CatVideoFest 2024

GoMovieReviews Rating: ★★★

Rated: G

Directed by: Will Braden

CatVideoFest is a compilation of cat videos sourced from submissions, animations, music videos and the internet.

Trawling through over 15,000 videos, director Will Braden has found the most entertaining moments of cats to raise money for cat shelters.

Beginning in 2019, the festival has raised over $150, 000 for local shelters as well as encouraging adoptions, fostering, volunteer signups and more.

The delightful end result shows a loose structure to a 75-minute reel, from ‘Drama’ featuring cats sharing space with a dog, giving a baby The Look, to opening the fridge, to oh-how-we-love-to-knock-things-off-shelving, to a black kitten trying to capture the sun.

‘Action Adventure’ shows a kitten attacking shoelaces, cat boxing, turtle versus cat – turtle wins.

‘Cat GIFs’ has a cat in the back of a hooded jacket.

This is my fur ball of sunshine, Biddie-Fluff; ever hopeful for a belly scratch but knowing not to get too far over the keyboard when I’m working.  This is of course, is not always a successful arrangement.

‘Documentaries’ has Cat Man Chris, rescue Humphrey and his brother, ‘This is peak cat owner existence,’ The Unbothered Cat, to trying to work with kittens around (I can relate!).

‘Musical’ has a cat singing on cue with his owner guitarist and sprinkled throughout the reel is an old dude playing a piano and singing lyrics describing the goings on with made-up cat songs.

Speaking of which, there’s of course the Christmas ornaments sequence, ‘Your ornaments are history,’ then there’s Goat suffering from seizures but oh so soothed by his human’s music therapy.

‘More Cat GIFs’ shows orange straddling a pole.

‘Comedy’ has the ultimate ownership of the family cat being more important, or more demanding of attention and cuddles, then the newborn baby just brought home.

CatVideoFest is good G-rated fun that had me crying with laughter.

The sometimes deadly looks from these playful felines?  Priceless.  And of course, it’s all for a good cause.

To submit a video of your fun fluff, see: https://catvideofest.com/submission.

See list of cinemas showing CatVideoFest, starting 17^th of October, 2024 here: https://www.catvideofest.com/where-to-watch-aus-nz