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.
Please note that the majority of content screened at the festival is not suitable for children and contains adult content. Parental guidance is suggested.
Dreamer Set in the near-future, a Latino comes home one day to discover he's been replaced by a "whiter" version of himself.
Dad Man Walking Meet Johnny - a jingle writer in Chicago and single dad with full custody of his whip-smart daughter, Trudy. In the midst of a costly legal battle in family court, Johnny has to keep pushing forward in this dark comedy set to the cool sounds of the Quin Kirchner Group.
This Is Desmondo Ray A peculiar man searches for love in a dark and troubling world.
Nothing to See A visible girl in an invisible world.
New Neighbors The Blackwell family moves into a new, predominantly white neighborhood. One day, in reaction to the rash of deaths of young Black men; Faye, the mother, decides to combat fear and treat with an age old strategy of door knocking. A gesture meant to create harmony only escalates tension in relationships, freak incidents, and absurd micro-aggression to a point where the family learns up close what it means to be an outsider.
The Rug A young woman invites her siblings over to see her new rug.
Evie Facing either the wrath of her parents or a forced marriage to a man more than twice her age, fifteen year old Evie makes an impossible choice.
Lose It That feeling when you lose something you just had in your hand a moment ago.