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A Friend of Dorothy is the frontrunner to win the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, according to viewers of...
03/03/2026

A Friend of Dorothy is the frontrunner to win the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film, according to viewers of the MANHATTAN SHORT Online Film Festival’s sixth annual event.

The short film directed by Lee Knight received more than 50 percent of the votes from the 3,500 participants who experienced the two-week event ending March 4, 2026.

MANHATTAN SHORT Online showcased seven shortlisted titles drawn from the Live Action and Animated categories.

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Our fifth featured Oscar-Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘A Friend of Dorothy’. Written and directed by...
02/27/2026

Our fifth featured Oscar-Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘A Friend of Dorothy’.

Written and directed by Lee Knight. Starring Stephen Fry, Alistair Nwachukwu, Miriam Margolyes and Oscar Lloyd.

A lonely widow’s quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden.

Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Oscar Nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year’s Academy Awards.

Watch all 7 films on your screen at home between Sat Feb 14 - Mon Mar 2. Tickets on sale now.

Good luck! 👏

Our sixth featured Oscar-Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘Retirement Plan’. Directed by John Kelly and ...
02/27/2026

Our sixth featured Oscar-Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘Retirement Plan’.

Directed by John Kelly and produced by Andrew Freedman. The voice Domhnall Gleeson.

In the throes of his overstimulated, energy poor midlife, Ray fantasises about everything he’d love to do in retirement, once he finally has the “time”.

Country: Ireland 🇮🇪
Oscar Nominated for Best Animated Short Film at this year’s Academy Awards.

Watch all 7 films on your screen at home between Sat Feb 14 - Mon Mar 2. Tickets on sale now.

Good luck! 👏

Our fifth featured Oscar-Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘A Friend of Dorothy’. Directed by Lee Knight ...
02/26/2026

Our fifth featured Oscar-Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘A Friend of Dorothy’.

Directed by Lee Knight and James Dean. Starring Stephen Fry, Alistair Nwachukwu, Miriam Margolyes and Oscar Lloyd.

A lonely widow’s quiet life is upended when a teenage boy accidentally kicks his football into her garden.

Country: United Kingdom 🇬🇧
Oscar Nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year’s Academy Awards.

Watch all 7 films on your screen at home between Sat Feb 14 - Mon Mar 2. Tickets on sale now.

Good luck! 👏

Our fourth featured Oscar-Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘Forevergreen’. Written and directed by Natha...
02/26/2026

Our fourth featured Oscar-Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘Forevergreen’.

Written and directed by Nathan Engelhardt and Jeremy Spears. Director of Cinematography Lighting by Gregory Culp, Head of Animation by Wayne Unten and Production Sound Mixer/Sound Design by Gabriel Guy & Robert Castro, and many more.

An orphaned bear cub finds a home with a fatherly evergreen tree, until his hunger for trash leads him to danger.

Country: USA 🇺🇸
Oscar-Nominated for Best Animated Short Film at this year’s Academy Awards.

See all 7 films on your screen at home between Sat Feb 14 - Mon Mar 2. Tickets on sale now.

Good luck! 👏

Our third featured Oscar Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘Jane Austen’s Period Drama’. Written and dire...
02/26/2026

Our third featured Oscar Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘Jane Austen’s Period Drama’.

Written and directed by Julia Aks and Steve Pinder. Starring Julia Aks, Hugo Armstrong, Marilyn Brett, Lachlan Ta’Imua Hannemann, Samantha Smart , Nicole Alyse Nelson and Dustin Ingram.

England, 1813. In the middle of a long-awaited marriage proposal, Miss Estrogenia Talbot gets her period. Her suitor, Mr. Dickley, mistakes the blood for an injury, and it soon becomes clear that his expensive education has missed a spot.

Country: USA 🇺🇸
Oscar-Nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year’s Academy Awards.

See all 7 Oscar Nominated films on your screen at home between Sat Feb 14 - Mon Mar 2. Tickets on sale now.

Good luck! 👏

Our second featured Oscar-Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘The Singers’. Based on a story by Ivan Turge...
02/25/2026

Our second featured Oscar-Nominated finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘The Singers’.

