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Finnish writer and director, Selma Vilhunen (director of Do I Have to Take Care of Everything?), French actress and director, Alexandra Naoum (director and actress in No Comment), and American actress and Producer, and Jen Taher (producer and actress in I Am A Big Ball Of Sadness) are finalists in the 2013 MANHATTAN SHORT.

The MANHATTAN SHORT screens between September 27 and October 6th, in over 300 around the world, with audience members selecting their favorite film with the winner announced in New York City on October 6th.

Do I Have to Take Care of Everything? is a short comedy about a family preparing to attending a wedding and running into some difficulties.

No Comment is a comedic story of a woman’s unexpected encounters with two British tourists in Paris.

I Am A Big Ball Of Sadness is a portrayal of a swanky rooftop party in New York City where three guests try to get past their cocktail smiles.

Prior to joining Film Movement in 2003, Adley practiced law at the firm of Cravath, Swaine & Moore, where he focused on mergers and acquisitions.

Film Movement is a full-service North American distributor of independent and foreign films.

They have released films from 25 countries, including top prize winners from Sundance, Cannes, Venice, Toronto, Berlin, Tribeca and many other prestigious film festivals.

As part of its distribution approach, Film Movement partners with theaters, TV networks, wholesalers, retailers, and institutions.

They have also developed a unique subscription service called the Film of The Month Club.

French animator and director, Bastien Dubois (director of Faces From Places) and American director Jacob Sillman (director of The Pale of Settlement) are finalists in the 2013 MANHATTAN SHORT.

The MANHATTAN SHORT screens between September 27 and October 6th, in over 300 around the world, with audience members selecting their favorite film with the winner announced in New York City on October 6th.

Faces From Places is a series of 20 animated 3 minute travelogue films featuring different countries around the world and 3 of these films will be playing in the MANHATTAN SHORT – Quebec, Pakistan, and Moscow.

Based on true events, The Pale of Settlement tells the story of a 10 year old Jewish boy, Moische, who must escape forced conscription into the Russian Army during the Crimean War.

Irish director, Tony Donoghue (director of Irish Folk Furniture) and Australian director Timothy Wilde (director of #30) are finalists in the 2013 MANHATTAN SHORT.

The MANHATTAN SHORT screens between September 27 and October 6th, in over 300 around the world, with audience members selecting their favorite film with the winner announced in New York City on October 6th.

Irish Folk Furniture, a the stop-motion animated documentary, tells the story of the restoration of sixteen pieces of abandoned folk furniture in rural Ireland, shot in an environmentally friendly way using readily available equipment and natural light, and featuring local craftspeople and narrators.

The live action comedy/drama short film, #30, is the story of a performer, Chelsea, and her unconventional approach to auditioning for a role in Hamlet.

H5 Film Sound was founded by Heikki in 2000. Heikki has worked as a foley artist and foley supervisor on feature films, shorts, TV-drama, documentaries and animation films. As a sound designer, Heikki has been involved in feature length documentaries and animation.

Since 2004, Heikki has been working as a full time foley artist and a supervisor, mainly for fiction films and documentary work as well. More recently, the H5 staff includes the owner Heikki (as a foley supervisor and artist), a sound recordist, and a sound editor.

Projects that Heikki and H5 have worked on over the years include: a variety of documentary projects, and the fiction features: Letters to father Jacob, Rare Exports, Berberian Sound Studio, and the upcoming film, FILTH directed by Jon S. Baird.

Charlotte began working with Thomas Vinterberg with his dramatic feature, Submarino, after working on a number of award winning short films, like Between Us which she also wrote and co-directed,

Charlotte followed this up with the drama My Good Enemy and dramatic musical feature, Hunky Dory.

Charlotte recently teamed again with Thomas Vinterberg on the acclaimed film, The Hunt, for which she won the Vulcan Award of the Technical Artist at Cannes.

The Hunt is about a Lucas, a divorced father who teaches at a kindergarten when an accusation made by Klara, the young daughter of his best friend ends up nearly destroying his career and all his relationships.

Adam Clark has worked on a variety of projects, from commercial work for such clients as Kia and Subaru, to television work on the acclaimed series Insiders Guide to Happiness to a number of short and feature films.

Adam's projects have included earlier films of Peter Jackson and the film River Queen for cinematographer Alun Bollinger, but he is best known as the lensman for director Taika Waititi. His debut feature film as cinematographer was forTaika’s feature film Eagle vs Shark.

Adam has also worked on a number of shorts for Taika including the Oscar-nominated film Two Cars One Night and Tama Tu, as well as many shorts for other directors such as The Hole and A New Way Home.

Adam and Taika’s most recent collaboration is the feature film Boy, which was inspired by Two Cars One Night, and is a coming of age tale of a boy growing up in the year 1984, who idolizes Michael Jackson, and the boy’s father, who, after a seven year absence, is not quite the hero the boy had imagined him to be.

Boy is now available on DVD for purchase or rental in the United States and worldwide.

Davy is the creator and editor of FOUND Magazine, author of My Heart Is An Idiot, a book of personal essays, and The Lone Surfer of Montana, Kansas, a collection of stories, and he is a frequent contributor to public radio’s This American Life.

Davy’s work also appears in GQ, The New Yorker, The New York Times, and Grantland. Davy’s directed two documentaries about the punk rock band Rise Against and videos for the Dan Savage's It Gets Better Project.

In 2010, the film Easier With Practice, adapted from one of his GQ articles, and starring Brian Geraghty as Davy, won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.

Davy’s most recent documentary is the upcoming film, Medora, is an in-depth, deeply personal look at small-town life, a thrilling, underdog basketball story, and an inspiring tale of a community refusing to give up hope despite the brutal odds stacked against them.

Bill has edited nine films for director Brian De Palma, including: The Untouchables, Casualties of War, Carlito's Way, and The Black Dahlia.

Some of Bill’s other film credits over the years include: Parents, The Comfort of Strangers, Drumline, and Mesrine: Public Enemy #1.

Bill has worked in television as well and was supervising editor on the Emmy Award winning HBO miniseries The Corner, for which he received an American Cinema Editors Eddie Award nomination.

Bill’s recent film work includes: Greetings From Tim Buckley, The East for director Zal Batmanglij, and the upcoming film, The Harvest.

Jay relocated to Los Angeles and worked on numerous independent films, commercials and documentaries as a Camera Operator and eventually as a Director of Photography.

Jay worked alongside Joss Whedon as the 2nd Unit Director of Photography of Joss’ television show Dollhouse.

After many years in the trenches, Jay photographed the critically acclaimed film Paper Heart and he worked steadily in television including director work on series like Kitchen Nightmares.

Jay continued his collaboration with Joss Whedon as Director of Photography on his adaptation of Much Ado About Nothing.