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SALEM CINEMA has been chosen to participate in the
12th Annual MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival!

Manhattan Short Film Festival
ONE WORLD • ONE WEEK • ONE FESTIVAL

And the winner is...

Skhizein


France. Directed by Jérémy Clapin. (14 mins.)

Synopsis:
After being struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely 91 centimeters from himself.

 

SALEM CINEMA CUSTOMERS VOTED AS FOLLOWS:
 

#1 Mozambique with 22% of the vote
Mozambique. Directed by Alcides Soares. (14 mins.)

Synopsis:
Sixteen-year-old Alcides Soares is one of a half a million AIDS orphans living in Mozambique today. American television writer Neal Baer and movie director Chris Zalla gave Alcides a movie camera and taught him how to shoot.

WINNER! Best Documentary Short

 


#2
Miente with 16% of the vote
Spain. Directed by Isabel De Ocampo. (14 mins.)

Synopsis:
Doina wants to make a birthday present to her young sister, but it isn’t easy to get it.


WINNER! Best Editing

 


#3 The Boundary
with 13% of the vote
United States. Directed by Julius Onah. (12 mins.)

Synopsis:
Once we cross, there is no return… A family on its way home is forced to deal with circumstances they would never hope for.

 


#4 Hammerhead with 11% of the vote
UK. Directed by Sam Donovan. (14 mins.)

Synopsis:
Boris tries to reunite his separated parents on a shark-spotting trip. The only problem is, his biggest enemy is along for the ride: his mother’s new girlfriend.

WINNER! Best Fiction Short

 


#5 Skhizein
with 10% of the vote
France. Directed by Jérémy Clapin. (14 mins.)

Synopsis:
After being struck by a 150-ton meteorite, Henry has to adapt to living precisely 91 centimeters from himself.

 

 

#6 Love Child
with 8% of the vote
Sweden. Directed by Daniel Wirtberg. (6 mins.)

Synopsis:
A young girl enjoys the perfect life of being the only child, when one day a new family member arrives.

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#6 A'Mare with 8% of the vote
Italy. Directed by Martina Amati. (15 mins.)

Synopsis:
Andrea and Felice are two kids whose lives centre around the sea. During a fishing excursion their usual routine is disturbed when something unexpected appears from the water.

 


#7 Plastic
with 5% of the vote
Australia. Directed by Sandy Widyanata. (8 mins.)

Synopsis:
Whilst Anna is preparing for a first date with Henry, a man she has secretly loved for years, everything goes wrong until she discovers the impossible -- to sculpt her appearance like clay to any shape she desires.

 

#8 Parking with 4% of the vote
Spain. Directed by Jorge Molina. (11 mins.)

Synopsis:
An executive goes to get his car…when he discovers that someone else has beaten him to it.

 

#9 Lashabiya with 2% of the vote
Israel. Directed by Yehezkel Lazarov. (6 mins.)

Synopsis:
In an elementary school courtyard, a young Palestinian man plays a dangerous game with an armed squad of Israeli soldiers.


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