Be My Cat: A Film for Anne
An aspiring Romanian filmmaker obsessed with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway goes to shocking extremes to convince Anne to star in his upcoming film.
Romania's first found footage horror movie | 83% on Rotten Tomatoes
Best Film winner at A Night of Horror Film Festival in Sydney
Best Actor winner (Adrian Țofei) at Nashville Film Festival
Best Film winner at On Vous Ment! Mockumentary Festival in France
Best Actor winner (Adrian Țofei) at Hamilton Film Festival
Deep Cut Winner at the 2018 Horror Cinema Awards
Official Selection at Fantasporto International Film Festival
Official Selection at Anchorage International Film Festival
Official Selection at Transilvania International Film Festival
Official Selection at Other Worlds Austin Film Festival
Official Selection at Nightmares Film Festival
“Terrifying! A modern Peeping Tom!” (Austin Chronicle)
"A new intelligent found footage film you need to see!" (Blumhouse)
"A prime example of meta-cinema!" (Little White Lies)
“Potentially revolutionary and dangerous!” (Dread Central)
“The most revolutionary found footage film since The Blair Witch Project!” (A Night of Horror)
“The most believable movie psychopath since Norman Bates!” (Artsploitation)
“One of the most frightening and realistic psychopaths ever put to film!” (The Movie Sleuth)
“Disturbing found footage masterpiece!” (28DLA)
“A new masterpiece in horror!” (Lloyd Kaufman & Troma)
“The rare original horror film that fans scream for!” (Addicted to Horror Movies)
“A truly unique experience that will be talked about for years to come!” (Mondo Exploito)
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Adrian ȚofeiDirector
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Adrian ȚofeiWriter
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Adrian ȚofeiKey Cast“Adrian”
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Sonia TeodoriuKey Cast“Sonya ”
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Florentina HaritonKey Cast“Flory”
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Alexandra StroeKey Cast“Alexandra”
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Adrian ȚofeiProducer
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John Lepper, Alex Short, Jay Sorensen, Adrian AirineiExecutive producers
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GiEmSi, Dorina ȚofeiAssociate producers
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"Nu plecăm acasă" written by Stelian Maria and performed by Cristian PațurcăSoundtrack
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Adrian ȚofeiFilm Editing, Cinematography, Production Design
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Adrian ȚofeiCasting, Production Management, Sound
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Project Type:Feature
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Genres:Psychological Horror, Found Footage, Slasher, Crime, Thriller, Suspense, Character Study, Dark Comedy, Dark Romance, Mumblecore, Meta-cinema, Cinema Verite, Cult film, Psychopath film, Underground, Guerrilla style, Snuff film, Indie, Mumblegore
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Runtime:1 hour 27 minutes
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Completion Date:October 8, 2015
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Production Budget:10,000 USD
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Country of Origin:Romania
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Country of Filming:Romania
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Language:English
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Shooting Format:Digital HD
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Aspect Ratio:16:9
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:Yes
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Student Project:No
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Nashville Film FestivalNashville, Tennessee
United States
April 15, 2016
North American Premiere
Special Jury Prize for Best Actor (Adrian Țofei) -
A Night of Horror International Film FestivalSydney
Australia
November 29, 2015
Australian Premiere
Best Film Winner + Nominations for Best Director, Best Male Performance & Best Female Performance -
Hamilton Film FestivalHamilton
Canada
November 11, 2016
Canadian Premiere
Best Actor Winner (Adrian Țofei) -
Fantasporto International Film FestivalPorto
Portugal
March 1, 2015
World Premiere (109 min cut)
Official Selection in Competition for Best Film -
Anchorage International Film FestivalAnchorage, Alaska
United States
December 1, 2018
Alaskan Theatrical Premiere
Official Selection -
Transilvania International Film FestivalCluj-Napoca
Romania
June 5, 2015
Romanian Premiere (109 min cut)
Official Selection in Competition for Best Romanian Feature Film -
Nightmares Film FestivalColumbus, Ohio
United States
October 20, 2018
Midwest Theatrical Premiere
Official Selection -
On Vous Ment! Mockumentary Film FestivalLyon
France
May 29, 2016
French Premiere
Grand Prize for Best Feature Film -
Other Worlds Austin Film FestivalAustin, Texas
United States
December 4, 2016
Texas Premiere
Official Selection -
TromaDance Film FestivalNew York City
United States
July 30, 2016
US East Coast Premiere
Official Selection -
Unnamed Footage FestivalSan Francisco
United States
March 25, 2018
West Coast Theatrical Premiere
