The NY Cat Film Festival Is Here. And No One’s Allergic to Movies. But with all due respect to man’s best friend, this year’s cat festival tickets have been outselling their canine counterparts three to one, even though, as the title of the first cat program says, “Nobody Owns a Cat.” Witness the hostile customers in Sean Skelton’s “Pure Fluff.” Made several years ago, it follows Howard Bedor, a professional cat groomer, on his Manhattan house calls. Lava Sheets’s autobiographical documentary, “Rescue,” focuses on a sweet-natured pet consoling a disabled owner, while Ian Christopher Goodman’s autobiographical documentary, “Akamatsu the Cat,” focuses on a sweet-natured owner consoling a disabled pet. Sheila Gail O’Rourke’s “Jetty Cats” gives a historical overview of animal rights while documenting its title subjects, feral and abandoned cats occupying a Southern California jetty. And that illumination is not about cuteness.” A Vermont author and public-radio host, Ms. Hotchner started the popular NY Dog Film Festival in 2015.
