MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival: You Be the Judge!

Discover your inner film critic by casting your vote for Best Film and Best Actor in the 27th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screening Sept.26-Oct. 6, 2024. You’ll join film lovers in over 500 venues across the globe gathering to see the Ten Finalist in this year’s event. With past finalists garnering Oscar nominations and short films continuing to move into the Hollywood mainstream, come see this entertaining program featuring the best short films in the world today!

Ballots supplied upon entry.

GA $10

This show is 2 hours 36 Min: Which includes a 8 minute intermission: Intermission is at the 1 hour 20 minute mark.

The Films:

THE TALENT
Directed by: Thomas May Bailey
Principal Cast: Emma D’Arcy, Leo Suter, Rhianne Barreto, David Mills
Country: United Kingdom
Running Time: 15:00

Synopsis: On the set of a luxury car commercial, an overlooked assistant seizes his chance to get noticed by the star. A tense exploration of masculinity, becoming and desire.

I’M NOT A ROBOT
Directed by: Victoria Warmerdam
Principal Cast: Ellen Parren, Henry van Loon, Thekla Reuten
Country: The Netherlands
Running Time: 22:00

Synopsis: A woman repeatedly fails a computer security test. Suddenly, her humanity is called into question.

MOTHER
Directed by: Mariia Felenko
Principal Cast: Veronika Shostak, Inna Belikova
Country: Ukraine
Running Time: 8:00

Synopsis: At the beginning of the war in Ukraine, Katya decides to leave her hometown and take her mother. But mother is getting her nails done.

DOVECOTE
Directed by: Marco Perego
Principal Cast: Zoe Saldana, Marcello Fonte, Gaia Scodellaro, and twenty real inmates as her co-stars from the Giudecca Prison in Venice
Country: Italy
Running Time: 17:30

Synopsis: A small boat navigates the canals of Venice, Italy only to stop at a women’s prison where an inmate is poised to rediscover freedom.

PATHOLOGICAL
Directed by: Alison Rich
Principal Cast: Alison Rich, Meaghan Rath, Luke Cook, Heather Pasternack
Country: USA
Running Time: 17:00

Synopsis: A pathological liar wakes up one day to discover her lies have become true.

 
ALARMS
Directed by: Nicolas Panay
Principal Cast: Thomas Coumans, Laurence Côte, Eminé Meyrem
Country: France
Running Time: 17:00

Synopsis: Pierre is diligently overseeing the completion of the tumultuous construction site under his responsibility, ensuring that progress doesn’t come at the cost of safety.

FAVOURITES
Directed by: Nick Russell
Principal Cast: Stephen Curry, Sibylla Budd, Tony Briggs, Maria Angelico, Chris Labbett, Imogen Labbett, Amanda Russell
Country: Australia
Running Time: 5:17

Synopsis: Two parents face an impossible choice when their family camping trip goes terribly wrong.

 
THE MAN WHO COULD NOT REMAIN SILENT
Directed by: Nebojša Slijepčević
Principal Cast: Goran Bogdan, Alexis Manenti, Dragan Mićanović, Silvio Mumelaš
Country: Croatia, Bulgaria, France, Slovenia
Running Time: 13:00

Synopsis: Bosnia, 1993. Paramilitary forces stop a train in an ethnic cleansing operation. Only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them. A true story and winner of the 2024 Palme D’Or at Cannes.

ROOM TAKEN
Directed by: TJ O’Grady-Peyton
Principal Cast: Gabriel Adewusi, Brid Brennan
Country: Ireland
Running Time: 18:00

Synopsis: A homeless man moves in with a blind woman who doesn’t know he’s there. A strange bond develops.

 
JANE AUSTEN’S PERIOD DRAMA
Directed by: Julia Aks, Steve Pinder
Principal Cast: Julia Aks, Lachlan Ta’imua Hannemann, Samantha Smart, Nicole Alyse Nelson, Hugo Armstrong
Country: USA
Running Time: 13:00

Synopsis: England, 1813. In the middle of a long-awaited marriage proposal, Miss Estrogenia Talbot gets her period. Her suitor, Mr. Dickley, mistakes the blood for an injury, and it soon becomes clear that his expensive education has missed a spot.