2023 MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival

The Whaling Museum is excited to bring the 26th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival to New Bedford again. Join more than 100,000 film lovers across 400 venues and six continents to simultaneously screen and vote on The Final Ten to select the Best Film and Best Actor awards.

By virtue of their selection by MANHATTAN SHORT, each short film is automatically Oscar-qualified. MANHATTAN SHORT is the ultimate audience award that salutes the creative talents of both directors behind the camera and actors in front of it. Films will screen in the New Bedford Whaling Museum’s Cook Memorial Theater and the winner will be announced at ManhattanShort.com on a later date.