New York Cat Film Festival

About the Event

Join us this president’s day holiday weekend!
A collection of short films celebrating our feline companions!
Kitties welcome to attend!

2025 NY Cat Film Festival

A collection of short films exploring the mystique of the fascinating felines who share our lives.
Films [90 minutes]

All the films are family-friendly and can be enjoyed by humans of all ages.

Cats eye witness news [ny cat film festival] by michele campbell

One episode of the charming finny and dazy, two talking cats who report on the news in new york city.

So it began - by mutual rescue

An uplifting documentary about calvin tucker, now famous on social media, whose life was transformed when he saved a stray kitten and has since saved hundreds of homeless and injured animals in his under-resourced community.

Cat ‘n the box by maya ali ezeddine

A short animated film by a lebanese student filmmaker at nyu about a cat who hears noises coming from a box and decides to investigate.

Cat advocacy by kim best

A snidely funny imagined tale of a cat owner calling companies to complain that her cat doesn’t like their products.

A new home for an old cat  by stephanie cernelli
 
A chronicle of the adventures of gotelind, an older feline, who got a second chance when adopted from a shelter.

Leonardo’s last luncheon by joan carol gratz

Produced and directed by the 1992 academy award winner for best animated short film.

Nine lives by jessie davidson

A heartwarming documentary about a cat who has an entire neighborhood fooled, with several people believing they are the only ones who love and look after her.

Tail of the twilight cat by h mahesh haris

A touching documentary from australia about the filmmaker’s own attempts to save an injured stray cat, and how it backfires.

Cats eye witness news [weather report] by michele campbell

Finny and dazey report on nyc weather challenges.
Scott by grace r strom

An animated day in the life of scott the cat as he explores his backyard.

Kitty crusaide by josh carter

A biographical documentary about a passionate tnr cat rescuer, dani, and the joys and heartbreak of her efforts.

Caroline: a letter to mom by jesse rosenstein
A happy birthday message to her mom from caroline the cat.

Mikey hammer, purrivate eye by priscilla dean

With a cast of actual cats from purradise ranch cat sanctuary who have the dialogue of a 1940’s film noir set in new orleans, mikey the private investigator is hire to find a stolen million-dollar cat collar.
 
King of cats  by kim best
 
A documentary about an extraordinary man, harold “catman” sims, turned his passion for cats into catman2 shelter, a large open-plan cat rescue with low-cost spay/neuter, along with founding the american museum of the house cat.

The battle for swan lake by joan carol gratz

A second film from animation pioneer joan gratz, this is a fun and funny mixed media story with cats, a dog and a fish head performing the classic ballet, swan lake.

Love me by aya kneitner

An animated story of a lonely flower opening up to a kitty.

Cats eye witness news [best friends adoption center} by michele campbell

Finny and dazey celebrate cat adoption.

Trace of a cat by kim best

Another “kim best feline film,” poetically posing the philosophical question of what our cats leave us with when they vacate a space they were in.

Cat kingdom by martina girlanda

An allegorical film of a young woman walking through an italian hill town full of cats, each of which appears to magically transform into a human as she passes them by. 

Buy Tickets

We want to hear from you if you have an event to share or updates to this event.