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MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL hosted by MV Film Society

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Thursday, September 28th @ 7:30 pm

Friday, September 29th @ 7:30 pm

Saturday, September 30th @ 7:30 pm

Sunday, October 1st @ 4:00 pm

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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 10 day 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 MANHATTAN SHORT Final Ten are:

Sunless (USA), Voice Activated (Australia), Yellow (Afghanistan), Tuulikki (Finland), The Family Circus (USA), Career Day (USA), Snail (Iran), The Record (Switzerland), The Stupid Boy (UK), Soliel Du Nuit (Canada).

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 Finalists:

SUNLESS
Directed by Boris Vesselinov / 8:00 Minutes / USA
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
Directed by Steve Anthopoulos / 12:00 Minutes / Australia
A florist with a stutter is forced to cooperate with a voice-activated car on the way to an important delivery.

YELLOW
Directed by Elham Ehsas / 13:00 Minutes / Afghanistan
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
Directed by Teemu Nikki / 14:00 Minutes / Finland
When a young woman, dominated by an over-protective mother plots her escape, their relationship dissolves into one of mutual suspicion.

THE FAMILY CIRCUS
Directed by Andrew Fitzgerald / 17:00 Minutes / USA
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
Directed by Jason Robinson & Chris Hooper / 10:00 Minutes / USA
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
Directed by Aminreza Alimohammadi / 14:00 Minutes / Iran
A loving mother strives to make her young son’s singing dreams come true but an audition takes a dramatic, unforeseen turn.

THE RECORD
Directed by Jonathan Laskar / 8:38 Minutes / Switzerland
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
Directed by Phil Dunn / 14:50 Minutes / UK
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
Directed by Fernando López Escrivá and Maria Camila Arias / 13:00 Minutes / Canada
While training for a moon landing, a group of Canadian astronauts are tasked with an added mission by a Native American elder.

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