Manhattan Short Film Festival at SCREEN AND SUDS

MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival: You Be the Judge!

NOTE: POST-SCREENING CONVERSATION WILL TAKE PLACE AT PLEB URBAN WINERY. 5 MINUTE WALK OR 2 MINUTE DRIVE DOWN FOUNDY FROM GRAIL.

Discover your inner film critic by casting your vote for Best Film and Best Actor in the 26th 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 FINALISTS:

SUNLESS (USA | 8 min)
Dir: Boris Vesselinov
Trapped in the confines of a tiny submarine, two men disagree on how to navigate a potentially perilous issue with their vessel.

VOICE ACTIVATED (Australia | 12 min)
Dir: Steve Anthopoulos
A florist with a stutter is forced to cooperate with a voice-activated car on the way to an important delivery.

YELLOW (UK/Afghanistan | 13 min)
Dir: Elham Ehsas
In Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, a woman walks into a chadari store in Kabul to buy her first full-body veil and face an uncertain future.

TUULIKKI (Finland | 14 min)
Dir: Teemu Nikki
When a young woman dominated by an over-protective mother plots her escape, their relationship dissolves into one of mutual suspicion.

THE FAMILY CIRCUS (USA | 17 min)
Dir: Andrew Fitzgerald
A Vietnamese-American family's plan to cover up a drunk-driving incident begins to unravel when their emotional baggage spills out in front of the police.

CAREER DAY (USA | 10 min)
Dir: Jason Robinson & Chris Hooper
A once promising 90's pop star and his aging boy band reunite for his daughter's elementary school Career Day. They go viral.

SNAIL (Iran | 14 min)
Dir: Aminreza Alimohammadi
A loving mother strives to make her young son's singing dreams come true but an audition takes a dramatic, unforeseen turn.

THE RECORD (Switzerland | 8:38 min)
Dir: Jonathan Lasker
An antique musical instrument dealer obsessively plays a magical vinyl record that "reads your mind and plays your lost memories." Even the forgotten ones.

STUPID BOY (UK | 15 min)
Dir: Phil Dunn
In London, a broken man groomed for a terrorist attack confronts a local lad who sees things differently. That can be dangerous.

SOLEIL DU NUIT (Canada | 13 min)
Dir: Fernando López Escrivá, Maria Camila Arias
While training for a moon landing, a group of Canadian astronauts are tasked with an added mission by a Native American elder.

Screening one week only! Attendees will be notified when advance tickets become available on the Grail website.