There are cat cocktails. A cat-tail, if I may.
For starters, it's called "Catdance." Like Sundance, but a cat version. A cat version is always roughly a million times better.
Film buffs, journalists, starlets, and hangers-on — looking at you, Harry Styles — all flocked to Park City, Utah, this year to celebrate the 2014 Sundance Film Festival.
But for those who believe the silver screen belongs to a fluffier breed, the Catdance Film Festival was the only place to be. It takes place right on Main Street, just like a lot of other Sundance events, except the difference is that Catdance is one night of purrrfect cat film glory.
The event is hosted by Gilles Marini, who is French, and sexy, and a "cat guy."
"I am a cat guy, yeah. I'm an animal lover, I have to tell the truth," Marini told BuzzFeed in the green room before the Catdance event started. "I've had cats, pretty much all my life... My [cat] Penelope, she's going to be one year in April. She's a sweetheart. I'm lying. She does whatever the hell she wants."
Catdance isn't just a great opportunity to showcase short films by cat enthusiast filmmakers, but as part of the film festival, Fresh Step donates $25,000 to the ASPCA. And it also helps to raise money through the sale of the event T-shirts, of which 100% of the profits are donated to the ASPCA.
"More than $2.5 million have been donated to the ASPCA," Marini said. "I'm involved because I love cats and I love animals."
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All of the drinks have names that are cat versions of iconic actors, and they are delicious.
I sampled the Catphrey Bogart, and it was just as smooth and handsome as I expected. (Can a drink be handsome? Whatever, this one was.)
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There was free food, and while it thankfully wasn't actual cat food, it had a nice touch of cat on the packaging.
Along with regular butter popcorn, they also had chili popcorn and toffee. Beat that, Sundance!
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