KATIA, Award Winning Sarasota Circus Film, Lights Up Center Ring on Amazon Prime

April 21, 2021 – Sarasota

“The lovely Katia plants a measure of splendor in people’s hearts.” — Brian Avery, known for bringing the Academy Award winner for Best Picture Crash to the Yari Film Group where he is based, serves on the Executive Committee for the Student Academy Awards and the Membership Screening Committee of the Academy Awards.

“Like everything Naida Joanides writes, Katia is simply magical.” — Jim Mercurio, well known script consultant, lecturer, and author of “The Craft of Scene Writing”  

Katia, a magical realism drama, tells the story of three women, performers in a small traveling circus, who reveal their darkest secrets as they plot revenge against the man who harmed one of their own.  

Katia has won multiple film festival awards, including: Best Leading Actress: Carolyn Michel, Oniros Film Awards, Italy – Best Cinematography: Joey Durango, New Vision Film Awards, Amsterdam and Worldfest Houston International Film Festival Platinum Award for Directing: Naida Joanides.  

Filmed entirely in Sarasota and despite Hurricane Irma, Katia, a 24 minute film, premiered at the 2018 Sarasota Film Festival and now lights up the center ring on Amazon Prime.