Official Selection -
Horror Cinema AwardsOnline
United States
March 4, 2018
Deep Cut Award Winner + Nomination for Best First Feature -
Area de Contencao: Cartaxo International Fantastic & Horror Film FestivalCartaxo
Portugal
November 7, 2015
Out of the Box Jury Award and Our of the Box Audience Award -
CrashLanded Film FestivalTulsa, Oklahoma
United States
February 15, 2019
Oklahoma Theatrical Premiere
Best Horror Film -
Fright Nights: The Ultimate Festival of AngstVienna
Austria
May 10, 2016
Austrian Premiere
Best Film Nomination -
Dracula Film FestivalBrasov
Romania
October 8, 2015
87 min cut Premiere
Special Mention Winner -
Toronto Indie Horror FestToronto
Canada
November 12, 2016
Toronto Premiere
Official Selection -
Horror-on-Sea Film FestivalSouthend-on-Sea
United Kingdom
January 20, 2017
Official Selection -
HalloweenapaloozaOttumwa, Iowa
United States
October 12, 2018
Iowa Theatrical Premiere
Official Selection -
Indigo Moon Film FestivalFayetteville, North Carolina
United States
October 13, 2018
North Carolina Theatrical Premiere
Official Selection -
Bram Stoker International Film FestivalWhitby
United Kingdom
October 23, 2015
UK Premiere
Official Selection -
Torremolinos International Fantastic Film FestivalTorremolinos
Spain
November 8, 2015
Spanish Premiere
Official Selection -
Zinema Zombie FestBogota
Colombia
November 7, 2015
South American Premiere
Official Selection -
Mostra Livre de CinemaSao Paulo
Brazil
September 19, 2018
Brazilian Theatrical Premiere
Official Selection -
Kapitularz: Lodz Fantastic Film FestivalLodz
Poland
September 8, 2018
Polish Theatrical Premiere
Official Selection -
The Shockproof Film FestivalPrague
Czech Republic
March 3, 2017
Czech Theatrical Premiere
Official Selection -
Eko International Film FestivalLagos
Nigeria
April 25, 2019
African Theatrical Premiere
Official Selection -
Davis Great Bay Area International Film FestivalDavis, California
United States
October 23, 2018
Nomination for Best Feature Film -
Kocham Dziwne Kino (I Love Strange Cinema) Film FestivalPabianice
Poland
August 9, 2019
Official Selection -
UNDO Divergent Film AwardsOnline
United States
August 27, 2019
Best Dark Comedy Feature
Distribution Information
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Terror FilmsDistributorCountry: WorldwideRights: Internet, Video on Demand
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Adrian ȚofeiDistributorCountry: WorldwideRights: Video / Disc
Adrian Țofei is an acclaimed filmmaker and actor born on July 20, 1987 in Rădăuți, Romania. His father died when he was six and his mother, Dorina Țofei, supported him watching movies from an early age. 2001: A Space Odyssey left a strong impression on Adrian as a teen, who began researching film history in his spare time. He went on to study acting (Ion Cojar‘s method) at Lower Danube University of Galați and continued with a master’s degree in theatrical art at Spiru Haret University of Bucharest, all while directing, producing, writing and performing in various plays, most notably The Monster, which went to multiple festivals.
In 2013 Adrian abandoned theatre, wrote the Found Footage Manifesto and plunged into filmmaking and film acting. He directed, produced, wrote and starred in Romania’s first found footage horror feature film, Be My Cat: A Film for Anne (2015). The movie went to numerous festivals and won multiple awards and critical acclaim, including Best Film at A Night of Horror Film Festival in Sydney and Best Actor for Adrian at Nashville Film Festival. It was called “terrifying” by Austin Chronicle, “a new intelligent found footage film you need to see” by Blumhouse, “potentially revolutionary and dangerous” by Dread Central, and is now considered a cult film by fans and film professionals.
Adrian is also the author of the Top 100 Horror & Fantasy Film Festivals and Top 100 International Film Festivals lists, among other works, both appreciated and used by numerous filmmakers.
He has been married to actress and screenwriter Duru Yücel-Țofei since January 22, 2017, and they also became partners onscreen in the upcoming apocalyptic feature We Put the World to Sleep. The movie is the second part of Adrian Țofei’s meta-cinema trilogy which also includes Be My Cat: A Film for Anne and Adrian’s third movie, Dr. Frankenstein, currently in development.
This is my first film and Romania's first found footage horror movie.
My filmmaking method consists of working for months on an alternative psychological reality for the actors including myself, partially living in character, so that when we start improvising, I mainly need to record the unfolding events and to make sure the improvisation goes in the right direction. There is no script, only plot points. I shoot tens of hours of footage guerrilla style (25 hours for Be My Cat), and then I watch the footage like a documentary filmmaker would and I create the details of the story in post-production during the editing process.
I partially improvised Be My Cat in my hometown on a $10,000 budget as director, producer, writer, lead actor, cinematographer, editor and other roles usually done by a film crew, I never used a camera before in my life, had no crew present during shootings other than myself and the actresses, partially lived in character, met the actresses for the first time in character with the camera on, and kept only first takes in the final cut.