Manhattan Short Film Festival Screenings Begin
The Museum of Commerce is once again the venue for the event. Screenings will run from September 27th to 30th in two daily sessions, 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM.
For the seventh consecutive year, Salamanca participates in the 19th edition of the Manhattan Short Film Festival. A festival that showcases the world's best short films in over 250 cities and allows viewers to vote for their favorite short.
The Museum of Commerce is once again the venue for the short film screenings. Due to the festival's broad acceptance among the public, this year it has been decided to hold two screenings per day at the following times: 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM. During the four days, Salamanca viewers will be able to vote for their favorite short film and actress or actor among the ten finalists. Admission is free until full capacity is reached.
Each viewer will receive a voting card upon entry, which will be collected at the end of the screening. The voting results are centralized via email and sent to the organization in Manhattan. After summing all votes, the winners will be announced in an event taking place on October 10th in New York City. Over 100,000 people from five continents are expected to gather in cinemas, galleries, museums, or cafes to watch, enjoy, and choose the finalist short film.
The Salamanca City Council, through the Salamanca Film Commission in collaboration with the Museum of Commerce, once again organizes this festival, whose main objective is to promote the short film format, support its creators, and offer viewers worldwide an opportunity to participate in a common project.
The Salamanca Film Commission office has prepared promotional material, posters, and flyers, which will be distributed at various points in the city, such as university faculties or libraries.
“One Week, One World, One Festival” is the philosophy that summarizes the Manhattan Short Film Festival. For one week, in multiple venues around the globe, the 10 finalist short films will be screened, and the audience will choose the winner. The venues include cities such as Phoenix, Vienna, New York, Santa Monica, Boston, Buenos Aires, San Antonio, Sydney, Moscow, London, Mumbai, Turin, Prague, Bilbao… and also Salamanca
The Museum of Commerce is once again the venue for the short film screenings. Due to the festival's broad acceptance among the public, this year it has been decided to hold two screenings per day at the following times: 6:00 PM and 8:30 PM. During the four days, Salamanca viewers will be able to vote for their favorite short film and actress or actor among the ten finalists. Admission is free until full capacity is reached.
Each viewer will receive a voting card upon entry, which will be collected at the end of the screening. The voting results are centralized via email and sent to the organization in Manhattan. After summing all votes, the winners will be announced in an event taking place on October 10th in New York City. Over 100,000 people from five continents are expected to gather in cinemas, galleries, museums, or cafes to watch, enjoy, and choose the finalist short film.
The Salamanca City Council, through the Salamanca Film Commission in collaboration with the Museum of Commerce, once again organizes this festival, whose main objective is to promote the short film format, support its creators, and offer viewers worldwide an opportunity to participate in a common project.
The Salamanca Film Commission office has prepared promotional material, posters, and flyers, which will be distributed at various points in the city, such as university faculties or libraries.
“One Week, One World, One Festival” is the philosophy that summarizes the Manhattan Short Film Festival. For one week, in multiple venues around the globe, the 10 finalist short films will be screened, and the audience will choose the winner. The venues include cities such as Phoenix, Vienna, New York, Santa Monica, Boston, Buenos Aires, San Antonio, Sydney, Moscow, London, Mumbai, Turin, Prague, Bilbao… and also Salamanca
These are the ten participating short films:
The Tunnel
Director: André Ovredal
Cast: Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Siri Helene Müller-Osborne, Max Amundsen
Country: Norway
Running time: 12:35 min.
Synopsis: An overcrowded future. A terrible solution. A family trapped in a traffic jam.
Bravoman
Director: Evelina Barsegian
Cast: Igor Sergeev, Karina Razumovskaya, Igor Grabuzov, Aleksandra Mamkaeva, Natalia Kruglova
Country: Russia.
Running time: 18.25min.
Synopsis: Andrey's life changes radically when he meets a woman.
Kaputt
Director: Volker Schlecht & Alexander Lah.
Cast: Gabriele Stötzer, Birgit Willschütz, animation.
Country: Germany.
Running time: 7:00 min.
Synopsis: Animated documentary narrating life in Hoheneck, the main women's prison in former East Germany.
Ella Gets a Promotion?
Director: Richard Diaz & Mike Pusateri.
Cast: Erin Breen, Jennifer Cudahy.
Country: USA
Running time: 9:00 min.
Synopsis: Ella, an exemplary employee, gets a well-deserved promotion, leading to a satirical view of the corporate world.
Hold On
Director: Charlotte Scott-Wilson.
Cast: Charlie Chan Dagelet, Roeland Fernhout, Lidewij Mahler.
Country: Netherlands.
Running time: 20:00 min.
Synopsis: A prominent cellist suffers an accident after a concert.
Carousel
Director: Kal Weber.
Cast: Ewen Bremner, Harmony Rose Bremner
Country: England
Running time: 6:00 min.
Synopsis: A man shares all his wisdom with a teenager, with unexpected results.
Gorilla
Director: Tibo Pinsard.
Cast: Stéphane Coulon, Flore Bonaventura, David Coburn, James Gerard, Nathan Rippy.
Country: France.
Running time: 14:05.
