The 2017 Manhattan Short Film Festival lineup featured these exceptional short films selected from thousands of entries worldwide.
Sicily, 1965. Franca is being forced to marry her rapist to avoid becoming a pariah in her traditionalist community but she rebels against the established custom. Director: Marta Savina Country:…
With a $10 million business deal set to close and a date with beautiful girl, David figures today will be the best day of his life. Not quite. Director: Ignacio…
A Syrian mother and her two children board an overcrowded rubber dinghy to cross the Mediterranean from Turkey to Greece. As the boat takes on water and the motor fails,…
A young man who lost both his legs in a childhood accident comes to the rescue of the girl he loves when she is victimized by villains. Director: Pavel Gumennikov…
Beginning with a single acorn, objects consume and transform into ever-larger objects in an escalating chain of metamorphosis — a tree becomes a house, a house becomes a city, a…
During World War II, a prisoner working as a barber for the Nazis fears every haircut may be his last. Director: Ben Price Country: United Kingdom Runtime: 7:43 Festival Year:…
Left alone in a magnificent mansion after the forgetful owner goes on vacation, a plumber contacts his high school crush, knowing she's always been a "gold-digger." Director: Stephen Ward Country:…
3am. Hongjing, China. 1980s. A single-minded surgeon is forced to break her physician's oath when violent gangsters storm into a hospital to stop a crucial operation. Director: Rosanne Liang Country:…
A divorced mother is obsessed with the idea that her ex-husband is plotting to take her baby away from her. Director: Ángel Gómez Hernández Country: Spain Runtime: 15:00 Festival Year:…
With the end of the world fast approaching, an aging magician realizes one last feat of magic is required of him. Director: Giorgi Gogichaishvili & Davit Abramishvili Country: Georgia Runtime:…