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Nominations are out for this year’s Catties Awards!

Join us for the ceremony and celebration this Friday: 

• When: 17:00–19:00, 6 June (followed by PULSE, end of year party)
• Where: Catalyst Social Stage 
• What: winners announced with entertainment, speeches, tears, laughter and lots of bubbles! 🥂🥂🥂 

This year’s awards are supported by some amazing sponsors, including 25p *cine support, Music Hackspace, iMusician, The Node Institute, Celtx, The KW Institute for Contemporary Art and more to be announced. 

And the nominees are... 

Outstanding Collaborator (EMP)

• Mike Barnett (EMP-22C)
• Ashley Maurice (EMP-22A)
• María-José Ulloa Betet (EMP-22B)
• Joachim Goba (EMP-22B)

Outstanding Creative Vision (EMP)

• Nino Theys (EMP-22A)
• Anastasiia Zyrianova (EMP-22A)
• Dune Serrano (EMP-22B)

Producer of the Year (CAP)

• Maria Kebuladze (CAP-23A)
• Anni Oittila (CAP-23A)
• Arsenii Zinukov (CAP-23C)
• Martha Theuma (CAP-23B)
• Leon Leffler Morge (CAP-23A)

Best Large-Scale Project (CAP)

• Oracle OLLOR (CAP-22A)
• Aneesh Chengappa (CAP-22C)
• Józef Urbański & Thilo Marx (CAP-22A)
• Lucas Waterbury - Enriquez (CAP-22B)
• Gabriel Venegas (CAP-22B)

Outstanding Achievement (MSVM)

• Sara Hatem (MSVM-24A)
• Andrea Pagliari (MSVM-24A)
• Simon Samoilov (MSVM-24A)
• Flavio Papadopoulous (MSVM-24B)
• Alisa Nedashkovska (MSVM-23)

New Directions Award (CPM)

• Agona Shporta (CPM-23PT)
• Joshua Mellard (CPM-22PT)
• Tengal Dillon (CPM-23FT)

Best Film (FP)

• "Between Zero and One", by Itai Mildworth (FP-22B)
• "Little Bird", by Lina Dziovenaite - (FP-22B)
• "Seem upon the wind to be so light", by Qusay Baz (FP-22B)
• "Those Who Left, Those Who Stayed", by Arezu Khanicheh (FP-23B)
• "Through a Block of Beauty", by Zhi Yi Ong (FP-22B)

Vision Award (FP)

• Elise Dobbe (FP-23C)
• George Jenkins (FP-22A)
• Jonathan Israeli (FP24-B)
• Neff Bash (FP-24C)
• Zoya Nur Zadkiel (FP-23B)

Best Actor (ACT & SA)

• Viktoria Serg (SA-23A) “Marriage of Bette & Boop”
• Filip (SA-23B) Wencel “Charm, Vivacity & All the Cheese in France”
• Felix Mangold (SA-22B) “Downward Spiral... The Benji's Mind Show”
• Aisha Kalymzhanova (SA-22A) “Kazakh Princess Diaries”
• Aleksandra Tutaj (SA-22B) “The Urge to Dine”

Best Ensemble (ACT & SA)

• SA-23B Charm Vivacity and All The Cheese In France
• ACT-24B A Happy Life
• ACT-24C Dance Nation
• SA-22A Solo Por La Visa
• SA-22B Fair Game

Best Creator (VFX)

• Viktorija (Leo) Andermane (VFX-22)
• Elizaveta Abramishvili (VFX-23)
• Dave Juker (VFX-23)

Screenwriter’s Evolution Award (SW)

• Jo Thoss (SW-24)
• Gabriel Lopez (SW-24)
• Jean-Nicolas Bertouille-Blais (SW-24)

Best Creative Production (CPF)

• "Echoes" Lara Khattar (CPF23)
• "Dry Land" Jennifer Law-Smith (CPF23)
• "On the Way” Kalun Leung (CPF23)

See you there! 

*Note: as the MA has a longer academic year, students who were still completing after May the previous year are eligible for the current year's awards. 

PULSE Line up + The Catalyst Awards Nominations
Friday 6 June, 17:00 - 04:00

Next week is our season finale event! Starting off with The Catalyst Awards and progressing into our PULSE party, you can expect a night full of celebration, happy tears and festivities celebrating all of our successes at Catalyst

PULSE

19:00 - 04:00, Catalyst Ground Floor

PULSE is Catalyst’s annual throwdown; part showcase, part party, all celebration. After a year of wild ideas, late-night sessions and making the impossible happen, our artists are throwing open the doors and inviting you in.