Synopsis: Hollywood, 1952. Henry Corso plays a gorilla in horror and adventure films; in one of his performances, he must scare the woman he loves.
I am a Pencil
Director: Joe D"Arcy.
Cast: Animation.
Country: Australia.
Running time: 5:40.
Synopsis: Freedom of expression is the star of this animated short film, inspired by the protests that took place on January 11, 2015, after the massacre at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
The Last Journey of the Enigmatic Paul W.r.
Director: Romain Quirot.
Cast: Hugo Becker, Bruno Lochet, Nicholas Giraud, Emilie Gavois Kahn, Jean Luc Couchard, Dorcas Coppin
Country: France
Running time: 12:35.
Synopsis: Humanity's only hope for salvation rests on the space mission to be carried out by the most talented astronaut of his generation: Paul WR. Shortly before the spacecraft's launch, Paul mysteriously disappears.
Overtime
Director: Craig D. Foster.
Cast: Aaron Glenane, Adam Dunn, Ainslie Clouston, Arka Das
Country: Australia.
Running time: 9:00.
Synopsis: Friday night, Ralph is eager to finish work so he can leave. His boss doesn't allow it, but what the boss doesn't know is that Ralph is a werewolf.
Several finalist short films from past editions of the Manhattan Short Film Festival have subsequently won an Oscar in the short film category and have been nominated in important festivals such as the Sundance Festival or the British BAFTAs. This has led the Manhattan Short Film Festival to become the largest collection of the best short films in the world today.
The five editions in which the festival has been held in Salamanca have been an absolute public success, with screenings selling out the venues where they were shown.
More information: www.msfilmfest.com
The Tunnel
Director: André Ovredal
Cast: Kyrre Haugen Sydness, Siri Helene Müller-Osborne, Max Amundsen
Country: Norway
Running time: 12:35 min.
Synopsis: An overcrowded future. A terrible solution. A family trapped in a traffic jam.
Bravoman
Director: Evelina Barsegian
Cast: Igor Sergeev, Karina Razumovskaya, Igor Grabuzov, Aleksandra Mamkaeva, Natalia Kruglova
Country: Russia.
Running time: 18.25min.
Synopsis: Andrey's life changes radically when he meets a woman.
Kaputt
Director: Volker Schlecht & Alexander Lah.
Cast: Gabriele Stötzer, Birgit Willschütz, animation.
Country: Germany.
Running time: 7:00 min.
Synopsis: Animated documentary narrating life in Hoheneck, the main women's prison in former East Germany.
Ella Gets a Promotion?
Director: Richard Diaz & Mike Pusateri.
Cast: Erin Breen, Jennifer Cudahy.
Country: USA
Running time: 9:00 min.
Synopsis: Ella, an exemplary employee, gets a well-deserved promotion, leading to a satirical view of the corporate world.
Hold On
Director: Charlotte Scott-Wilson.
Cast: Charlie Chan Dagelet, Roeland Fernhout, Lidewij Mahler.
Country: Netherlands.
Running time: 20:00 min.
Synopsis: A prominent cellist suffers an accident after a concert.
Carousel
Director: Kal Weber.
Cast: Ewen Bremner, Harmony Rose Bremner
Country: England
Running time: 6:00 min.
Synopsis: A man shares all his wisdom with a teenager, with unexpected results.
Gorilla
Director: Tibo Pinsard.
Cast: Stéphane Coulon, Flore Bonaventura, David Coburn, James Gerard, Nathan Rippy.
Country: France.
Running time: 14:05.
Synopsis: Hollywood, 1952. Henry Corso plays a gorilla in horror and adventure films; in one of his performances, he must scare the woman he loves.
I am a Pencil
Director: Joe D"Arcy.
Cast: Animation.
Country: Australia.
Running time: 5:40.
Synopsis: Freedom of expression is the star of this animated short film, inspired by the protests that took place on January 11, 2015, after the massacre at the satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo.
The Last Journey of the Enigmatic Paul W.r.
Director: Romain Quirot.
Cast: Hugo Becker, Bruno Lochet, Nicholas Giraud, Emilie Gavois Kahn, Jean Luc Couchard, Dorcas Coppin
Country: France
Running time: 12:35.
Synopsis: Humanity's only hope for salvation rests on the space mission to be carried out by the most talented astronaut of his generation: Paul WR. Shortly before the spacecraft's launch, Paul mysteriously disappears.
Overtime
Director: Craig D. Foster.
Cast: Aaron Glenane, Adam Dunn, Ainslie Clouston, Arka Das
Country: Australia.
Running time: 9:00.
Synopsis: Friday night, Ralph is eager to finish work so he can leave. His boss doesn't allow it, but what the boss doesn't know is that Ralph is a werewolf.
Several finalist short films from past editions of the Manhattan Short Film Festival have subsequently won an Oscar in the short film category and have been nominated in important festivals such as the Sundance Festival or the British BAFTAs. This has led the Manhattan Short Film Festival to become the largest collection of the best short films in the world today.
The five editions in which the festival has been held in Salamanca have been an absolute public success, with screenings selling out the venues where they were shown.
More information: www.msfilmfest.com
More information: Manhattan Short Film Festival