Screenings Archive
A living record of festival screenings, special events, and public programs featuring The Cat that Lives in Your Dreams. This page is updated as new dates are confirmed and past events are archived.
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How to attend
For general audiences, tickets are sold through each festival’s official ticketing pages. Box office release times, seat selection, and access instructions are provided by the hosting venue or online platform at checkout.
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Contact
For screening inquiries, community events, or accessibility requests, please reach out via the film’s press or booking email listed on the contact page.
Last updated: November 19, 2025.
Upcoming Screening Events
December 4, 2025 (19:00 – 23:00 CET)
Director’s Cut International Film Festival & Ardélion Awards Gala
Musikverein für Steiermark, Sparkassenpl. 3, 8010 Graz, Austria
The Cat that Lives in Your Dreams, a nominee at the Director’s Cut International Film Festival gala, will be celebrated alongside global cinema in Graz on December 4, 2025. Audiences and guests can purchase tickets online to attend the event, watch the film, and participate in an evening of screenings, awards, and filmmaker gatherings.
November 19, 2025 (7:30PM)
International Film Festival Manhattan Online 2025
screening virtually
The Cat That Lives in Your Dreams has been selected in competition as part of the Official Selection of the International Film Festival Manhattan Online 2025, which will take place from November 22 to 30, 2025.
The online edition of the festival will be hosted on the Eventive.org platform, with screenings available to global audiences through ticketed access. The program will also feature online Q&A sessions, networking events, and an awards night marking the conclusion of the festival.
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Past Screening Events
November 19, 2025 (7:30PM)
2025 DRIG AWARD CEREMONY
500 Canal St, New Orleans, LA 70130, United States
The Cat that Lives in Your Dreams has been awarded First Place in the 2025 Disability Anthropology Essay Prize by the Disability Research Interest Group (DRIG) of the Society for Medical Anthropology. This award recognizes innovative scholarship that advances disability as a critical analytical framework within anthropology. The film’s recognition highlights its contribution to disability studies through creative, accessible media.
The award ceremony was held on November 19 at the Sheraton Hotel, Waterbury Room (2nd floor), during the American Anthropological Association Annual Meeting in New Orleans.
This honor reflects DRIG’s commitment to amplifying disabled voices and intersectional approaches within medical anthropology and disability studies.
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October 27, 2025 (8AM)
Awareness Film Festival
screened virtually
The Cat that Lives in Your Dreams received an Honorable Mention at the 2025 Awareness Film Festival and was selected for the festival’s official virtual lineup. Audiences worldwide stream the film online beginning October 27, 2025, via Entertainment Oxygen, joining the festival’s celebration of global stories and disability representation.
November 8, 2025 (9PM)
New York Documentary Film Festival
22 E 12th St, New York, NY 10003, United States
The Cat that Lives in Your Dreams was selected for the inaugural New York Documentary Film Festival, taking place November 7 and 8, 2025, at Cinema Village in Greenwich Village. The film will be featured alongside an array of documentary shorts and is eligible for special filmmaker recognition, inviting audiences to join its public festival screening and post-film conversations in central Manhattan.
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November 3, 2025 (8PM~9PM)
The Cat That Lives in Your Dreams:
Screening and Conversation
Green College University of British Columbia 6201 Vancouver, BC Canada
The event featured a documentary screening followed by a structured conversation session. After viewing the film, attendees participated in a discussion dedicated to exploring collaborative and ethical approaches in visual anthropology and disability arts. The conversation segment addressed themes such as consent, co-creation, and care, and encouraged questions and insights from an audience that included filmmakers, scholars, and disability arts practitioners. The format emphasized interactive dialogue, fostering an open exchange about how film form and access shape both representation and artistic engagement.
June 11, 2025 (10AM~2:30PM)
Bridging Voices:
Stories, Film and Conversation
POSITIVE EXPOSURE Gallery: 83 Maiden Lane, 4th Floor, New York, NY 10038
Bridging Voices: Stories, Film and Conversation was held on June 11, 2025, at Positive Exposure Gallery in New York City. Audiences watched Good Morning Citizens, which documented the subway protests of Solidarity Against Disability Discrimination (SADD) in Seoul, and The Cat that Lives in Your Dreams, which followed an autistic Korean artist’s journey of self-expression. The screenings were followed by lively discussions, where participants reflected on disability rights, activism, and cultural negotiation.
May 9, 2025 (5PM)
Docs on Edge
Cantor Film Center, 36 East 8th Street, New York City
​DOCS ON THE EDGE was a public showcase of short documentaries created by graduate students in NYU’s Culture & Media program. Held on Friday, May 9, 2025, at 5:00 PM at the Cantor Film Center in New York City, the event featured diverse stories ranging from football fandom in Nairobi and diasporic family memory in Singapore, to Indigenous legacies, disability representation in art, immigrant labor activism, and cultural archives of sound. Each film offered a unique anthropological and creative perspective, demonstrating how documentary could push the boundaries of storytelling and engagement with the world.
