Manhattan Shorts Film Festival

Discover your inner film critic by casting your vote for Best Film and Best Actor in the 28th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screening Sept.25 - Oct. 5, 2025. 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 automatically Oscar-qualified. Ballots supplied at theater. The MANHATTAN SHORT Final Ten are: Em & Sela Go Griffin Hunting (USA), Al Fresco (Spain), Chasing the Party USA), Paradise Man (USA), We Have Sinned Before You (Israel), I Have My Reasons (UK), Ovary-Acting (Norway, UK, Sweden), Beyond Silence (The Netherlands), Zodiac (Belgium), and Passarinho (Mexico). Venue: Cinema Art Theater. Presenter: Rehoboth Beach Film Society.