We are back! Brooklyn Cat Cafe and Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition (BBAWC) are excited to announce our (not so) second annual Feline Film Festival!
As Brooklyn’s first Cat Cafe and the only cat cafe run and operated by a non-profit in New York City, we are proud of the outreach and education we provide to animal lovers and those interested in helping animals in our community. In 2022, we adopted out 870 animals! We know that a film festival celebrating cats, animal rescue and the impact each of these topics has will be amazing.
“When looking back to the earliest days of cinema, it wasn’t much of a surprise to learn that cats have been popping up and used quite regularly (and consistently) throughout film history. It’s interesting to see how filmmakers have (at times) struggled with and creatively innovated ways to capture and portray cats in their films,” film and video journalist Jourdan Aldredge wrote in a column celebrating famous cats in film history. Who knew cat videos started back in 1894 by Thomas Edison? Help us celebrate the wide range of portrayals of cats in film, with all activities raising money to help Brooklyn Bridge Animal Welfare Coalition (BBAWC) and the Brooklyn Cat Cafe’s animal rescue efforts. Films will be screened June 10th.
Winning short films and clips will be screened and announced during our Feline Film Festival, June 10th in Brooklyn, NY. Prizes will be announced and awarded at a reception at Brooklyn Cat Cafe. All submitted videos will be juried, then the selected films and videos will be screened at the event.
The judging panel will award prizes, which will be announced at a later date, to the top clip of the evening, and award various prizes to second and third place clips in each category.
Film Artists of official selections will receive one invitation to the screening reception Additional festival tickets can also be purchased in advance.
The judging panel will be announced on Feline Film Festivals website: www.felinefilmfestival.com.