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Rounded Corners
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalA book smart 13-year old girl, raised alone by her Wall Street father, learns about life from her new carefree babysitter over summer vacation.
Wild Butterfly
Posted by : Manhattan Film Festival24-year-old Claire Murray’s desperate search for a lifesaving second liver transplant becomes a trial by national media. Depicted as an ungrateful ‘junkie’ who recklessly destroyed her first transplant by relapsing into drug use, Claire is cond...
The System
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalA group of minority teens struggle to stay out of harm’s way in a town hell bent on making them the villains in the war on drugs.
Bombs Bursting In Air
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalAmidst the Coney Island backdrop of fireworks on July 4th, 1949, Della, a battered, young black woman leaves her husband in pursuit of a brighter future. Her courageous journey leads her to find an unlikely ally named Mishka, on the white side of tow...
Retract
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalRetract is a cautionary tale about a recently broken-up-with young woman, Cleo, in NYC as she gets consistently cat called. As the invasive interactions begin to pile on top of each other, we see Cleo start to unravel. Feeling insecure and vulnerable...
Before We Leave Venezuela
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalVenezuelan refugee, David Mendez, returns home to climb his nation's highest peak before Venezuela collapses completely. When he was forced to leave, he had many mountains left to climb. His return is a chance to summit Pico Bolivar and tell his fami...
THE KEEPER
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalA lonely widow yearning for connection, meets a collector of art at a speed dating event. They make a palpable connection, but what they are looking for in each other is vastly different.
High Score
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalJASON is ready. The cardboard arcade is perfect, their friends are all in their places, and his girlfriend MARA doesn't suspect a thing. When he pulls up the garage door and reveals his grand design, she seems genuinely touched. I mean, from Mara's p...
KILLER THERAPY
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalBrian‘s a deranged kid with sociopathic tendencies. After a series of abnormalities he is passed from one therapist to the next. But all therapies fail. Brian develops into a young man with great potential for violence. When his life finally fall...
KISMET
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalThe kidnapping of a young girl in an isolated mountain town forces two female police officers -- one local, one state -- into a disturbing and polarizing investigation of the community. Kismet juxtaposes two narratives after the disappearance of 11 y...
Sundays at the Triple Nickel
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalOn Edgecombe Avenue in Sugar Hill, Harlem, Marjorie Eliot is making sure her apartment building’s iconic jazz legacy lives on. Marjorie and her son have been hosting jazz concerts in her apartment every Sunday for the past 26 years, a pursuit of ov...
PASTALIGHT
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalBased on a true story: An eccentric Italian father and his son set out to start their own pasta sauce company. But can they cut it in the merciless world of New York gourmet?
Tyrant
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalIn a world of darkness, the Tyrant, a being made of light, is the only solace to those who fear the dark. His followers must decide whether or not they will continue to live under his cruelty, or embrace the fear of the unknown.
To the Madness
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalTwo down-on-their-luck criminals move to Los Angeles and become actors.
LIKE DAUGHTER, LIKE MOTHER
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalLIKE DAUGHTER, LIKE MOTHER is about a mother and daughter navigating the world of online together.
HERE TODAY
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalA high school girl struggles to find her own identity with a new group of friends and discovers that together, their choices have an impact beyond what they ever imagined. This universally autobiographical tale, written by 16-year-old Meredith Grace ...
Alexa
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalA man returns from a business trip to find himself blackmailed by his Amazon Alexa, who knows exactly what he got up to while he was away.
WHITE CHRISTMAS
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalNikki and Jason are young and attractive. They met in rehab. She's a heroin addict. He's only dabbled in cocaine. Until Christmas Eve. Jason decides to experience smoking heroin to 'see why it's more important to Nikki than their relationship.' The...
#PrincessProblems
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalIn the strenuous world of children’s party entertainment, an overly positive and well-meaning “princess” must win over a practical writer who is doing a story on female role models.
To Survive The Rescue
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalThe concept of the ambulance is as old as the stone age and it was indeed at this level that New York City's Emergency Medical Service operated at in the 1970s. This is the TRUE story never before told from a first person perspective with the only fi...