Manhattan Short Film Festival

Join us for the 2026 Manhattan Short Film Festival!

Thursday, September 24, 2026 – Fall River Campus 
Friday & Saturday, September 25-26 – Attleboro Campus 

Tickets are $20 and limited, so purchase early. 

GET TICKETS TO THE 2026 MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL

The Manhattan Short Film Festival is a one-week celebration of film that occurs at venues around the globe – including two of Bristol’s campuses. Unite with film lovers from more than 500 cities for the 29th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival to enjoy great films and vote for Best Film and Best Actor. Proceeds will support the Attleboro Campus Fund and the Bristol Theatre Program. 

This event is generously sponsored by Rockland Trust. 

Cast your vote for Best Film and Best Actor in the 29th Annual Manhattan Short Film Festival screening at Bristol Community College.  

You'll join film lovers simultaneously in over 500 venues across the globe gathering to see the ten finalist in this year's event. With past finalists garnering Oscar nominations and short films continuing to move into the Hollywood mainstream, come see this entertaining program featuring the best short films in the world today! Ballots supplied upon entry.  

About the Manhattan Short Film Festival at Bristol Community College 

More than a decade ago, Max Voltera, Don Smith, and Ron Straminski helped bring the Manhattan Short Film Festival to Bristol’s Attleboro Center for the first time to build connections inside and outside of the college community. Since then, Bristol has expanded showings to the Fall River Campus, drawing hundreds of film enthusiasts to our campuses.  

Manhattan Short began in 1998, when founder Nicholas Mason gathered an audience of 200 people and showed 16 short films on a screen mounted to the side of a truck on Mulberry Street, Little Italy, New York City. A year later the Festival moved uptown to Union Square Park NYC, where audiences grew to love the annual event. Celebrating its 29th birthday in 2026, Manhattan Short is the only film festival to unfold simultaneously, in more than 500 cinemas on six continents, bringing over 100,000 film-lovers in all corners of the globe together for one week, via the next generation of filmmakers.