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Join Loutit District Library for our screenings of the 27th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival. The screenings will be 2.5 hours long and include a brief intermission.
Free popcorn! Registration is encouraged.
Click here to be taken to our Event Calendar to register, or continue scrolling to view all dates below.
Discover your inner film critic by casting your vote for Best Film and Best Actor in the 27th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival. You’ll join film lovers in over 500 venues across the globe gathering to see the Ten Finalists 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!
The best part? You get to be the judge! Ballots will be supplied upon entry to vote for your favorite films.
The Ten MANHATTAN SHORT Finalists hail from eight countries with films from United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Ukraine, Italy, France, Australia, Croatia, and Ireland as well as two films from the USA.
The MANHATTAN SHORT Final Ten are:
The Talent (UK), I’m Not a Robot (The Netherlands), Mother (Ukraine), Dovecote (Italy), Pathological (USA), Alarms (France), Favourites (Australia), The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (Croatia), Room Taken (Ireland), Jane Austen’s Period Drama (USA).
All Final Ten short films become Oscar-qualified, meaning they will be automatically eligible for an Academy Award nomination by screening for a week at the Arena Cinelounge in Hollywood in the county of Los Angeles. The 27th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival will take place world-wide September 26 – Oct 6.
Learn more about the 2024 Final Ten here: https://manhattanshort.com/program/
2024 Show Times
Choose the time & date that works best for you by clicking below! Each screening will show all Ten Finalists for the 2024 festival. Click here to register and receive notifications for showtimes.
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Let’s rewind!
Missed last year’s showings? Join us for a rerun of the previous MANHATTAN SHORT finalists on Friday, September 20 at 2:00 PM!
Different showing, same free popcorn. Click here to learn more and register.
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