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Thank you for attending the Catalyst Content Festival! We are excited to welcome you to Duluth, Minnesota - the Zenith City & a home for all artists.

The below sessions are meant to be used as a guide to help plan your time at the festival and track real-time schedule adjustments. This digital guide will always be the most accurate and up-to-date.

Seats for each session and screening will not be held for individuals. We encourage everyone to lineup for each block and attendees will be admitted on a first-come basis until capacity is reached.

Watch trailers for all official selection series on our website at catalystcontent.org/selections .

Please note that the majority of content screened at the festival is not suitable for children and contains adult content. Parental guidance is suggested.

Most importantly: have fun!

9:15am

StoryWorld Sessions - Introduction & Welcome Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

9:45am

StoryWorld Sessions - The Movement is Now : The Power of Collective Journey Narratives Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

10:00am

Jacob Krueger Studio Masterclass August Fitgers Room

11:00am

StoryWorld Sessions - A Study in Voice & Branding Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

11:45am

StoryWorld Sessions - Not the Usual Suspects: Competitive Edge Through Diversity Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

12:00pm

Network Notes Meetings - By Appointment Only Old City Hall

2:00pm

Drama 1: Cleaner Daze | Zero Point Zeitgeist Zinema 2

2:15pm

Documentary 1: Beneath the Ink Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater Comedy 1: RenFest | Hypocrite | Vitality | Doxxed | Just Call Me Ripley | Le Meow Mort | Zebra Zeitgeist Zinema 1

2:35pm

Drama 2: No Place to Fall | Americana | Dirt | ON Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

3:10pm

Drama 3: Shepherd Zeitgeist Zinema 2

3:30pm

Drama 4: Dreamer | Dad Man Walking | This is Desmondo Ray | Nothing to See | New Neighbors | The Rug | Evie | Lose it Zeitgeist Zinema 1

4:00pm

Comedy 2: The Waiting Room | The Weekend Detectives Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater Drama 5: Work/Friends | Trouble Zeitgeist Zinema 2

5:00pm

Festival Director's Welcome: Insight, Advice & Tips Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

6:00pm

Welcome Happy Hour Presented by Angaelica Dimension 35

9:00am

Jacob Krueger Studio Masterclass August Fitgers Room

9:15am

StoryWorld Sessions - Good Morning & Freelancing: Protect Yourself & Your IP Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

10:00am

Catalyst Content Festival Marketplace - By Appointment Only Old City Hall

10:45am

StoryWorld Sessions - Interactive Storytelling: Straight Talk Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

11:00am

Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage Comedy 3: RenFest | Stubbz | Bootstrapped Zeitgeist Zinema 1 Reality 1: Before We Wrap | Run Zeitgeist Zinema 2 Documentary 2: Beneath the Ink | Jeffrey T Larson NorShor Theatre

11:45am

StoryWorld Sessions - Mainstreaming Marginalized Voices Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

12:00pm

Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage Network Notes Meetings - By Appointment Only Old City Hall

12:10pm

Documentary 3 with Q&A: Outsourced, The New Wisconsin Idea Zeitgeist Zinema 1

12:15pm

Drama 6: Limbo Zeitgeist Zinema 2

12:30pm

Comedy 4: Dreamer | Who You Are | The Lovelys NorShor Theatre

1:00pm

Legal Office Hours Zeitgeist Private Dining Room

1:10pm

Comedy 5: Le Meow Mort | Lazy Circles | Starship Goldfish Zeitgeist Zinema 1

1:20pm

Reality 2: American Buskers | Small Business Revolution Zeitgeist Zinema 2

1:25pm

Comedy 6: Hypocrite | This Isn't Me | Vitality | Just Call Me Ripley | Hexed NorShor Theatre

1:30pm

Special Presentation: Evie Screening and Discussion Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater Creating Your Own Content As An Actor August Fitgers Room

2:00pm

Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage

2:15pm

Comedy 7: Embarrassing Parents Anonymous | Life Sucks | Brothers from the Suburbs Zeitgeist Zinema 2 Special Screening from Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Zeitgeist Zinema 1

2:35pm

The Telly Awards Film + Video Screening Series The Teatro

2:45pm

Drama 7: New Neighbors | 88 NorShor Theatre

3:00pm

The Casting Process for Content Creators August Fitgers Room

3:30pm

Production Seminar - By Invite Zeitgeist Private Dining Room Drama 8: The is Desmondo Ray | SCRiBBLES | Stormchaser | Home Turf Zeitgeist Zinema 2

3:50pm

Reading The Room: How To Make Contacts, Capitalize on Relationships, and Leverage Your Current Project into Future Work Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

