Be My Cat: A Film for Anne

Plot

Obsessed with making a movie with Hollywood actress Anne Hathaway, a young man in Romania goes to shocking extremes using three local actresses to shoot scenes from the movie to send to Anne as proof of his filmmaking and acting skills.

Cast

Release

Be My Cat: A Film for Anne had its world premiere at the 2015 Fantasporto International Film Festival in Portugal in its initial 109 minutes version and then the Romanian premiere at the 2015 Transilvania International Film Festival.

The movie's 87 minutes cut premiered at the 2015 Dracula Film Festival in Romania. More official selections followed at the 2015 Bram Stoker International Film Festival in England (UK premiere), 2015 Zinema Zombie Fest in Bogota, Colombia (South American premiere), 2015 Torremolinos International Fantastic Film Festival (Spanish premiere), 2015 A Night of Horror International Film Festival in Sydney (Australian premiere), 2016 Nashville Film Festival in the US (North American premiere), 2016 Fright Nights Vienna (Austrian premiere), 2016 On Vous Ment! - Lyon Mockumentary Film Festival (French premiere), 2016 TromaDance Film Festival in New York City (US East Coast Premiere), 2016 Hamilton Film Festival (Canadian premiere), 2016 Toronto Indie Horror Fest (Toronto premiere), 2016 Other Worlds Austin (Texas premiere) and 2017 Horror-on-Sea Film Festival in the UK.

Critical response

Be My Cat: A Film for Anne has been widely acclaimed by critics. Josh Millican from Dread Central gave the movie 4 stars and wrote that "Be My Cat takes meta-filmmaking to mind-bending levels and plays out like an arthouse snuff film. Simply calling it unique is an understatement. What we have here is potentially revolutionary and, like the most impactful examples of uncompromising art, potentially dangerous. The line between fact and fiction has never been so terrifyingly and brilliantly blurred."

Richard Newby and David Shreve from Audiences Everywhere named the movie "dangerous and progressive" and ranked it 44th in The 100 Best Horror Movies of the 2000s and 6th in 2015's Top 10 Best Horror Films. They also wrote that "the film is fascinating, challenging and essential for the evolution of found footage horror. Adrian Țofei is an excitingly dangerous filmmaker and we should all be eager and a little afraid to see what he does next."

Found Footage Critic rated the movie 9.7 out of 10 and wrote that it's "a near perfect horror/thriller found footage film that sets itself apart in acting, cinematography, plot, tone, execution and production value. Found footage fan or not, this is a film you won’t want to miss. The acting of Adrian Țofei and the three supporting cast, Sonia Teodoriu, Florentina Hariton and Alexandra Stroe, is nothing short of exceptional, resulting in a genuineness that I have yet to encounter in any other found footage film to date.".

Kenna Rae from 28 Days Later Analysis gave it 4 stars, called it a "disturbing found footage masterpiece" and added that "the authenticity comes from exceptionally strong performances by an excellent cast. Sonia Teodoriu, Florentina Hariton, Alexandra Stroe and Adrian Țofei are so convincing that, at times, it’s uncomfortable to watch."

Dean Bertram from A Night of Horror International Film Festival described Be My Cat: A Film for Anne as "the most revolutionary addition to the found footage genre since The Blair Witch Project and infinitely more convincing and frightening" and Lloyd Kaufman from Troma Entertainment wrote that the movie is "a new masterpiece in horror".