Join us at Varsity Cinema on September 27th or September 30th for the 29th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Festival!

Discover your inner film critic by casting your vote at the 29th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival. You’ll join film lovers simultaneously in over 500 venues across the globe gathering to see the 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! Ballots supplied upon entry.

Watch the films! Be the Judge!
Which of these short films is the best? That’s up to a worldwide audience to decide. Audiences at the Varsity and around the globe will become instant film critics as you are handed a ballot upon entry that allows you to vote for the Best Film and Best Actor at the conclusion of the program. Manhattan Short is the ultimate audience award that salutes the creative talents of both directors behind the camera and actors in front of it.

What exactly is Manhattan Short?
Manhattan Short is not a touring festival; rather, it is an instantaneous celebration that occurs simultaneously across the globe, bringing great films to great venues and allowing the audiences to select their favorites. If the film festival experience truly is about getting great works in front of as many eyes as possible, Manhattan Short offers the ultimate platform — one that sees its films screened in Sydney, Mumbai, Moscow, Vienna, Cape Town to cinemas in all 50 states of the United States and beyond.