MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival at CMU

Join us for the 2026 showing of MANHATTAN SHORT! This screening is FREE to the public. If registration doesn’t fill, walk-ins are welcome. Seating is “first-come, first-served” upon arrival at the Sarah and Daniel Opperman Auditorium located in Charles V. Park Library on the campus of Central Michigan University.
 Parking on campus is FREE after 5:00 pm, and we suggest attendees park
in lots 18 or 27. The total film run time is approximately 2 hours and
30 minutes, including a 7-minute intermission. For those interested, we
will offer a short discussion time immediately following the film.

Manhattan Short is not a three-day event. All showings offered will have duplicate content. Suggested minimum age of 14

MANHATTAN SHORT
is the only film festival of its kind. The Final Selections screen
simultaneously across the world over one week, where attendees vote for
Best Film and Best Actor awards at each participating venue. Every short
film selected will automatically qualify for the Oscars of 2027.
Upon entry at all participating venues, festival attendees are handed a
Voting Card and an Official Program and asked to vote for the ONE Film
and Actor they feel should win. Each host venue tallies votes and then
emails them to our NYC headquarters. The MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival
winners will be announced on the home page at ManhattanShort.com and in
the winners link on Monday, October 5, 2026.

Sponsored by Friends of the Veterans Memorial Library

In Partnership with Central Michigan International Film Festival