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Synopsis
Life was going well for Marie until her husband, in front of friends, asks for a divorce. She subsequently spends the night drowning her sorrows in a lesbian bar, where she encounters Fa, a charismatic heartbreaker who is busy running her business and caring for her elderly Iranian mother, whilst avoiding being pinned down by any woman. Well, until now…
Bio
Kat Rohrer is filmmaker, who has produced and directed both narrative films and documentaries, as well as a wide variety of industrial films and commercials.
Her short film, The Search, won Best Short at the 2005, LA Femme Film Festival. Her 2011 short film, Wantless, was selected for the 2011 Hamptons International Film Festival. Kat has also been the Director of Photography on several feature-length documentaries.
Her first feature documentary, Fatal Promises, an in-depth probe of human trafficking, has been show across the US and Europe in multiple film festivals. Kat’s feature length documentary, Back to the Fatherland, has been screening in festivals world-wide (Haifa International Film Festival, Vienna Jewish Film Festival, Festival Du Cinema Israelien Paris, many more) for the past four years and has been theatrically released in Austria, German, and the United States and aired on TV in Austria, Sweden, Germany and Israel. Kat recently finished her short film “Roads Not Taken” and is in pre-production for her feature length romantic comedy "What a feeling" as well developing a series.
Screening History
World Premiere - BFI Flare 2024
West Coast Premiere - Frameline 48
Austrian Premiere - Diagonale Film Festival 2024
East Coast Premiere- OutShine Miami 2024
New York Premiere- NewFest 36
Awards History
Out Shine Miami 2024 - Honorable Mention Audience Award
Press
"With a fantastic cast composed of an eclectic mix of characters and the film finding the comedy in most situations, “What a Feeling” is a blast from start to finish."
Next Best Picture
"Kat Rohrer carves a truthful narrative that does justice to two middle-aged women in love. The film paints an atmosphere of empathy which helps the flow glow in its rom-com goodness."
Filmysasi
"This charming movie will have you rooting for their romance, but complications develop, and serious topics unfold which director, Kat Rohrer, infuses with intelligence and humor."
Go Magazine
"While What a Feeling would have likely worked just fine as a simple rom-com, Rohrer digs deeper here in portraying the uniqueness of coming out later in life and the layers of both family and cultural factors facing the women. The end result is an incredibly engaging and meaningful film that should easily find a wider audience once its festival journey winds down and an indie distributor wisely picks it up for what will hopefully be a solid release on all the major streaming platforms."
The Independent Film Critic
Credits
Producer - Michael Kitzberger
Lead - Caroline Peters
Lead - Proschat Madani
Actor - Nicole Ansari-Cox
Actor - Heikko Deutschmann