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Manhattan Short Film Festival 2011 (ENG)

premiera: 2011-10-02

13. Manhattan Short Film Festival
Kino Pod Baranami
Sunday , October 2 2011, 7.45



Filmgoers in Poland can unite with over 100,000 people and join the Global Critics Circle when the MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival takes place in Kino Pod Baranami.

This year the Festival received 598 Entries from 48 Countries and of these we selected 10 Films which are Finalists for this years Festival ( See titles listed below) . These Films will screen over 700 times in over 200 Cities spanning 6 Continents during One Week.

You Be The Judge! Audiences at each venue will be handed a voting card and asked to vote for the ONE Film they think should win. Votes will be sent to MANHATTAN SHORT HQ where the winner will be announced on October 2nd at 10pm (US time) and posted on the website at ManhattanShort.com.

With some of our past Finalists going on to achieve Oscar Nominations and even winning the coveted Oscar in the short film category and moving into the feature film industry, MANHATTAN SHORT is your chance to not only see the next generation of filmmakers from around the world, but to vote on them as well.


The 'FINALISTS of 2011"

This year the Festival received 598 Entries from 48 Countries selected 10 Finalists You can read detailed interviews with the filmmakers and see the trailers of their films by clicking on the links below:

INCIDENT BY A BANK
Director: Ruben Ostlund

Run Time: 9:30
Country: Sweden
Synopsis: Shot using a single camera, 90 people meticulously recreate a failed bank robbery that took place in Stockholm in June 2006

Click here to read the interview with Ruben Ostlund on the making of the film

DIK
Director: Christopher Stollery

Run Time: 9:30
Country: Australia
Synopsis: A six -year-old boy brings home piece of schoolwork that prvokes his parents to question his sexual orientation

Click here to read the interview with Christopher Stollery on the making of the film and watch the trailer

MAK
Director: Geraldine Zosso

Run Time: 18:00
Country: Switzerland
Synopsis: Ilinka is 14 years old. She has been living in Switzerland for a year with her Moldavian Mother and Aunt. Ilinka just gave birth to a boy. Ilinka's mother has heard about a box where unwanted babies can be deposited.

Click here to read the interview with Geraldine Zosso on the making of the film and watch the trailer

I LOVE LUCI
Director: Colin Kennedy

Run Time: 11:00
Country: Scotland
Synopsis: A comedy of missing teeth, unrequited love and one dog's potential to shape the fortunes of a couple destined never to be together.

Click here to read the interview with Colin Kennedy on the making of the film

The LEGEND OF BEAVER DAM
Directors: Jerome Sable & Eli Batalion

Run Time: 12:00
Country:  Canada
Synopsis: A campfire song awakens an evil monster and now it’s up to nerdy Danny Zigwitz to save his fellow campers from a bloody massacre. Heads will rock n’ roll!

Click here to read the interview with Jerome Sable & Eli Batalion on the making of the film and watch the trailer

SEXTING
Director: Neil LaBute

Run Time: 8:00
Country:  USA
Synopsis: Fed up with her relationship with a married man, a young woman decides to meet his wife for coffee.

Click here to read the interview with Neil LaBute on the making of the film and watch the trailer

THE  FOREST
Director: Kárpáti György Mór

Run Time: 12:00
Country:  Hungary
Synopsis: Murder is committed in the forest. A young man becomes caught up in the events, and this experience has an increasingly unsettling effect on him.

Click here to read the interview with Kárpáti György Mór on the making of the film

A DOCTOR'S JOB
Director: Julio Ramos

Run Time: 10:30
Country:  Peru
Synopsis: Doctor Ramon Moran supplements his income by driving a taxi in order to financially support his mentally ill mother. While driving the taxi, Ramon becomes involved in a crime that tests his pride and work ethic.

Click here to read the interview with Julio Ramos on the making of the film

DAVID & GOLIATH
Director: George Zaverdas

Run Time: 12:00
Country:  USA
Synopsis: The true story of a man, a dog and the Holocaust.

Click here to read the interview with George Zaverdas on the making of the film

MARTYR FRIDAY
Director: Abu Bakr Shawky

Run Time: 10:00
Country:  Egypt
Synopsis: An inside look at the events surrounding the 2011 uprising in  Cairo.

Click here to read the interview with Abu Bakr Shawky on the making of the film


TICKETS:
16 PLN
(regular) | 14 PLN (concession)

all films in English version


HOW THE VOTING WORKS
You're Part of the Global Critic's Circle
At each venue you'll be handed an official program and a voting card upon entry. After the last film has screened you'll be ask to vote for the ONE film you think is best. You hand your voting card in back to the cinema, votes will be sent to MANHATTAN SHORT HQ where the winner will be announced on October 2nd at 10pm (US time) and posted on the website at ManhattanShort.com.


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