Sedona News – The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “New York Cat Film Festival 2025” showing March 15-20 at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre.
Join us for a family-friendly escape to the movies and celebrate everything CATS! “New York Cat Film Festival 2025” is a collection of short films exploring the mystique of the fascinating felines who share our lives. All the films are family-friendly and can be enjoyed by humans of all ages.
Films featured in the 2025 lineup include:
• CATS EYE WITNESS NEWS (NY Cat Film Festival): One episode of the charming Finny and Dazy, two talking cats who report on the news in New York City.
• SO IT BEGAN: 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: 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: 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: A chronicle of the adventures of Gotelind, an older feline, who got a second chance when adopted from a shelter.
• LEONARDO’S LAST LUNCHEON: Produced and directed by the 1992 Academy Award winner for Best Animated Short Film.
• NINE LIVES: 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: 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): Finny and Dazey report on NYC weather challenges.
• SCOTT: An animated day in the life of Scott the cat as he explores his backyard.
• KITTY CRUSAIDE: A biographical documentary about a passionate TNR cat rescuer, Dani, and the joys and heartbreak of her efforts.
• CAROLINE: A LETTER TO MOM: A happy birthday message to her mom from Caroline the cat.
• MIKEY HAMMER, PURRIVATE EYE: 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: 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: 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: An animated story of a lonely flower opening up to a kitty.
• CATS EYE WITNESS NEWS (Best Friends Adoption Center): Finny and Dazey celebrate cat adoption.
• TRACE OF A CAT: 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: 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.
“New York Cat Film Festival 2025” is presented in partnership with the Humane Society of Sedona.
“New York Cat Film Festival 2025” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre March 15-20. Showtimes will be Saturday, March 15 at 12:30 p.m.; Sunday and Thursday, March 16 and 20 at 6:30 p.m.; and Monday, March 17 at 3:30 p.m.
Tickets are $12, or $9 for Film Festival members. For tickets and more information, please call 928-282-1177. Both the theatre and film festival office are located at 2030 W. Hwy. 89A, in West Sedona. For more information, visit: www.SedonaFilmFestival.org.