

Two cats walk into a palace... and one sells out his entire species.
Two stray cats come to secretly steal milk from a pharaoh's bath, but one of them becomes hypnotized by a life of wealth.
Writing
Zero dialogue, maximum betrayal.
Director
Thomas Buiron
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made by four French animation students at Gobelins, the school that launched Pixar directors. This was their graduation film.
The title 'Mau' references both the Egyptian word for cat and the sound cats make across multiple languages — a linguistic joke about who gets to name things.