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Manhattan Short Film Festival 2025

Manhattan Short Film Festival 2025
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Friday, October 03, 2025
8pm
MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival: You Be the Judge!
 
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.
 
Em & Selma Go Griffin Hunting Directed by Alexander Thompson | USA | 18 minutes
A tale of mothers and daughters and the fantastical beasts they hunt. Love hurts.
 
Al Fresco Directed by Ignacio Rodo | Spain | 8 minutes
Large space in a dream apartment. Unbeatable location. Ready to move in. Plenty of light.
 
Chasing the Party Directed by Jessie Komitor | USA | 14 minutes
Seventeen-year-old suburbanites Melissa and Stephanie fantasize about becoming “IT” girls in the Lower East Side party scene circa 2007. Their dreams come crashing down when the photographer they idolize is the one to lift the veil.
 
Paradise Man Directed by Jordan Michael Blake | USA | 12 minutes
Paradise Man’s obsession with golf is waylaid when his mother has an accident, causing him to look deeply within himself.
 
We Have Sinned Before You Directed by Ifat Nener Orgad | Israel | 19 minutes
A game designed to pass the time on Yom Kippur brings up secrets and difficulties that could tear the Dagan family apart.
 
I Have My Reasons Directed by Mikey Altoft | United Kingdom | 15 minutes
Amanda is just 8 years old when a singular incident shapes the rest of her life.
 
Ovary-Acting Directed by Ida Melum | Norway, United Kingdom, Sweden | 13 minutes
Stuck at her sister’s baby shower, Eva, a thirty-something woman, is forced to decide whether she wants to be a mother after unexpectedly giving birth to her reproductive organs, Ovy.
 
Beyond Silence Directed by Marnie Blok | The Netherlands | 17 minutes
Two women, two generations, one shared trauma. One has been silent for over thirty years, the other for ‘only’ a year and a half. Where one retreats further into silence after a confrontation, the other is finds the courage to break it.
 
Zodiac Directed by Hans Buyse | Belgium | 15 minutes
Two old friends on a fishing trip encounter drifting refugees in distress at sea.
 
Passarinho Directed by Natalia Garcia Agraz | Mexico | 12 minutes
Two teenage girls try to meet their favorite soccer player but the plan is threatened when one of them gets her first period.
 
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BEYOND Film Festival returns Sept. 11-14, 2025!

🎼The Cary Theater is thrilled to welcome back local favorite Kyshona Music to the stage!

Kyshona’s songs open up space—for untold stories, unheard voices, and anyone who`s ever felt overlooked or voiceless. Her musical path began not in the spotlight, but in hospitals and correctional facilities, where she served as a music therapist and penned her earliest songs alongside the individuals she supported.

Today, she continues to balance her thriving music career with her commitment to community healing through her organization, Your Song.

If you missed her powerful Juneteenth performance at DukeArts Music in the Gardens in 2024, don’t miss this chance to see her LIVE on September 18!

🗓️SEP 18
🚪Doors: 7:00 p.m.
🎶Show: 7:30 p.m.
🎫Tickets – online or at the Cary Theater Box office.
See you there!

#KyshonaLive #CaryTheater #LiveMusic #NashvilleSongwriter #CommunityHealing #YourSong #MusicForChange #EmpowerThroughMusic

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🎼The Cary Theater is thrilled to welcome back local favorite Kyshona Music to the stage! Kyshona’s songs open up space—for untold stories, unheard voices, and anyone who's ever felt overlooked or voiceless. Her musical path began not in the spotlight, but in hospitals and correctional facilities, where she served as a music therapist and penned her earliest songs alongside the individuals she supported. Today, she continues to balance her thriving music career with her commitment to community healing through her organization, Your Song. If you missed her powerful Juneteenth performance at DukeArts Music in the Gardens in 2024, don’t miss this chance to see her LIVE on September 18! 🗓️SEP 18 🚪Doors: 7:00 p.m. 🎶Show: 7:30 p.m. 🎫Tickets – online or at the Cary Theater Box office. See you there! #KyshonaLive #CaryTheater #LiveMusic #NashvilleSongwriter #CommunityHealing #YourSong #MusicForChange #EmpowerThroughMusic

We have 4 workshops on SEP 12-13 for filmmakers of all experience levels, ages high school & up! Topics on funding, marketing, submissions & more! Details 👇
https://thecarytheater.com/beyond-the-cary-film-festival/

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We have 4 workshops on SEP 12-13 for filmmakers of all experience levels, ages high school & up! Topics on funding, marketing, submissions & more! Details 👇 https://thecarytheater.com/beyond-the-cary-film-festival/ * * #filmmakers #screenwriting #trianglefilmmakingcommunity #uncwfilm #uncsafilm #dukecds #ncfilm #filmnc

🦈Amity Island had everything. Clear skies. Gentle surf. Warm water. People flocked there every summer. It was the perfect feeding ground.

Jaws 50th Anniversary is ALMOST HERE! have you bought your tickets yet?

🎬When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it`s up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.

🗓️SEP 5-7
🎟️Tickets available at thecarytheater.com

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🦈Amity Island had everything. Clear skies. Gentle surf. Warm water. People flocked there every summer. It was the perfect feeding ground. Jaws 50th Anniversary is ALMOST HERE! have you bought your tickets yet? 🎬When a massive killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Long Island, it's up to the local police chief, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down. 🗓️SEP 5-7 🎟️Tickets available at thecarytheater.com #Jaws50thAnniversary #AmityIsland #SharkMovie #ClassicHorror #BeachCommunity #FilmFestival #MovieNight #HorrorMovies #SharkWeek #JawsAnniversary #AmityIslandMemories #SharkFilm #ClassicThriller #BeachHorror #FilmLovers #Cinephile #SharkTales #MovieBuff

Put your script in front of hundreds of producers! Pitch to Page finalists & semifinalists have secured options—yours could be next. Submit here: https://buff.ly/yUbvNPi

--Only $35.
--Submissions Open Aug 25–Sept 19.
--Prizes from Script Reader Pro, Causality, Stage 32 & more.

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Put your script in front of hundreds of producers! Pitch to Page finalists & semifinalists have secured options—yours could be next. Submit here: https://buff.ly/yUbvNPi --Only $35. --Submissions Open Aug 25–Sept 19. --Prizes from Script Reader Pro, Causality, Stage 32 & more. • • • • • @official_inktip #PitchToPage #ScreenwritingContest #ScreenplayCompetition #AmWriting #ScriptGoals #FilmTwitter #TVWriting #WritersLife #IndieFilm #AspiringScreenwriter

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