25 CATS FROM QATAR

WEDNESDAY, sEPTEMBER 10 AT 7:00 PM

Location: Harkins Scottsdale 101 Theatre
7000 E. Mayo Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85054

Tickets: $17

Join us for a special PFF presentation of 25 CATS FROM QATAR. It’s a purr-fect film for cat lovers, but really any animal lovers are welcome! Follow the harrowing journey of 25 cats as their rescuers and a determined cat café owner seek to save as many cats as they can and find them their forever homes 7,000 miles away. Stick around after the screening for a Q&A with director Mye Hoang!

Directed by: Mye Hoang

Synopsis: When Katy McHugh, owner of Milwaukee’s Sip and Purr Cat Café, learns of the feral cat crisis in Doha, Qatar, she creates a brave and unsanctioned plan to fly 25 cats from Doha back to Wisconsin for adoption. From MFF alum Mye Hoang (CAT DADDIES, MFF22), this film offers a heartwarming, urgent look at strangers overcoming barriers to save lives, highlighting the global struggle for animal welfare.

Director Mye Hoang is a Los Angeles based producer and director. She was a producer on the award-winning noir thriller MAN FROM RENO (Best Feature at the LA Film Festival and Spirit Award Nominee 2014) as well as the narrative feature I WILL MAKE YOU MINE by Lynn Chen (SXSW 2020). She has directed numerous narrative short films that have been showcased internationally. Her first narrative feature VIETTE, an Asian American coming-of-age story, debuted in 2012 and toured film festivals around the country. She is also the founder and former Executive Director of the Asian Film Festival of Dallas, and former Artistic Director of the San Diego Asian Film Festival. CAT DADDIES is her first documentary feature and it has won multiple awards such as the Tallgrass Film Festival’s Excellence in the Art of Film, Newport Beach Film Festival’s Outstanding Achievement in Documentary, and the Dallas International Film Festival’s Audience Award (2021).