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Media Theatre Joins 200 Venues Worldwide for Manhattan Short Film Festival

YOU can vote for the best short film along with other movie-goers worldwide at The Media Theatre during the 2011 Manhattan Short Film Festival on Sept. 24.

 

Filmgoers in Media will have the opportunity to unite with audiences in more than 200 cities spanning six continents on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m.

That’s when the will take part in the 13th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival in which audiences can view and judge the work of established and new generation filmmakers from around the world.                                              

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Out of 598 entries received from 48 countries around the world, Manhattan Short selected 10 short films as finalists. Each film is 18 minutes or under in length. Countries represented this year include Australia, Canada, Scotland, Sweden, Switzerland, Hungry, Peru, Egypt, and two films from the USA in what festival organizers describe as the "United Nations of Film Festivals."

These short films will not only entertain a global audience but will be judged by them as well. Filmgoers will be handed a voting card upon entry and asked to vote for the one film they feel should win. Votes are tallied at each participating cinema and submitted to festival headquarters. The winner will be announced in New York City as well as posted on the Internet at www.ManhattanShort.com on Sunday, Oct. 2 at 10 p.m. 

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With past finalists achieving the ultimate in recognition by being nominated and even winning the Oscar in the short film category, the Manhattan Short has become known as a breeding ground for the next big thing. 

In one week, more than 100,000 people from as far north as St. Petersburg, Russia to as far south as Buenos Aires, Argentina, as far east as Kathmandu, Nepal and as far west as Perth, Australia will come together to view and vote on these 10 films.

"While the goal of any festival is to discover and promote new talent, the real aim of this festival is to bring communities together via stories from around the world," says Nicholas Mason, Manhattan Short founder and director. 

"Never in my wildest dreams could I have imagined that what started as a small, relatively simple event when I projected a handful of short films onto the side of a truck on a downtown Manhattan street 13 years ago, would grow into what it is today, with communities all over the world getting together to celebrate via 10 short films... It's become like Earth Day - but with film," adds Mason. 

The Finalists for 2011 are:"Incident By A Bank" (Ruben Ostlund) Sweden,    "Sexting" (Neil LaBute) USA,      "DIK": (Christopher Stollery) Australia,      "The Forest" (György Mór) Hungary,   "Mak" (Geraldine Zosso) Switzerland,  " A Doctors Job" (Julio Ramos) Peru,  'I Love Luci" (Colin Kennedy) Scotland,  "David & Goliath" (George Zaverdas) USA, "The Legend of Beaver Dam" (Jerome Sable) Canada,       "Martyr Friday" (Abu  Bakr Shawky) Egypt.

For more information on the festival and to read detailed interviews with the 10 finalists visit www.ManhattanShort.com. At The Media Theatre, admission is $10 per person to see all 10 films on Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. Call 610-891-0100 for more information or visit mediatheatre.org for your chance to assist in choosing this year’s festival winner during this unique worldwide week-long event.

Pictured: An image from Scotland's short film "I Love Luci", directed by Colin Kennedy. The film is a finalist in the 2011 Manhattan Short Film Festival, which shows at The Media Theatre Saturday, Sept. 24 at 7:30 p.m. along with nine other entries. Audiences vote for the eventual winner in each venue around the world. 

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