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 Finalist 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.
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📢BEYOND 2025 is almost here and we can`t wait!
We`re thrilled to share our Indie Film Spotlights, OKTHANKSBYE and Paper Flowers. Don`t miss these two amazing films!
OKTHANKSBYE:
🗓️SEP 11
⏲️2P
🎟️Tickets available at thecarytheater.com
🚗An adventurous coming-of-age drama about two young deaf girls who go on an unforgettable
road trip together where they not only get to know each other better, but also themselves.
Paper Flowers:
🗓️SEP 13
⏲️7:30P
🎟️Tickets available at thecarytheater.com
🗞️🌻When suddenly faced with a rare form of cancer, a young man embarks on a transformative
journey of gratitude, inspiring loved ones and strangers with his unwavering spirit and viral
manifesto that challenges the world to find beauty in every sunset. Based on a true story.
Filmmaker Q&A follows screening!
🗓️SAVE THE DATE:
Film Passes and Tickets on sale NOW!
🎬FESTIVAL DATES:
SEP 11-14, 2025
#bcff2025 #CaryNCEvents #FilmCommunity #IndieCinema #FilmFestival2025 #DeafRepresentation #PaperFlowersFilm #OKTHANKSBYE #CaryFilmFestival #IndieFilmSpotlight #Beyond2025 #CaryEvents #filmfestival #Filmlovers #Cinema #MovieBuff #thepopcornlist
👾Man is more frightening than Gojira.
🎬Something has surfaced in Tokyo Bay. As the Prime Minister of Japan pleads with the public to remain calm, a horrific creature of tremendous size makes landfall in the city, leaving death and destruction in its wake. Then it evolves.
📅AUG 22-AUG 24
🎫Tickets Available at thecarytheater.com
#TokyoBay #Gojira #MonsterMovie #JapaneseCinema #FilmFestival #HorrorMovies #CreatureFeature #TokyoEvents #CinematicExperience #EvolvingMonsters
📢BEYOND 2025 is almost here and we can`t wait!
We`re thrilled to share our Opening Night Film (THE BOWL) and our Closing Film (SPEAK). Don`t miss these two amazing documentaries!
Opening Night Film: THE BOWL
🗓️SEP 11
⏲️7:30P
🎟️Tickets available at thecarytheater.com
🗣️The documentary follows a team of six North Carolina high school girls and their teacher as they prepare for and compete in the National High School Ethics Bowl (NHSEB) at UNC Chapel Hill. The film begins with the team’s journey leading to the competition, capturing their intense preparation and deep engagement with ethical cases. Through interviews and classroom footage, we see the students’ excitement, nerves, and the bonds they form while grappling with complex moral issues.
Closing Film: SPEAK
🗓️SEP 14
⏲️4P
🎟️Tickets available at thecarytheater.com
🗣️SPEAK follows five of the nation’s top teenage speech competitors, capturing the euphoria of victory and the devastation of defeat as they craft and perform original oratories over the course of a 9-month season. Their dream is simple: To win the Super Bowl of public speaking, the NSDA Nationals.
🗓️SAVE THE DATE:
Film Passes and Tickets on sale NOW!
🎬FESTIVAL DATES:
SEP 11-14, 2025
#bcff2025 #CaryFilmFestival #Beyond2025 #FilmFestivalNC #DocumentaryFilm #StudentFilmmakers #EthicsBowl #SpeechCompetition #IndieFilmShowcase #FestivalLineup #TheCaryTheater
We`re thrilled to share a very exciting update from Lauryn Massenburg, our BEYOND 2024 GRAND JURY AWARD Winner for Best Screenplay: Puddin`. Puddin` has been turned into a short film! Let`s help this NC filmmaker get her short film across the finish line. If you`re able to, please donate to her post-production crowdfunding campaign.
Link to help support this short film: https://givebutter.com/PuddinFilm2025
🎬A 10-year-old navigates her relationship with her charming but oblivious grandpa as his flirting leads to a meltdown, a locked baby in the car, and an old family trick saving the day.
#ShortFilm #IndieFilm #WomenInFilm #Screenwriting #Crowdfunding #FamilyDrama #FilmCommunity #SupportIndieFilm #PuddinFilm
🌊You cursed brat! Look what you`ve done! I`m melting! melting! Oh, what a world! What a world! Who would have thought a good little girl like you could destroy my beautiful wickedness? Oooooh, look out! I`m going! Oooooh! Ooooooh!🪣
We`re so excited for The Wizard Of Oz tomorrow at Noon! Come see the original movie before heading over to watch Wicked this Wednesday (Aug 20th) at Downtown Cary Park!
The Wizard of Oz:
📍The Cary Theater
🗓️SUN, AUG 17
⏲️12P
🎟️Tickets Available at thecarytheater.com
Wicked:
📍Downtown Cary Park- Great Lawn Pavilion
🗓️WED, AUG 20
⏲️6P
💖Because there has been so much rumor and speculation, let me tell you the whole story. According to the Time Dragon Clock, the melting occurred at the thirteenth hour, the direct result of a bucket of water thrown by a female child. Yes, the Wicked Witch of the West is dead!💚
#WizardOfOz #Wicked #CaryTheater #DowntownCary #MovieNight #ClassicMovies #TheaterLovers #FamilyFun #MusicalMagic #CaryEvents #CaryArts #CaryNC #MusicalTheater #TheaterCommunity #FamilyMovieDay #ClassicFilmScreening #DowntownCaryFun #CaryTheaterEvents #WickedMusical
👠Oh-ho-ho-ho, rubbish! You have no power here! Now begone, before somebody drops a house on YOU.
Our Summer Family Film series is almost over! Wizard of Oz is our second to last film in this series, don`t miss it this Sunday!
🎬Young Dorothy Gale and her dog Toto are swept away by a tornado from their Kansas farm to the magical Land of Oz and embark on a quest with three new friends to see the Wizard, who can return her to her home and fulfill the others` wishes.
📅AUG 17
⏲️12P
🎫Tickets available at thecarytheater.com
#WizardOfOz #FamilyFilm #SummerMovies #MovieNight #Kansas #DorothyGale #OzAdventure #FilmSeries #ClassicMovies #FamilyFun