4:00pm

Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage Comedy 8: Nothing to See | Top Dog | Comedic Timing NorShor Theatre The College of St. Scholastica Special Screening Presentation & Discussion The Teatro

4:25pm

Drama 9: Space Command Zeitgeist Zinema 1

4:45pm

Drama 10: Hooked | Americana | Clear | Jones Zeitgeist Zinema 2

6:00pm

Angaelica Happy Hour Dimension 35

7:30pm

Industry Welcome Cocktail Party TBA

9:00am

Jacob Krueger Studio Masterclass The Teatro

9:15am

StoryWorld Sessions - Good Morning & The Power of LOL Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

10:00am

Catalyst Content Festival Marketplace - By Appointment Only Old City Hall

10:45am

StoryWorld Sessions - Franchises, Storyworlds & Licensing Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

11:00am

Live Script Reading - "The Rebound" August Fitgers Room Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage Drama 11 with Q&A: Stormchaser | Immortal Zeitgeist Zinema 1 Comedy 9 with Q&A: Dreamer | The Waiting Room | The Lovelys | Zebra NorShor Theatre Comedy 10 with Q&A: Hypocrite | Hexed | PreMortem Zeitgeist Zinema 2

11:15am

Live Script Reading - "Millennial Divorce Club" August Fitgers Room

11:30am

Live Script Reading - "Vaccine" August Fitgers Room

11:45am

Live Script Reading - "Butch Pal for the Straight Gal" August Fitgers Room

12:00pm

Live Script Reading - "Protect & Conserve" August Fitgers Room Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage

12:05pm

Drama 12 with Q&A: Hooked | ON | Jones Zeitgeist Zinema 1

12:15pm

Live Script Reading - "The Fourth Wall" August Fitgers Room

12:30pm

Live Script Reading - "Butterhead" August Fitgers Room Comedy 12 with Q&A: That Was Awesome! | Punching Bag | I'm F%$#ing Fine Zeitgeist Zinema 2 Comedy 11 with Q&A: Embarrassing Parents Anonymous | Chartered NorShor Theatre

12:45pm

Live Script Reading - "Developmental" August Fitgers Room Television Academies: Television's Impact on Social Change Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

1:00pm

Live Script Reading - "Pitch Palace" August Fitgers Room Legal Office Hours Zeitgeist Private Dining Room

1:05pm

Drama 13 with Q&A: No Place To Fall | Currency Zeitgeist Zinema 1

1:15pm

Live Script Reading - "The Met" August Fitgers Room Live Podcast Performance - Take It With You The Teatro

1:30pm

Live Script Reading - "FLOW" August Fitgers Room

1:45pm

Live Script Reading - "The Adventures of Ash and Owen" August Fitgers Room Drama 14 with Q&A: Clear | Patiri in the Promised Land Zeitgeist Zinema 2

1:55pm

Documentary 4 with Q&A: Magnolia's Hope NorShor Theatre

2:00pm

Live Script Reading - "The Naked Eye" August Fitgers Room Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage Working with Brands for Content Creation Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

2:15pm

Live Script Reading - "County of Kings" August Fitgers Room

2:25pm

Comedy 13 with Q&A: RenFest | Lazy Circles Zeitgeist Zinema 1

2:45pm

Live Script Reading - "Public Course" August Fitgers Room

3:00pm

Live Script Reading - "RUST" August Fitgers Room Special Live Comedy Presentation: The History Of Standup The Teatro

3:05pm

Comedy 14 with Q&A: Life Sucks | Companion NorShor Theatre

3:15pm

Live Script Reading - "MILL CITY" August Fitgers Room Comedy 15 with Q&A: Susaneland | Dog Walker Zeitgeist Zinema 2 Practical Aspects of Inclusive Casting and Hiring Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

3:20pm

Drama 15 with Q&A: Dad Man Walking | Promoter in Paradise | Work/Friends Zeitgeist Zinema 1

3:30pm

Live Script Reading - "Ecco, Idaho" August Fitgers Room Writer's Room Zeitgeist Private Dining Room

3:45pm

Live Script Reading - "Nasty Habits" August Fitgers Room

4:00pm

Live Script Reading - "Fish Food" August Fitgers Room Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage Your TV Show Would Make a Better Podcast; Nuts and Bolts of Podcasting The Teatro

4:15pm

Live Script Reading - "Tales From Suburbia" August Fitgers Room

4:25pm

Drama 16 with Q&A: New Neighbors | Shepherd NorShor Theatre

4:30pm

Live Script Reading - "Scouts" August Fitgers Room Reality 3 with Q&A: Before We Wrap | Run Zeitgeist Zinema 2

