a journey that spans the ribbon of time. Katria said she aims to use music as a mirror: echoing our mythic past; reflecting the sonic renaissance of the 1980s; and projecting epochs yet to come.
    WINNER - Best Vocalist / Singing
    Cities in Dust
    Europe Music Video Awards
    Košice Slovakia
    2023
    WINNER - Best Cover Song
    Cities in Dust
    Tracks Music Awards
    Los Angeles
    2023
    WINNER - Best Music / Score
    Cities in Dust
    Ethereal Frames Film and Art Awards
    2023
    WINNER - Best Director (Music Video)
    Midnight Mind
    Tatras International Film Festival
    Vysoké Tatry
    2023
    WINNER - S.S.A.V.V.Y. Award
    Midnight Mind
    Sound and Vision International Film and Technology Festival
    New York, NY
    2019
    WINNER - Best Music Video
    Midnight Mind
    Imaginarium Independent Film Festival
    Louisville, KY
    2019
    WINNER - Best Music Video
    Midnight Mind
    Imagine This Women's International Film Festival
    Brooklyn, NY
    2019
    WINNER - Best Feature Film
    Please Talk With Me
    Spirit Quest Film Festival
    Erie
    2014
    FINALIST - Best Male Lead (Kyle Shea)
    Please Talk With Me
    Wilson Horror Film Festival
    Chambersburg
    2013
    WINNER - Best Director (Mara Katria)
    Please Talk With Me
    Wilson Horror Film Festival
    Chambersburg
    2013
    Nickname
    M
    Hometown
    Newburgh, NY
    Height
    5'8"
    Gender
    Female
    Eye Color
    Green
    Zodiac Sign
    Sagittarius
    Married To
    J. Jeff Ungar
    "Love... Always." -- Et in Arkay Ego: The Elder Scrolls, 2008
    "The true merits of an action lie in the end result, not the intention or the process. A good start is, by definition, good. But a good follow-through and a good ending have a more lasting and meaningful impact.” -- a Friend, 2005
    Mara Katria is a musician and filmmaker who's received several awards as director of the feature documentary Please Talk With Me and short film for her debut single Midnight Mind. Her work is often described as experiential, ethereal, and authentic.
    Company
    EiA Studios
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