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Holy Jail
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalA struggling widower decides to pay a speeding fine by spending five days in jail, and starts to find new meaning in life behind bars.
LIGHT WITHIN THE CRACKS
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalLight Within the Cracks, a film set in the Kibera Slum in Nairobi, Kenya, the largest urban slum in Africa is a gripping portrait of resilience, hope and empowerment. Filmed in cinema-verité style, the documentary follows the daily lives of young people who struggle to survive, but resolve to overcome the poor draw they got in the lottery of life. Light Within the Cracks explores the synergy betw...
This Happened to You…?
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalThis is a story of obsessions when people of the elderly age fixate with illnesses’. Our characters Fausto is worried about getting Alzheimer like some his friends in USA. He and Ofelia have returned to Peru after living in U.S.A for 30 years. Fausto finds himself stranger in his own country, which makes him doubtful of his state of mind. Fausto’s memory will be tested when he meets Jaime.
The Della Morte Sisters
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalA recent death in the family brings three sisters together where they discover a shared dark past that changes everything they thought they knew about each other and their family.
Walled Citizen
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalCarrying one of the world’s weakest ranking passports, a Palestinian filmmaker / part-time backpacker, decides to grab his camera and go on a 3 year journey to explore what lies behind the walls of our world.
La Consultation
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalThis story deals with Aniès, an arrogant woman, who thinks that she perfectly handles her future, until she meets someone who will predict the exact opposite of her beliefs ...
YOU ARE THE ONE
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalSometimes the living must help the dead. In funeral homes throughout the United States and the UK, there are untold numbers of unidentified and unclaimed remains, 20% of these are Military Veterans. They rest above copiers, on shelves, in lockers, and even in utility closets, unnamed and forgotten. Men, Women, Children and War Veterans. How is it that we know nothing about thousands of unclaimed ...
Sweetheart
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalSimona gets out of a DUI by accepting a ride home from a cop, who turns out to be a security guard on a power trip. The more she learns about him, the more she questions his true intentions.
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalAfter a catastrophic accident leaves one of them paralyzed; misanthropic, aging New York City transplants are forced to outgrow their cynicism while the other forges a friendship with a Brooklyn native who is just discovering it.
Dragonfly
Posted by : Manhattan Film FestivalFaced with rejection after rejection, an aspiring actress makes a living performing for the anonymous eyes of webcam watchers.