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Manhattan Short Film Festival 2026
$8.00 – $13.00 including fees
MANHATTAN SHORT announced the Ten Finalists for its 29th Annual Short Film Festival, a worldwide event taking place in over 500 venues across six continents between September 24 and October 4, 2026. MANHATTAN SHORT is the only event of its kind. The Ten Finalists will screen simultaneously across the world during a one-week period, with the Best Film and Best Actor awards determined by ballots cast by the audiences in each participating venue.

For the first time in its history, MANHATTAN SHORT has selected ten films from ten countries, with films from the USA, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Moldova, Russia, Cuba, Georgia, and Mexico making up MANHATTAN SHORT 2026. “Since 9/11, my vision for this Festival has been to create a filmic Olympiad. An event consisting of ten quality shorts from ten separate countries that joins the world, and finally in 2026 we’ve managed to do that. I’m very excited for the reaction it receives from our worldwide audiences”, says Nicholas Mason, founding director of MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival.

MANHATTAN SHORT 2026 Finalists:
Small Talk (USA), Mary is Missing (Ireland), Candy Bar (Australia), Vultures (South Africa), Life Goes On (United Kingdom), Hai Davai (Moldova), Pickup (Russia), Norheimsund (Cuba), When the Sea was Calm (Georgia), Never Give Up (Mexico).

For more information, please visit: https://www.manhattanshort.com/