/// Line up

• Dune Serrano Ambrozo
• Dusk Saffron
• LAWKA
• LAWRENZ
• LUCKY4U & goldmund.99
• MALINA MALINA
• Parallel Processing
• Seanyb
• SnSe
• Sonarium
• Ventral Vagal x Tamo

Expect an all-night mix: from live performances, films and installations to full-throttle dance floors and a dark and glorious room of noise. Browse records and soak up the sounds in the vinyl lounge (with a selection for sale), challenge your friends to a round of ping pong with Small Balls Club, and catch a special set from DJ SnSe, joining us all the way from Nairobi via Santuri East Africa. 

🔥 Grab your tickets on RA
🍾 Bring your friends!

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The Catalyst Awards

17:00 - 19:00, Social Stage

We’re inviting staff and students to cast their nominations for two special Catties awards:

🌟 The Spirit Award: For someone who truly embodies the Catalyst spirit of community and collaboration

🦍 The Golden Gorilla Award: For the boldest, most daring creative who pushes boundaries and takes risks

These two awards are chosen by you! If someone comes to mind, we want to hear about them! Nominate now and help us celebrate the people who make Catalyst what it is. 

🔥 Your voice matters. Nominate HERE
🏆 Check out the full list of awards via moodle

We’re wrapping up the school year with our annual Student Community Survey and giveaway! Take a few minutes to share your feedback that helps us improve events, opportunities, and the overall student community. To thank you, we’re holding a giveaway:

• 3 winners will receive a €100 voucher (your choice of: Rewe, Bandcamp or Yorck Kino)
• 10 runner-ups get 2 free drink tokens at Pulse, the end of year party on Friday 6 June 🍹

🔥 The survey can be found HERE
Deadline: Thursday 5 June. 

Winners will be picked at random and notified by email on the morning of Friday 6 June. Drink tokens are only redeemable at PULSE. Thanks for helping us improve our community.

Good luck!

Summer course spots to C/// fam 50% / 20% to SC alumni

We’re offering all current Certificate, Bachelor’s and Master’s students past and present 50% off all our short summer courses! We know creativity doesn't stick to one lane and neither do you!

Whether you're currently deep in your degree or one of our brilliant alumni blazing your own trail, this summer we’re inviting you to reconnect, remix and explore something new. Some of the many courses being offered include:

• Studio Recording -> Become a master of microphones 
• Mixing & Mastering -> Take tracks from ‘decent’ to ‘daaaaaaaamn!’
• Advanced Sound Design -> Nerd out and push the limits of your own sonic identity
• Electronic Music Production -> Craft beats and textures 
• Music & Sound Design for Visual Media -> Score it, sculpt it, shape the story 
• Filmmaking -> Learn to shoot, direct and edit your own short
• Screen Acting -> Step into the spotlight 
• Screenwriting -> Turn ideas into scripts

🧠 The Psychology of Creativity -> In today’s creative industries, being multi-skilled isn’t just a bonus, it’s your edge. So why not add another string to your bow, explore a new passion and make something totally unexpected.

🔥 You can explore all our summer courses -> https://catalyst.activehosted.com/f/172

Places are limited – and this 50% offer is just for our Catalyst fam so APPLY NOW by 28 May

Our Multipli-Cities Postgraduate Symposium is happening next week! We invite you to explore 25 captivating projects presented through spoken presentations, hybrid performances, film screenings, installations and live demonstrations. 

REGISTER: please do register if you plan to attend, on Resident Advisor or Eventbrite, as this helps us plan accordingly

SHARE: And please share the event with your networks. The aim of this event is to create dialogue around the research being done - the wider the audience, the more interesting the discourse! 

• Full programme and all project details can be found here
• Dates: Tuesday 27 & Wednesday 28 May, 12:00–20:00 daily
• Location: Catalyst, Funkhaus Berlin (Theatre, Social Stage, Ensember, Cinema, Kitchen, K13)

We are really excited to share that this year's symposium features contributions from our MA students and visiting postgraduates from institutions including:

• The German University in Cairo
• University of Gothenburg / University of the Basque Country
• Manchester School of Art, Manchester Metropolitan University
• University of the Arts London
• Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Lisbon
• Goldsmiths, University of London
• University of Europe for Applied Sciences
• UdK (Universität der Künste Berlin)
• Aalto University, Finland
• Newcastle University, UK
• Filmuniversität Babelsberg Konrad Wolf

Don't miss the keynote by Ariel William Orah (Sōydivision) and guest presentation by James Perley.

See you there!