Vance giveCatVideoFesta surprise bump this year?
Theres a reason why any mention of cats or cat ladies or anything like that kind of takes off.
Because its this sort of hidden army online.
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It has the most views of any post ever on theCatVideoFestsite.
The timing was absolutely perfect.
It opens this weekend and rolls out through September to about 200 locations all in.
Its raised $170k for charities since 2019.
He scours social media then hunts down the originals to get permissions.
Thats the lions share of work, he tells Deadline.
YouTube was the original gusher but other outlets have caught up, including Reddit.
Its really helpful for sort of consolidating.
He divides cat videos into two broad categories.
The other is where people kind of create a cat character.
It took top prize at a cat video competition at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis in 2012.
The work requires diplomacy.
And its a cute cat but nothings happening in the video.
And I have to respond to people, you know, you have a great looking cat.
For exhibitors,CatVideoFestcrosses demographic and geographic lines.
We have videos from every state in the United States.
And we have videos from all over the world, Braden says.
There arent that many things that appeal to a six-year-old and a 60-year-old.
And I do a lot of chopping, making sure that the pace doesnt feel repetitive.
At a complicated time in the entertainment industry, this feels like a secure gig.
The Internet runs on cats …
They run social media.
They get shared more than anything else.
There is an endless supply.
I will never run out.
