Monday, July 16, 2012

Coming soon: Cat-video film festival




Finally, a cause all citizens of the Internet can get behind.


(Credit: Image courtesy picturesofcats4you.com)

If you thought Marissa Mayer leaving Google for Yahoo was big Internet news today, wait til you hear this. Internet cats are getting their own film festival!


Yep, you read that right. Get ready for the Internet Cat Video Film Festival, a veritable Sundance for cat vids.


The feline film fest takes place offline August 30 at Open Field, an outdoor cultural space at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Minn. The event is free, and open to both human and furry cinephiles.


"While enjoyed by a broad online audience of millions, cat videos are normally viewed alone. Until now," reads a blog post by Katie Czarniecki Hill, an art lover, program fellow of mnartists.org, and Walker Open Field's resident cat-video curator (actually, that's not an official position -- yet).


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