Manhattan Short Film Festival

Be part of a worldwide audience for this acclaimed event and your vote will help decide the winner.

The Manhattan Short Film Festival is one-of-a-kind competition taking place in more than 400 venues across six continents. Nine films have made the final shortlist and are being screened across the world during a one-week period. The Best Film and Best Actor awards are determined by ballots cast by the audiences at each screening, with the results from each venue emailed to New York City, where they will be tallied so the winners can be announced on Monday, October 12.

The final films represent the best short films from more than 1000 submissions from around the world, covering an extraordinary range of genres, including drama, science fiction, suspense, animation and comedy.

The finalists are:

Safe Space (Australia) Two detectives craft an intricate interrogation technique to intimidate an apparent witness to police corruption.

The Stick (Finland) Aava has but one wish: to get a dog. Meanwhile, her parents’ marriage is falling apart.

Exam (Iran) A teenage girl gets involved in the process of delivering a pack of cocaine to its client and gets stuck in a weird cycle of occurrences.

Hey, Grey (Russia) At death’s door, a thriving businessman meets his old dog, Grey, which he heartlessly threw out on the street many years ago.

White Eye (Israel) A man finds his stolen bicycle, but now it belongs to a stranger. How much of himself will he lose to get it back?

Sticker (North Macedonia) After an unsuccessful attempt to renew his automobile registration, Dejan falls into a bureaucratic trap that tests his determination to be a responsible father.

Two Little Boys (USA) A boy’s secret love for his closeted bully drives him into an unconventional road to confession and its consequences.

Maestro (France) A stick-wielding squirrel conducts a nocturnal chorus of opera-loving forest creatures.

The Present (Palestine) On his wedding anniversary, Yusef and his young daughter set out in the West Bank to buy his wife a gift. Between soldiers, segregated roads and checkpoints, how easy can it be to go shopping?

Warning: Possible strong language and adult themes. Parental guidance recommended.

When: Saturday, October 3, 7:30pm – 9:30pm
Where: The Glasshouse, Port Macquarie

For more information visit The Glasshouse.