The world's weirdest film festival returns: Welcome to Cat Fest, as curator who watches 15,000 videos a year insists "it's my full time job"
Aug. 8, 2024Who doesn’t want to see 73 minutes of cat videos?
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Venice Film Festival… Cannes… Cat Video Fest? The world’s strangest (and cutest) film festival is back and it’s touring the US, Canada, and Australia, with over an hour’s worth of curated cat videos to enjoy.
This year, the 73-minute reel consists of videos of varying length, tone, and subject matter. No matter what kind of feline fan you are, there is something for everyone from grumpy cats, feisty cats, musically talented cats, and even a kitty climbing the wall whilst ‘Spider Pig’ fromThe Simpsons Movieplays in the background.
The lucky person who gets to choose which cat videos appear is Will Braden. In an interview withVariety, Braden revealed that he watches 15,000 cat videos per year and selects about 200 for the reel. The whole process from picking clips to displaying them takes him all year long. “It’s my full-time job. My business cards say I watch cat videos,” he said. But even so, it sounds like the dream, right? “As long as people laugh, and as long as we raise money for cats in need,” added Braden. “Then I’ll have the greatest job ever for as long as I want it.”
But it looks like Cat Video Fest has some competition asThe NY Cat Film Festival,led by pet wellness advocate Tracie Hotchner, is also making its way through New York City this October. The festival will screen a 90-minute film made up of cat-themed filmed from animated shorts to mini-documentaries, all hosted by a panel of cat anchors called Cats Eye Witness News. Let the kitty wars commence! All for a good… paws, of course.
For more information on where the film is playing and how to get tickets, visit theCat Video Fest website hereand keep up withnew moviesheading your way this year.
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