$15 General Admission, $12 Member, $10 child age 14 or younger
Buy your ticket online in advance, or in person at the Box Office. Doors open for admissions 30 minutes prior to screening.
MANHATTAN SHORT has announced the Final Ten selections for its 26th Annual Short Film Festival, a worldwide event taking place in over 400 venues across six continents between September 28 and October 8, 2023.
MANHATTAN SHORT is the only event of its kind. The Final Ten screen simultaneously across the world during a one-week period, with the Best Film and Best Actor awards determined by ballots cast by the audiences in each participating venue. By virtue of their selection by MANHATTAN SHORT, each short film is automatically Oscar-qualified.
The Final Ten MANHATTAN SHORT finalists hail from seven countries with films from Australia, Afghanistan, Finland, Iran, Switzerland, UK and Canada alongside three films from the USA. These Final Ten Films represent the best short films from among 850 submissions from 72 countries received by MANHATTAN SHORT for 2023, testimony to the enduring vibrancy and creativity of short films worldwide.
The 2023 line-up is linked by a common theme: how we face adversity, whether it is imposed by others or arises from personal circumstances. The 10 short films in the program feature narratives that are dramatic, sometimes humorous, occasionally magical and always inspirational!
You Be the Judge!
Which of these Final Ten short films is the best? That’s up to a worldwide audience to decide. Cinema-goers across the United States and around the globe will become instant film critics as they are handed a ballot (see example scroll below) upon entry that allows them to vote for the Best Film and Actor. MANHATTAN SHORT is the ultimate audience award that salutes the creative talents of both directors behind the camera and actors in front of it.
The MANHATTAN SHORT Final Ten are:
Sunless (USA) / Directed by Boris Vesselinov / 8:00 Minutes
As they pilot their submarine down into the world’s deepest point, two researchers must debate pressing on when a crack in their window port grows.
Voice Activated (Australia) / Directed by Steve Anthopoulos / 12:00 Minutes
A florist with a stutter is forced to cooperate with a voice-activated car on the way to an important delivery.
Yellow (Afghanistan) / Directed by Elham Ehsas / 13:00 Minutes
In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a woman walks into a chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full-body veil and face an uncertain future.
Tuulikki (Finland) / Directed by Teemu Nikki / 14:00 Minutes
When a young woman, dominated by an over-protective mother plots her escape, their relationship dissolves into one of mutual suspicion.
The Family Circus (USA) / Directed by Andrew Fitzgerald / 17:00 Minutes
A Vietnamese-American family’s plan to cover up a drunk-driving incident begins to unravel when their emotional baggage spills out in front of the police.
Career Day (USA) / Directed by Jason Robinson & Chris Hooper / 10:00 Minutes
A once promising 90’s pop star and his aging boy band reunite for his daughter’s elementary school Career Day. They go viral.
Snail (Iran) / Directed by Aminreza Alimohammadi / 14:00 Minutes
A loving mother strives to make her young son’s singing dreams come true but an audition takes a dramatic, unforeseen turn.
The Record (Switzerland) / Directed by Jonathan Laskar / 8:38 Minutes
An antique musical instrument dealer obsessively plays a magical vinyl record that “reads your mind and plays your lost memories.” Even the forgotten ones.
The Stupid Boy (UK) / Directed by: Phil Dunn / 14:50 Minutes
In London, a broken man groomed for a terrorist attack is confronted by a local lad who sees things differently. But seeing things differently can be dangerous.
Soliel Du Nuit (Canada) / Directed by: Fernando López Escrivá and Maria Camila Arias / 13:00 Minutes
While training for a moon landing, a group of Canadian astronauts are tasked with an added mission by a Native American elder.
MANHATTAN SHORT is not a touring Festival; rather, it is an instantaneous celebration that occurs simultaneously across the globe, bringing great films to great venues and allowing the audiences to select their favorites.
If the Film Festival experience truly is about getting great works in front of as many eyes as possible, MANHATTAN SHORT offers the ultimate platform — one that sees its films screened in Sydney, Mumbai, Moscow, Vienna, Cape Town to cinemas in all fifty states of the United States and beyond.
