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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20151001T190000
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URL:https://bluehillpeninsula.org/events/annual-manhattan-short-film-festi
 val-comes-to-stonington/
SUMMARY:Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival Comes to Stonington
DESCRIPTION:Filmgoers in Stonington\, Maine will unite with audiences in ov
 er 250 cities spanning six continents to view and judge the work of the ne
 xt generation of filmmakers from around the world when the 18th Annual MAN
 HATTAN SHORT Film Festival screens at the Stonington Opera House on Thurs
 day\, October 1 at 7 p.m.\n\nThis year\, MANHATTAN SHORT received 672 shor
 t film entries from 52 countries. The 10 Finalists hail from eight countri
 es\, with short films from Turkey and Kosovo representing their respective
  countries for the first time. These short films will not only entertain a
  global audience but will be judged by them as well. Cinema-goers will bec
 ome instant film critics as they are handed a ballot upon entry that all
 ows them to vote for the Best Film and Best Actor. MANHATTAN SHORT is the 
 ultimate audience award that salutes the creative talents of both director
 s behind the camera and actors in front of it. Votes will be sent through 
 to MANHATTAN SHORT HQ with the winner announced at ManhattanShort.com on M
 onday Oct 5\, at 10 AM (EST).\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nFinalists 2015\nListen (Finlan
 d)\, Dad’s In Mum (France) Bear Story (Chile)\, Forever Over (Germany)
  Shok (Kosovo)\,Grounded (France)\, Sundown (Turkey)\, Patch (Switzerland)
 \, El Camino Solo (USA)\, Bis Gleich (Germany).\n\n&nbsp\;\n\nThis year
 ’s MANHATTAN SHORT highlights the continued importance of women in film.
  Half of this year’s selections feature actresses ranging in age from ch
 ildren to senior citizens. Audiences from last year’s MANHATTAN SHORT al
 so will be pleased to see rising star Marleen Lohse once again in Forever 
 Over\, making her the first actor\, male or female\, to appear in consecut
 ive years in MANHATTAN SHORT. Two other short films (Bear Story and Patch)
  are sophisticated animations\, as MANHATTAN SHORT continues to support th
 is important artform. And as always\, MANHATTAN SHORT offers short films s
 et in a wide range of locales\, from Turkish beaches and mountains on the 
 Balkans\, to the streets of Berlin and the backroads of America’s West C
 oast.\n\n“In times like these\, cross-border events like MANHATTAN SHORT
  that contribute towards greater tolerance and understanding are needed no
 w more than ever. I want to thank and congratulate all the filmmakers and 
 cinemas involved in this global cinematic event. This event is not going t
 o cable TV or Video on Demand. It’s not streamed on the Internet. MANHAT
 TAN SHORT is about communities bonding together via their local cinema\,"
  said MANHATTAN SHORT Founding Director Nicholas Mason.\n\nThe first MANH
 ATTAN SHORT was held in 1998\, when 16 short films were shown onto a scree
 n mounted on the side of a truck in Little Italy's Mulberry Street in New 
 York City\, and has blossomed into a worldwide phenomenon. MANHATTAN SHORT
  is the only film festival on the planet that unfolds\, simultaneously\, i
 n cinemas around the world\, bringing over 100\,000 film-lovers across six
  continents together for one week\, to view the work of the next generatio
 n of filmmakers.
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