4:50pm

Drama 17 with Q&A: The Rug | Inpatient | Trouble Zeitgeist Zinema 1

5:15pm

"East of La Brea" & Emerging Development Models: Screening and Fireside Chat with Laura Fischer and Margari Aziza Hill The Teatro

6:00pm

Angaelica Happy Hour Dimension 35 Music Scoring Workshop with Live Orchestra Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

7:00pm

Industry Party Sponsored by Abrams Artists Agency TBA

9:30am

Writing Workshop with Threshold August Fitgers Room

10:00am

Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage Catalyst Content Festival Marketplace - By Appointment Only Old City Hall

10:30am

How to Make Festivals Work For Your Career: Catalyst/ Series Fest Joint Roundtable Discussion The Teatro

10:45am

ColorCreative: Premiere of "King Ester" and Q&A NorShor Theatre Pitch Competition Final Presentations Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

11:00am

Documentary 5 with Q&A: Jeffrey T. Larson Zeitgeist Zinema 2 Comedy 17 with Q&A: Bootstrapped | Everyone Is Doing Great Zeitgeist Zinema 1 Legal Office Hours Swim Conference Room 1

11:40am

SAG Workshop The Teatro

12:00pm

Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage

12:15pm

Increasing Diversity in the Development Process Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater Drama 18 with Q&A: Dirt | 88 Zeitgeist Zinema 2

12:20pm

Animation 1 with Q&A: This is Desmondo Ray | Vitality | Starship Goldfish NorShor Theatre

12:25pm

Comedy 16 with Q&A: Stubbz | This Isn't Me | Who You Are Zeitgeist Zinema 1

12:50pm

The Hustle: Independent Content Funding The Teatro

1:30pm

Animation Creation, Sponsored by Nice Moves NorShor Theatre

1:45pm

Drama 19: That Was Awesome! | Promoter In Paradise Zeitgeist Zinema 2

1:55pm

Comedy 18: Susaneland | Companion Zeitgeist Zinema 1

2:00pm

Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage Techniques for Creating a Narrative Series The Teatro

2:35pm

Comedy 19: Hysterical Women | Chartered Zeitgeist Zinema 2

2:45pm

Drama 20 with Q&A: Cleaner Daze | Zero Point Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

2:55pm

Drama 21: Dad Man Walking | Inpatient Zeitgeist Zinema 1

3:00pm

A Conversation with Abrams Artists Agency NorShor Theatre

3:15pm

Reality 4: Weird City with Amber Nash | Caminantes The Teatro

3:30pm

Writer's Room Zeitgeist Private Dining Room

3:40pm

Drama 22: Immortal | Lose It Zeitgeist Zinema 2 Comedy 20: I'm F%$#ing Fine | Punching Bag | Dog Walker | Zebra Zeitgeist Zinema 1

4:00pm

Angaelica Short Film Screenings Brewer's Garage

4:15pm

Drama 23: Currency | The System Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

4:20pm

Documentary 6: Outsourced, The New Wisconsin Idea The Teatro

4:30pm

Keynote & Catalyst Lifetime Achievement Award: Nancy Cartwright NorShor Theatre

5:05pm

Drama 24: The Rug | Chosen The Teatro

5:20pm

Comedy 21: Doxxed | PreMortem Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

6:00pm

Angaelica Happy Hour Dimension 35

6:30pm

Comedy Show - Adult Sex Ed The Teatro

7:30pm

Industry Party Sponsored By Abrams Artists Agency TBA

10:00am

Festival Angaelica Awards Ceremony & Brunch Brewer's Garage

11:00am

Reality 6 with Q&A: Caminantes Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater Comedy 22 with Q&A: Le Meow Mort | Top Dog Zeitgeist Zinema 2 Drama 25 with Q&A: SCRiBBLES | Space Command Zeitgeist Zinema 1 Drama 26 with Q&A: Limbo | Lose It The Teatro

11:50am

Drama 27 with Q&A: Americana | Chosen Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

12:15pm

Comedy 23 with Q&A: Doxxed | Comedic Timing | Nothing To See | The Weekend Detectives Zeitgeist Zinema 2

12:30pm

Drama 28 with Q&A: The System | Home Turf The Teatro Reality 5 with Q&A: Weird City with Amber Nash | American Buskers | Small Business Revolution Zeitgeist Zinema 1

12:35pm

Documentary 8 with Q&A: Beneath the Ink Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

1:10pm

Comedy 24 with Q&A: Brothers from the Suburbs | Hysterical Women | Just Call My Ripley Fitger's Spirit of the North Theater

3:00pm

Red Carpet Awards Gala Greysolon Ballroom