The 2015 Manhattan Short Film Festival lineup featured these exceptional short films selected from thousands of entries worldwide.
Emily, a cheerful toddler, receives a video call from her third-generation clone, Emily Prime, who lives 227 years in the future. Emily Prime takes the original Emily on a tour…
Two cosmonauts — best friends since childhood — train together, dream together, and compete for a single spot on a space mission. When one of them is selected and the…
Greenwood, a young typographer in London, has a severe stutter that makes everyday conversation an ordeal. Online, however, he’s articulate and charming — especially with Ellie, a woman he’s been…
In 1990s Kosovo, best friends Oki and Petrit are inseparable — cycling through their village, trading mischief, sharing dreams. When Serbian forces arrive and begin systematically targeting the Albanian population,…
Director: Jörn Threlfall Country: United Kingdom Festival Year: 2015 Historical data reconstructed from archive.org snapshots of the Manhattan Short Film Festival website.
Director: Patrick Vollrath Country: Germany/Austria Festival Year: 2015 Historical data reconstructed from archive.org snapshots of the Manhattan Short Film Festival website.
Director: Sélim Azzazi Country: France Festival Year: 2015 Historical data reconstructed from archive.org snapshots of the Manhattan Short Film Festival website.
Director: Henry Hughes Country: USA Runtime: 25:00 Festival Year: 2015 Historical data reconstructed from archive.org snapshots of the Manhattan Short Film Festival website.
An old bear, living alone in a small town, has built an elaborate mechanical diorama — a miniature theater that tells the story of a bear who was taken from…
An Israeli settler family crashes their car into the Virgin Mary statue outside a convent of Palestinian nuns in the West Bank. It’s the Sabbath, so the settlers can’t use…