Beautifully hand-drawn, “A Cat in Paris,” which showed at the Athens International Film and Video Fest this weekend, conveyed a sense of art that’s been missing from animated films for the past decade.

Each spring, Athens plays host to the Athens International Film and Video Festival, a week-long event showcasing more than 200 films. In the weeks prior, though, students work tirelessly to make the festival awesome.

Distinguished and internationally recognized filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt visited the Athens Film Festival on the night of April 28 and brought a unique collection of five movies with him.

“Kaboom” is where comedy meets sci-fi, set to the soundtrack of a horror movie filmed at a gay bar.

For director and Ohio University alumnus Danilo Serbedzija, film is a family affair. In his first feature-length film, “72 Days,” Serbedzija directs his father, internationally renowned actor Rade Serbedzija, and Danilo’s sister, actress and model Lucija Serbedzija.

What do you call a film that was written as a comedy, directed as a drama and edited as a horror movie? What do you do if you are a disgruntled priest lost in a canoe with your sister’s ex-boyfriend? And how do you react to a film that leaves more questions unanswered at the end than at the beginning? Welcome to “The Catechism Cataclysm.”

Five of Jay Rosenblatt’s short films will be screened at the Athens Film Festival: “The Smell of Burning Ants,” “Phantom Limb,” “The Darkness of Day,” “The D Train” and “Afraid So.”

Gritty, somber and more than a little dispiriting, “The Off Hours” is an depressing tale of a young waitress’s mundane life and a reminder that sometimes, life just sucks.

Two things stand out about director and Ohio University alumnus Todd Rohal’s film, “Catechism Cataclysm:” it’s hilarious, but difficult to describe.

In his new documentary, “The Electricity Fairy,” Ohio University alumnus and filmmaker Tom Hansell wants you to wonder, “Is any energy really clean?”