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A Cat Called Dom

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A Cat Called Dom details filmmaker Will Anderson's relationship with his mother and their journey following the diagnosis of her cancer. Whilst alone, Will privately keeps council with an animated cat called Dom -- a curious character living inside of his computer screen who interjects with observations, questions and actions that shed a light on Will's feelings to a darkly humorous and often poignant effect. Created with co-director and collaborator, Ainslie Henderson, the film documents the manifold emotions Will experiences, as he juggles the pressures of filmmaking and personal trauma whilst coming to terms with a potential, earthshattering loss. But when emotions, events and styles collide, tensions rise between the two filmmakers and the film itself transforms into something far removed from what was originally intended. Will it ever dawn on Will that the heart of his film is found in his love for his mother and that loss too can be a chance for connection?

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Cath Clarke Guardian Meta moments make A Cat Called Dom a formally interesting film, though add to the unfinished feel and the sense that this is a film reaching for a meaning. Rated: 3/5 Sep 20, 2023 Full Review Rory Doherty The Skinny Pitched as half-animation, half-documentary, Anderson’s first feature is more of a process, one that wears its constructed segments proudly – their inadequacies are, after all, the point. Rated: 4/5 Feb 7, 2024 Full Review Alistair Harkness Scotsman It’s very imaginatively done and though Anderson worries at one point that it’s not the “funny film about cancer” he wanted it to be, what emerges is something better: a moving portrait of a son’s love for his mother. Rated: 4/5 Sep 21, 2023 Full Review Edward Porter Sunday Times (UK) There are times when the film’s jumble gives us a piercing sense of the dread that Anderson is describing. Rated: 3/5 Sep 21, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews
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Will Anderson

Director

Ainslie Henderson

Director

Tobias Feltus

Dom

Finlay Pretsell

Producer

Leslie Finlay

Executive Producer

Tony Nellany

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Synopsis A Cat Called Dom details filmmaker Will Anderson's relationship with his mother and their journey following the diagnosis of her cancer. Whilst alone, Will privately keeps council with an animated cat called Dom -- a curious character living inside of his computer screen who interjects with observations, questions and actions that shed a light on Will's feelings to a darkly humorous and often poignant effect. Created with co-director and collaborator, Ainslie Henderson, the film documents the manifold emotions Will experiences, as he juggles the pressures of filmmaking and personal trauma whilst coming to terms with a potential, earthshattering loss. But when emotions, events and styles collide, tensions rise between the two filmmakers and the film itself transforms into something far removed from what was originally intended. Will it ever dawn on Will that the heart of his film is found in his love for his mother and that loss too can be a chance for connection?
Director
Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson
Producer
Finlay Pretsell
Production Co
Cosmic Cat, Parcel of Rogues
Genre
Animation, Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 15m