Press release from Manhattan Short
"DIK", a nine minute comedy written and directed by Christopher Stollery, has been selected as one of the ten finalists' in the 13th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival (Manhattan Short) and will represent Australia during the week-long Festival which takes place in over 250 Cinemas spanning 6 Continents Sunday, September 25th through Sunday October 2nd 2011.
This year Manhattan Short received 598 entries from 48 countries and selected ten Finalists from Hungary, Egypt, Switzerland, Canada, Scotland, Peru, Sweden, two from the USA, and Stollery's "DIK" from Australia completing the ten. These ten shorts will screen over 800 times in Art House Cinemas, Museums and Universities in over 200 cities spanning 6 Continents including 47 states of the USA during one week.
“It was a thrill to screen in Aspen and Palm Springs but not even winning both of those festivals equates to this sort of exposure. This is an amazing opportunity.” Said Stollery.
Our Global Audience Determines the Winner
Audiences at each venue will be handed a voting card and asked to vote for the one film they think should win. Votes are tallied and sent to Manhattan Short HQ where the winner is announced on Oct 2nd at 10pm EST.
"I've known about Chris's work for over twenty years. He's one of the few filmmakers currently making short comedic films of great quality and story-telling. A film festival is always a happier event when one of his films is in included. We are delighted to introduce Chris to such a large worldwide audience of film lovers, and I'm confident we can all look forward to the day he's back in front of this same audience with a feature film in the near future," said Manhattan Short Founding Director Nicholas Mason.
For Audiences across Australia who wish to attend the Festival and be part of the Global Critics Circle to cast their votes; the Manhattan Short 2011 will be held at The Chauvel in Sydney on Sat 10/1 (tickets on sale online) – The Astor & Boronia Metro Cinemas in Melbourne Wed 9/28 – Mercury Cinemas in Adelaide on Sat 10/1 – Avoca Beach on Thu & Fri, 9/29 & 9/30 – Tenterfeild Wed 9/28 – Brisbane Sat 10/1 – Rockhampton Fri 9/30 – Noosa Heads Sat 10/1 – Fremantle Wed 9/28 & Port Hedland Sat 10/1
Link to View All Global Cinemas: http://www.manhattanshort.com/cinemas.html
Finalists for 2011:
Incident By A Bank (Ruben Ostlund) Sweden
Sexting (Neil LaBute) USA
DIK (Christopher Stollery) Australia
The Forest (György Mór) Hungary
Mak (Geraldine Zosso) Swiss
A Doctors Job (Julio Ramos) Peru
I Love Luci (Colin Kennedy) Scotland
David & Goliath (George Zaverdas) USA
The Legend of Beaver Dam (Jerome Sable) Canada
Martyr Friday (Abu Bakr Shawky) Egypt