A joyous communal experience featuring compilation of the latest and best cat shorts
Sedona, AZ — The Sedona International Film Festival is proud to present the Northern Arizona premiere of “New York Cat Film Festival 2026” showing March 29-April 2 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 2026” 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 2026 lineup include:
- CATS EYEWITNESS NEWS:You think it’s about a hurricane, but it’s really about belly rubs!
- CATNAP:An animated tale about a dog who won’t let a kitty have her catnap – inspired by true events!
- THE LANGUAGE OF LOVE:A personal documentary about the subtle ways cats communicate and understand us – and how we reciprocate.
- OH CATNADA!What would a feline-centric country look like, with its very own flag and anthem?
- PAWS and PURPOSE:A documentary about a sanctuary that began saving goats but has become a loving final home for cats regardless of age or any issues.
- CATS ON THINGS:A fun and funny animated description of the havoc cats cause in our homes and why we love them anyway.
- A HAND TO HOME:The filmmaker from Dubai created this tale of a rescued kitten told from her perspective, manually created with Adobe Firefly support.
- ALFRED HITCHCAT PRESENTS “BANQUO’S CHAIR”:Another Purradise Ranch production with “talking cat actors,” featuring Detective Purrlock Holmes investigating a murder in a mansion haunted by feline ghosts.
- SCAREDY, THE CAT:A documentary about a very shy feral cat adopted by people at the public tennis courts in a NYC park and how she came to trust a very few of them.
- BASTET:Three Croatian friends — who love cats and are animators — made drawings by hand they colored on the computer, telling this story of three cats who rise to the clouds to meet Bastet, the ancient Egyptian goddess of cats.
- LUCY:A narrative film in which a woman comes to suspect that her new boyfriend is more interested in her cat than in her.
- OLD PAWS 4: The Black Cat Market:A cat cafe and a cat rescue team up to find loving homes for senior cats.
- THE CAT HOUSE CHRONICLES:A documentary about a young cat who is adopted into a senior cat retirement home where he is a charming troublemaker.
- 10TH LIFE:An animated whimsical tale of a lost kitten and his mysterious new ally as they find their way home.
- DAILY TABBY:A mockumentary focused on an ESA at a college campus and her point of view about the students and their activities.
- SHADOW:Artistic animation shows how her cat’s death broke a woman’s heart, but a stray in the neighborhood who befriended her made her wonder if her kitty who passed away sent Shadow to heal her?
- LOVE IS LOVE:A documentary in which a woman describes what her three tripawd cats taught her about love, the cycle of life and recovery.
- WHEN LEFT IS RIGHT:Being a “southpaw” comes with challenges that a kitten is determined to overcome, as he explains.
- LOKI, UKRAINIAN CAT:This is the story of a Ukrainian cat named Loki: his journey to escape the war in Ukraine and his adaptation in Ireland.
- MY FAMILIAR:Music video featuring Elizabeth Bays’s love for her soulmate cat Screamy, who has since passed away.
- CATS EYEWITNESS NEWS:A feline news report that includes a flock of pigeons sitting shiva.
“New York Cat Film Festival 2026” is presented in partnership with the Humane Society of Sedona.
“New York Cat Film Festival 2026” will be shown at the Alice Gill-Sheldon Theatre March 29-April 2. Showtimes will be Sunday, March 29 at 12:30 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday, March 30 and 31 at 3:30 p.m.; and Wednesday and Thursday, April 1 and 2 at 6:30 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.
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Join us for a family-friendly escape to the movies and celebrate everything CATS! “New York Cat Film Festival 2026” is a collection of short films exploring the mystique of the fascinating felines who share our lives.
