Charlie Kothe’s animated sci-fi tale showing how a “cool cat” behaves.

Jonathan Napolitano’s documentary about a retired couple who transforms their farmhouse into a senior living facility and hospice for cats.

Lava Sheets’s self-portrait of a disabled woman whose devoted cat is the only one there to console her.

Ian Christopher Goodman’s documentary about his brave paraplegic cat, Akamatsu.

Jason Rogerson’s imagining of how far a demanding cat will go to get his person’s attention.

Markie Hancock’s heartwarming documentary about a very shy cat at New York City’s Riverside Park.

Diana Lee Woody’s mockumentary about a cathlete who made her debut in the Pyeongmeow Olympics.

Erik Dumas’s futuristic animated story of an orphaned kitten bonding with an auto-repair robot in an abandoned garage.