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12th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival
The Balboa Theatre
San Francisco, CA
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12th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival
Filmgoers in San Francisco will unite with audiences in 172 additional cities across five continents to view and judge the next generation of filmmakers when the 12th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at Balboa Theatre on Thursday 9/24 @ 7:30pm
 
This year the festival received 428 entries from 36 countries around the world from which 10 short films ‚Â all 14 minutes and under in length ‚Â were selected. Countries represented this year include the USA, Australia, Mozambique, UK, Israel, Spain, France, Sweden and Italy in what festival organizers describe as a ‚ÂCinematic Olympiad.‚Â

These films will not only entertain a global audience but be judged by them as well. Filmgoers will be handed a voting card upon entry and asked to vote for the one film they feel should win. Votes are tallied at each cinema and forwarded to the festival‚Âs headquarters in NYC where the winner will be announced on Tuesday, Sept 29th at 9:15 pm. (Date pushed back Sunday 27th this year due to Yom Kippur)

With some of our past finalists achieving the highest recognition the industry has to offer by going on to be nominated for and even winning an Oscar in the short film category, including two finalists in the past two festivals, the Manhattan Short has come to be known as one of the best launching pads for filmmakers in the world today.

In one week, over 100,000 people from as far north as St. Petersburg, Russia to as far south as Melbourne, Australia to venues in all 50 US States will view and vote on these 10 films. ‚ÂWhile the goal of any festival is to discover and promote future talent, the ultimate aim of this festival is to bring communities together via ten stories from around the world. There is no better insight to what is happening in the world or how the world is feeling than through the eyes, ears and lenses of these short filmmakers,‚Â said MANHATTAN SHORT founding director Nicholas Mason.

‚ÂFrom the festival‚Âs humble beginnings when I projected a handful of short films onto a screen mounted onto the side of a truck on a downtown Manhattan Street 12 years ago, to where we are now just blows my mind. In keeping with our mission to unite the world via compelling short films, we‚Âre gearing up to further expand the festival‚Âs reach by screening in every continent around the world during the same week, with venues in Africa scheduled in 2010‚Â said Nicholas Mason. ‚ÂThis is a one of a kind festival and anyone can be a part of it. It‚Âs huge!‚Â

For more information and to read detailed interviews with the ten finalists of 2009, a list of all theaters and more go to www.ManhattanShort.com                                                                      

Finalists 2009
Boundary (USA) ‚Â Julius Onah          
Love Child  (Sweden) ‚Â Daniel Wirthberg
Mozambique  (Mozambique) ‚Â Alcides Soares    
Skizein (France) ‚Â Jeremy Clapin
Parking (Spain) ‚Â Jorge Molina                                
A‚ÂMare (Italy) ‚Â Martina Amati    
Plastic (    Australia) Sandy Widyanata                        
Miente  (Spain) ‚Â Isabel De Ocampo                                            
Lashabiya (Israel) ‚Â Yehezkel Lazarov                        
Hammerhead (UK)  Sam Donovan

Location

The Balboa Theatre
3630 Balboa Street
San Francisco, CA 94121
United States

Categories

Film

Kid Friendly: No
Dog Friendly: No
Non-Smoking: No
Wheelchair Accessible: No

Contact

Owner: Balboa Theatre
On BPT Since: Feb 09, 2006
 
Roger Paul
balboamovies.com


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