The Manhattan Shorts Film Festival is coming to New York State.
Film lovers world-wide will unite in over 500 locations between September 25-October 5, 2025 to view and vote on the ten Finalists Films of the 28th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival.
The Ten MANHATTAN SHORT Finalists hail from seven countries with films from Spain, Israel, United Kingdom, Norway, The Netherlands, Belgium, and Mexico, alongside three films from the USA.
The MANHATTAN SHORT Final Ten are:
Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting (USA), Al Fresco (Spain), Chasing the Party (USA), Paradise Man (USA), We Have Sinned Before You (Israel), I Have My Reasons (United Kingdom), Ovary-Acting (Norway), Beyond Silence (The Netherlands), Zodiak (Belgium), Passarinho (Mexico).
The festival will have virtual screenings with Russian, Spanish and Ukrainian subtitles.
You be the Judge! is the festival motto. They ask their world audience, who now become instant film critics, to vote for their favorite by ballot. Best Film, Best Actor, MANHATTAN SHORT is the ultimate audience award in that names the creative talents of both directors behind the camera and actors in front of the camera. Votes will be sent through the MANHATTAN SHORT HQ with the winner announced on ManhattanShort.com on October 6, 2025 at 10 am EST.
New York Venues for this festival currently listed as of this writing:
Cazenovia - The Cazenovia Public Library
Cambridge - Hubbard Hall Center for Arts
Clifton Park - Clifton Park - Halfmoon Public Library
Deposit - The State Theatre
Essex - Whallonsburg Grange Hall
Fallsburg - Hurleyyville Performing Arts Centre
Huntington - Cinema Arts Centre
Lake Placid - Lake Placid Center for the Arts
Newburgh - SUNY Orange County Community College
Nyack - Old Stone Meeting House
Palisades - Palisades Community Center
Rosyln - Eastman Cottage Theatre
Skaneateles - Skaneateles Library
Walton - The Walton Theatre
Wurtsboro - Mamakating Library