Manhattan Short Film Festival 2026

MANHATTAN SHORT announced the Ten Finalists for its 29th
Annual Short Film Festival, a worldwide event taking place in over 500 venues
across six continents between September 24 and October 4, 2026. MANHATTAN SHORT
is the only event of its kind. The Ten Finalists will screen simultaneously
across the world during a one-week period, with the Best Film and Best Actor
awards determined by ballots cast by the audiences in each participating venue.

For the first time in its history, MANHATTAN SHORT has selected ten films from
ten countries, with films from the USA, Ireland, Australia, South Africa, the
United Kingdom, Moldova, Russia, Cuba, Georgia, and Mexico making up MANHATTAN
SHORT 2026. “Since 9/11, my vision for this Festival has been to create a
filmic Olympiad. An event consisting of ten quality shorts from ten separate
countries that joins the world, and finally in 2026 we’ve managed to do that.
I’m very excited for the reaction it receives from our worldwide audiences”,
says Nicholas Mason, founding director of MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival.

MANHATTAN SHORT 2026 Finalists:
Small Talk (USA), Mary is Missing (Ireland), Candy
Bar (Australia), Vultures (South Africa), Life Goes
On (United Kingdom), Hai
Davai (Moldova), Pickup (Russia), Norheimsund (Cuba), When
the Sea was Calm (Georgia), Never Give Up (Mexico).

For more information, please visit: https://www.manhattanshort.com/