Manhattan Short Film Festival

September 25 @ 7:00 pm | September 26 @ 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm

General Admission | $15

Attention all film lovers and film makers:

The Public Theatre will be hosting the GLOBAL Annual MANHATTAN SHORT film festival. Film lovers will unite in over 500 venues worldwide to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world – AND as an audience member YOU get to cast your vote for the winner.

For the first time in its history MANHATTAN SHORT has selected ten films from ten countries with films from USA, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, 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).

All Finalists become Oscar-qualified, meaning they will be automatically eligible for an Academy Award. In 2024, four Manhattan Short selections were short-listed.  Two of those films were nominated for an Oscar, including the ultimate winner for Best Live Action short I’m Not a Robot.

For more information about this year’s finalists, visit: www.manhattanshort.com

*All tickets will be held at “Will Call”, where you will pick them up and receive your ballots.