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hashtag #catvidfest. The first nominations for #catvidfest closed July 30, 2012. Festival mastermind Katie Hill "watched every single , eventually boiling them down into 65 minutes of concentrated kitty shenanigans". The final chosen videos were divided into CATegories like comedy, documentary,
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animated, foreign, etc. The "People's Choice" vote was open from August 6 – 12, 2012. This "Golden Kitty award", chosen by visitors to the Walker's Web site, went to Will Braden for his two-minute opus "Henri, Paw de Deux".
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