Friday, September 28, 2012
Film We like short-shorts!
Posted by Gabe Wardell on Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 7:39 AM
- http://manhattanshort.com/
- YOU be the judge! (Suck it, Dredd!)
Other than at one of the region's dozen or so film festivals or during the Landmark Cinema's annual Oscar Nominated shorts showcase, opportunities to watch short films in a theatrical setting on the big screen are few.
With the slogan "One World * One Week * One Festival," the folks at Manhattan Short Film Festival offer Atlantans another opportunity this weekend at CinéBistro in Brookhaven on Saturday September 28, Sunday September 30 and Thursday October 4. Atlanta is one of 250 cities across 6 continents participating in the self-proclaimed "World's First Global Film Festival."
Boilerplate text from the Manhattan Short Web site breaks it down, explaining what makes this show so unique: "NOTE: MANHATTAN SHORT is NOT an ONLINE Film Festival. Films are distributed to our individual partnering cinemas throughout the world. MANHATTAN SHORT is not a Touring or traveling Film Festival...it is the world's first Global Film Festival, taking place in over 250 cities across 6 continents during one week. For a filmmaker who wants to get their short film out there, there is no greater test then MANHATTAN SHORT.
Our partnering cinemas are situated in Asia, Australia, Europe, South America and North America, including venues in all 50 States of the United States. MANHATTAN SHORT is the first film festival to ever take place in all 50 States of the USA."
Films include The Devil's Ballroom, by Norway's Henrik M Dahlsbrakken, Dutch film A Curious Conjunction of Coincidences by Joost Reijmers, Russia's Where Does the Sea Flow by Vitaly Soltykov, Two & Two by England's Babak Anvari, Irelnad's Cluck by Micheal Lavelle, France has two finalists: Behind the Mirrors from Julio O Ramos and The Elaborate End of Robert Ebb by Clement Bolla, FX Goby and Matthieu :andour, Romania's Superman, Spiderman, or Batman by Tudor Giurgiu, 92 Skybox Alonzo Mourning Rookie Card by Todd Sklar is the sole finalist from the USA, and Spain's Voice Over by Martin Rosete rounds out the line-up.
Here's the trailer:
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