From 26 to 29 September 2013 in the theater «Ussuri» will be competitive displays the world\’s biggest short film the show — the Manhattan Short Film Festival (New York, USA). Hundred of thousands of spectators 300 cities across six continents come together for one purpose — to vote for the best film of the ten finalists of the festival. In Russia International Festival Agency Tour de Film filmgoers will unite more than 30 cities. Also this year, for the first sixteen-year history of the festival, not only will vote for the best film, but also for the best leading actor. Manhattan Short Film Festival — the record for number of viewers around the world. The festival started in 1998 as a local New York event — the first session was shown on the screen installed on board the truck. Now the Manhattan Film Festival covers 300 cities on six continents. Each year, the number of fans increases film festivals, as festival founder Nicholas Mason and his team make up the program of the most talented and powerful short films of recent years. This year, ten movies-finalists were selected from 628 films from 48 countries.
Number 1. Number 30 Timothy Wilde /Australia /8\’53 «Talented young actress auditioned for the role of Hamlet — and even Shakespeare himself would not have to guess what things will turn out! Number 2. Everything should be done the most! /Do I Have to Take Care Of Everything? Selma Vilhunen /Finland /6\’35 «Comedy on the bustling morning Finnish family whose mother seeks to control everything. Film party of the 36th Gothenburg Film Festival, the Chicago Festival of comedy films. Number three. Friday /Friday Seb Edwards /England /17\’30 «A young man preparing to avenge the death of his mother, who died a year ago during the terrorist attacks in London. Nominated British Independent Film Award in the category «Best Short Film». Number 4. No comments /No Comment Alexander Nahum /France /3\’41 «girl gets two unexpected dating men in the Luxembourg Gardens in Paris. Film festivals party in Edinburgh, Richmond, Norwich, Palm Springs. Winner of the Silver Bear at the Festival of Nations in Ebensee (Austria). Number 5. Irish folk furniture /Irish Folk Furniture Tony Donahue /Ireland /8\’19 «Documentary animation on the restoration of antique furniture in rural Ireland. On the film director has spent three years and received a prize of Sundance Film Festival in 2013 for best animated short film. Number 6. Black Metal /Black Metal Kat Candler /USA /9\’00 «lead singer of black metal band is faced with an effect that is produced with the complete texts of violence. Nominated Sundance Film Festival in 2013. Number 7. Travel Portraits /Portraits de voyages Bastien Dubois /France /9\’00 «Portraits of Pakistan, Moscow and Quebec through the eyes of a traveling illustrator with a taste for adventure. Three fragments of a series of animated films created by director commissioned by the famous French TV channel Arte. Number 8. I — a huge ball of sadness /I Am a Great Big Ball Of Sadness Chris Tyler /USA /8\’36 «During a chic party on a rooftop in New York three guests go beyond the usual small talk. Number 9. Kismet Cafe /Kismet Diner Mark Nanneli /England /9\’00 «waitress in a cafe with the help of the song is the key to the heart of a bored visitor. Number 10. Pale of Settlement /The Pale Of Settlement Jacob Sillman /USA /17\’58 «film, based on a true story of a family history of the director. The story of a ten-Jewish boy who is trying to avoid forced conscription into the Russian army during the Crimean War. Winner of the «Awards for Excellence» for best editing, camera work and social significance of the festival First Run Festival in New York.
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