Director Aimee Todoroff, for Kris The Cat

Everyone loves a heart-stopping adventure, told with humor and care, that culminates in a happy-ending for our main character. Kris The Cat is just such a tale, providing the audience with a humorous story about a Cat that goes on an exciting journey, finding love and new friends along the way. What makes this story special, in addition to the gorgeous images and music created by the animation team, is that by following Kris as he explores the world around him, experiences new people and new ways of doing things, and learns to give selflessly to another, the audience gets to watch Kris learn how to grow up. Kris needs to leave the comfort of the castle he's known all his life so he can become a bigger person... eh, cat... ready to build his own family. This simple story of Kris The Cat is actually a quite complex meditation on maturity as the audience gets to share in the joy of Kris's journey into adulthood.