During the week of September 27, the Kearny Library will host the Manhattan Short Film Festival.  Come catch one of the screenings that week and vote for the best one.  Each show will include all ten finalist short films.  They will be shown on Friday, September 27 at 1 PM; Tuesday, October 1 at 12 PM; Wednesday, October 2 at 11 AM; and Saturday, October 5 at 10 AM.

MANHATTAN SHORT announced the Final Ten selections for its 22nd Annual Short Film Festival, a worldwide event taking place in over 400 venues across six continents between September 26th and October 6, 2019. MANHATTAN SHORT is the only event of its kind. The Final Ten are screened simultaneously across the world during a one-week period, with the Best Film and Best Actor awards determined by ballots cast by the audiences in each participating venue. By virtue of their selection by MANHATTAN SHORT, each short film is automatically Oscar-qualified. The Final Ten MANHATTAN SHORT finalists hail from seven countries with films from France, Iran, Canada, Germany, and Finland alongside two films from USA and a record three from the United Kingdom. These Final ten films represent the best short films among 1250 submissions from 70 countries received by MANHATTAN SHORT for 2019, testimony to the enduring vibrancy and creativity of short films worldwide.

The MANHATTAN SHORT Final Ten are:
Nefta Football Club (France), Debris (USA), Driving Lessons (Iran),Tipped (Canada) Sylvia (United Kingdom), The Match (Finland), This Time Away (UK), Malou (Germany), A Family Affair (UK), At The End of the World (USA)

This program is free of charge and all adults are welcome to participate. For more information on this or any of our programs, please call the library at (201) 998-2666 or visit our website at www.kearnylibrary.org.