Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (01-23-2023) #814C: Karen Glass describes how the Merrimack River Feline Rescue Society in Salisbury, Massachusetts began 31 years ago to cope with the suffering feral cats down by the waterfront. Tracie marvels at their devoted followers who sold out two matinees of the NY Cat Film Festival at The Screening […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (11-28-2022) #807B: Kim Best, who has had her films chosen for every year of the NY Cat Film Festival (sometimes two films, as was the case in the 5th Annual premiere in NYC), talks about how she invents and creates her films in a variety of styles. She keeps in […]
Gift Bags for the Dog & Cat Festival Filmmakers What’s in the Cat Bag? I had the pleasure of introducing some wonderful filmmakers to the packed audience at the Village East theater for the 5th Annual NY Cat Film Festival at the Premiere on October 23rd. I wanted to make sure they got wonderful gift […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (10-31-2022) #803C: Sami Carroccio, director of Cat Cavorting in Phoenix, talks about her small but mighty TNR group — which consists just of her, a social media volunteer, and two other trappers — and the challenges they faced during the height of the pandemic when veterinarians were unavailable to spay […]
The NY Cat Film Festival Visionary Awards The Premiere of the 5th Annual NY Cat Film Festival is a huge milestone. How did we get here? Creating a cat film festival seemed an impossible mission five years ago. It was Gina Zaro, the heart and soul of Dr. Elsey’s, who planted the seed of the […]
Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (10-19-2022) #0114: Director Sarah Jayne Portelli and her co-creator Ivan Malekin speak from Zagreb, Croatia — where they moved from Malta, having originally been Australians. In Malta they were inspired to make their documentary “Cats of Malta” — an island with 100,000 cats and 450,00 people […]
Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (10-05-2022) #0112: Sami Carroccio, the Founder and Director of the non-profit rescue group Cat Cavorting, discusses their work with TNR in Phoenix and how she volunteered at a shelter, then served on the boards of a couple of animal welfare non-profits before starting her own. Cat […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (10-03-2022) #799B: Filmmaker Marcus Nunez speaks to Tracie from Santiago, Chile, where he made his tongue-in-cheek film, “L’Histoire de Lilliput” (shot on an iPhone). He was so excited to have his film chosen for the 5th Annual NY Cat Film Festival that he is making his maiden voyage to New […]
Dog Talk (And Kitties Too!) (09-26-2022) #798B: Cate Conte’s newest Cat Cafe mystery revolves around the death of a cat hoarder and community antipathy towards her. Cate and Tracie discuss the serious mental health component of animal hoarding. The book also delves into how a local rescue and/or shelter has to deal with the feline […]
Cat Chat — Brought to You by Dr. Elsey’s (02-16-2022) #0079: Filmmaker Priscilla Dean discusses her film in the NY Cat Film Festival that was inspired by her Purradise Ranch cat sanctuary and stars some of the actual photogenic residents! MP3 Audio [17 MB]DownloadShow URL
