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MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL 2022 (NR)
SOUTH FLORIDA EXCLUSIVE
Join us September 22nd to October 2, 2022 (select dates) at DELRAY & LAKE WORTH, when over 100,000 film lovers in over 500 cities across six continents gather in Cinemas, Museums, Libraries and Universities for one purpose...to view and vote on the Finalists' Films in the 25th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival.
MANHATTAN SHORT is not a touring Festival; rather, it is an instantaneous celebration that occurs simultaneously across the globe, bringing great films to great venues and allowing the audiences to select their favorites.
All 10 of the Finalists' Films below are included with your $15 ticket.
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DON VS LIGHTNING
Don desires a quiet, rural life in the rural Scottish Highlands. Unfortunately, the Universe has more electrifying plans in store for him. |
LOVE, DAD
A woman rediscovers letters her father wrote to her from prison. She then decides to write to him, putting on paper what couldn't be said. |
SAVE THE BEES
When a gruesome accident makes a messy break up even messier, a couple decides to set aside their differences in order to save themselves. |
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THE TREATMENT
A clinic offers bald men a full-proof way to restore hair...as long as you're okay with one controversial but related side effect. |
FREEFALL
A London stockbroker with a bad track record makes the bet of his life when New York's World Trade Center is attacked on 9/11. Inspired by a true story. |
FETISH
An Asian American woman's one night stand takes an unsexy turn when breakfast the morning after comes with a side of fetishism. |
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FREEDOM SWIMMER
A man's perilous swim from China to Hong Kong parallels his granddaughter's desire for freedom beyond a city once viewed as a refuge. |
THE BLANKET
Winter, 1939 Finland. A 10-year-old girl is sent to fetch milk for her baby brother. There are hazards more dangerous than thin ice. |
WARSHA
A Beirut construction worker volunteers for the most dangerous job on the site. Away from everyone's eyes, a secret passion takes flight. |
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THE BIG GREEN
The owner of a logging camp suddenly finds herself stuck up a tree without a ladder and no signal on her mobile phone. The only way out is up. |
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Please be aware that some shorts may not be suitable for children. |
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DELRAY 9/22 Thu 1PM & 7PM
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LAKE WORTH 9/23 Fri 7PM
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Additional Dates & Times Available for Groups, Private Events & Fundraisers.
THE GOOD BOSS (NR)
El Buen Patron - Spain
Official Selection of Spain for the 94th Academy Awards.
NOW PLAYING AT DELRAY & LAKE WORTH – Awaiting a visit by a committee that could give his company an award for excellence, the owner (Javier Bardem) of an industrial scales manufacturing business tries to resolve any problems from his workers in enough time. A Fernando Leon De Aranoa film.
Presented in SPANISH with ENGLISH SUBTITLES
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HAPPENING (R)
L'événement - France
NOW PLAYING ONLY AT DELRAY – Based on Annie Ernaux’s semi-autobiographical novel, Happening follows Annie, a bright young student who faces an unwanted pregnancy while abortion was still illegal in 1960s France.
Presented in FRENCH with ENGLISH SUBTITLES
MY NAME IS SARA (NR)
Filmed in Podlasie, Poland
NOW PLAYING AT DELRAY & LAKE WORTH – Sara is a 13 year-old Polish Jew who finds refuge and is taken in by a farmer and his wife. She soon discovers the dark secrets of her employers' marriage, compounding the greatest secret she must strive to protect, her true identity.
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