Based on a story by Ivan Turgenev. Directed by Sam A Davis and Jack Piatt. Starring Chris Smither, Will Harrington and Judah Kelly.

“An impromptu sing-off will decide the best singer in the bar tonight”.

Country: USA 🇺🇸
Oscar-Nominated for Best Live Action Short at this year’s Academy Awards.

See all 7 films on your screen at home between Sat Feb 14 - Mon Mar 2. Tickets on sale now.

Good luck! 👏

Introducing our 7 Oscar Nominated short films for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE 2026! See them all on your screen at home betwe...
02/24/2026

Introducing our 7 Oscar Nominated short films for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE 2026! See them all on your screen at home between Sat Feb 21 - Mon Mar 2.

Our first featured finalist is Butterfly (Papillon) by .productions .

Written and directed by Florence Miailhe, it adapts the remarkable real-life story of Alfred Nakache, an early 20th-century Jewish Olympic swimmer who faced tremendous racism at the 1936 Berlin Games, who was later imprisoned at Auschwitz, where he was the only survivor from his family, and eventually returned to compete in the first post-war Olympics in London in 1948.

Country: France 🇫🇷
Oscar-Nominated for Best Animated Short Film at this year’s Academy Awards.

“In the sea, a man swims. As he does, memories come to the surface. From his early childhood to his life as a man, all his memories are linked to water”.

Good luck! 👏

Our fifth and last featured finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘The Masterpiece’, where trust and suspicion psycholo...
02/13/2025

Our fifth and last featured finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘The Masterpiece’, where trust and suspicion psychologically duel with each scene. Director by . Starring .

Country: Spain 🇪🇸
Leo and Diana, a wealthy couple, meet Salif and Yousef, two scrap dealers, at a recycling center. Offering them an opportunity to collect more junk, Diana invites them to their mansion but the immigrants actually might be the ones with something she wants.

will grab your attention quickly. The tension is marvellously unbearable.

Good luck! 👏

Our fourth featured finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘Wings’ about mother’s protective wings. Written and directed...
02/13/2025

Our fourth featured finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘Wings’ about mother’s protective wings. Written and directed by . Co-written by . Starring and Despina Kourti.

Country: Greece 🇬🇷
A woman receives a startling phone call from her son while she waits for him and his girlfriend to arrive for lunch.

Shot in one take, showcases the wonderful technical collaboration between Director of Photography and Steadicam Operator .petrakis . Despina Kourti delivers an outstanding performance.

Good luck! 👏

Our second featured finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘Bogotá Story’. Written and directed by . Starring and . C...
02/13/2025

Our second featured finalist for MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE is ‘Bogotá Story’. Written and directed by . Starring and .

Country: Columbia 🇨🇴
In 1992, as Colombia faces an era of drug violence, car bombs, and daily power outages, a young mother receives an internship opportunity in New York and eventually must choose between her family and her dreams.

Bogotá Story won multiple awards on last year’s festival circuit, particularly for the best narrative category which is attributed to Esteban’s talent. To stay or to leave is an agonising choice, and his story, inspired by his parents and a brief period shared as a family in Bogotá, is beautifully and meticulously shot by dear friend and director of photography .

Good luck! 👏

Help Market Our Short Films to the Oscars and Win a $1000 Cash!As part of this week’s MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE festival (t...
02/13/2025

Help Market Our Short Films to the Oscars and Win a $1000 Cash!

As part of this week’s MANHATTAN SHORT ONLINE festival (tix now on sale!) we will be re-screening two short films that were part of our annual theatrical event last September; ‘I’m Not A Robot’ and ‘The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent’. These films, alongside ‘The Last Ranger’ screening in this week’s festival, have all been Nominated for Oscars!

You could win a $1000 cash courtesy of MANHATTAN SHORT by simply posting one (or all) of the formatted JPEGS and promoting the film(s) of your choice to your Facebook and/or Instagram accounts (including hashtags) with a message to the voting members of the Academy on why you think this film should win the Oscar.

Please post this weekend as Academy Voting ends Tuesday Feb 18th. If the film you posted wins the Oscar on March 2nd, you’ll go in the draw to win $1000.

Download images and more info via the link in our bio.

Thank you and good luck! 👏

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