Today we assembled all 6 reels of my director’s cut WIP for a viewing. So great to finally see how the changes are taking shape across 90+ minutes! Now for the notes session and getting this even tighter. Follow along my directing journey here: kenkabatoff.substack.com/about

After wrapping production on my feature directorial debut, I took a couple weeks away to recharge. Well, I'm back and I have some things to say: substack.com/home/post/p-...

Officially wrapped my first feature film as a director. What a ride. Couldn't have done it without our incredible cast and crew. I'm honestly blown away by what we were all able to achieve in 18 days. Can't wait to share Remnant with the world! Stay tuned!

The cat's out of the bag! So excited to be directing this incredible cast! deadline.com/2026/02/kim-...

Go for it, @kenkabatoff.bsky.social !

In this week's episode of Off The Lot -- Anthony and I dive into the final week of prep for Remnant, my feature directorial debut, and really dive into the nuts and bolts of what it takes to mount a feature film. Check it out at the link below! www.offthelotpodcast.com/listen

Time To Shoot! Remnant's Final Week of Pre-Production! open.substack.com/pub/kenkabat...

Exactly one year ago my team and I began fundraising for our horror feature, Remnant. We faced setback after setback, but we never gave up. Now, after securing nearly $2M we're finally going to camera. My feature directorial debut. If you watch for the signals, dreams really can come true.

In this week's episode of Off The Lot we dive right into the first week of pre-production for my indie horror feature, Remnant. We go beat by beat through the week, talking about exactly what it takes to get an indie feature off the ground. Listen at the link below! www.offthelotpodcast.com/listen

In this week's edition I take you through my first week of prepping my feature directorial debut, Remnant, beat by beat, diving into each detail of what it takes to get an indie feature off the ground. Inside Pre-Production: Week 1 On "Remnant" open.substack.com/pub/kenkabat...

Remnant Pre-Production Day 3 - Getting into my car after a wildly successful afternoon of scouting my first thought was, "If I get to do this for the rest of my life, I'm the luckiest guy in the world."

Our indie filmmaking podcast is back and bigger than ever! This season we’ll be taking you on a weekly journey of making my indie horror feature Remnant! Today is officially the start of pre-production and we go to camera in 3 weeks! Check out the first episode here! offthelotpodcast.com/listen

First day of official prep for Remnant tomorrow. Director/DP meeting in the morning to talk visual style for our "nightmare" sequences, followed by a concept meeting with all dept heads in the afternoon. And away we go! #RemnantMovie

Soft prep is over. My directorial debut, Remnant, is officially in pre-production! What a crazy final week it's been. If want to know the play by play of setting up and prepping an indie horror feature, check out my newsletter below! open.substack.com/pub/kenkabat...

First official work day of 2026 and I couldn't be happier getting to prep my directorial debut. Perhaps the most important thing you can do as a director/producer is hire the right people. This applies to both cast and crew -- and I consider myself extremely lucky to work with this top-tier group.

Thrilled to finally announce: I'm directing my first feature film. For weekly updates on pre-production, production, and beyond, subscribe to my newsletter below! It's going to be quite the ride... Here we go! open.substack.com/pub/kenkabat...

2025 has been the best year I've ever had both professionally, and personally, and I can't wait to share all the exciting things in store for 2026! It's already teed up to start with a bang. Happy New Year, all!