Indie filmmaker Johnny Catalano
The inaugural Catalano Film Festival founded by indie filmmaker Johnny Catalano starts at 4pm today at The Plaza Theatre in downtown Miamisburg. It will feature 8 films from some of Ohio’s best filmmakers.
With genre’s including drama, thriller, dark comedy, and experimental; films from J.W Cox, Evan Maines, Ahmad Ghanim, Jackson C. Clark, Casey McCallister, Max Kaplan, Vaslav J. Rice and Darrin J. Friedman will be shown. The festival is scheduled for 6 hours, beginning at 4 p.m. A Q & A with the filmmakers will occur at 6:35 p.m. providing a rare opportunity to meet the people behind the movie that was just seen. The evening will conclude with an awards ceremony. 
Catalano, who attended Bowling Green State University to study film production, shares that this festival is more than just showing movies. Its a night whose sole purpose is to celebrate and venerate the great auteur filmmakers living and working in the state of Ohio.
The schedule for the festival:
4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Doors Open/Opening Remarks
4:30 PM – 6:30 PM
Film Screenings
With intermission included.
6:35 PM – 8:00 PM
Q&A Panels with filmmakers
8:00 PM – 9:15 PM
Award Ceremony
9:15 PM – 10:00 PM
Final Remarks/Networking
Tickets prices begin at $10, and an Inaugural Commemorative Ticket sells for $20.
