THE MANHATTAN SHORT FILM FESTIVAL. Voting results

THE WINNER is Hammerhead
Samuel Donovan / UK / 2009 / 14′00’’
Caught up in the middle of a divorce, shark obsessed oddball Boris persuades his parents to take him to the coast where a shark has been sighted, seeing it as the perfect opportunity to get them back together. The trip is ruined when Boris’s mother brings her lover and he must face the fact that his parents are never going to be reconciled.

THE WINNER is New Boy
Steph Green / Ireland / 2007 / 11′05”
Captures the experience of being the new kid in school through the eyes of Joseph, a nine year-old African boy.

THE WINNER is Playing Hard to Get
Tim Bullock / Australia / 2001 / 05′30”
Musicians in a jazz quartet dispute the attention of a beautiful lady in a bar, playing their instruments to the limit.