Fri 9/25 - Sat 9/26
Manhattan Short Film Festival
Since its inception in 1998, the world’s first global film festival has grown to include 100,000 cinema lovers participating in the judging process of films coming from 250 cities, 52 countries and six continents. This year’s finalists include the U.S. drama
El Camino Solo, about a businessman who gets stranded in the desert; a Chilean digital animation called
Bear Story, inspired by the filmmaker’s grandfather who was exiled from Chile during the 1973 coup d’état; and the German film
Bis Gleich, about two seniors who form a unique bond while communicating from their windows.
$5-$10, 8pm Fri-Sat, URBAN-15 Studios, 2500 S. Presa St., (210) 736-1500, urban15.org. – Kiko Martínez