{"id":60219,"date":"2018-09-28T21:01:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-29T03:01:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/film-fest-looking-for-your-votes\/"},"modified":"2018-09-29T03:01:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-29T03:01:52","slug":"film-fest-looking-for-your-votes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/film-fest-looking-for-your-votes\/","title":{"rendered":"Film fest  looking for your votes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=9a14f4b6-0bb4-4a2c-9658-a9b97b8d6e3d&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"919\" alt=\"\u201cFauve\u201d (\u201cFive\u201d) is one of the short films included in the Manhattan Short Film Festival that will be screened in Durango, Bayfield and Cortez.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">\u201cFauve\u201d (\u201cFive\u201d) is one of the short films included in the Manhattan Short Film Festival that will be screened in Durango, Bayfield and Cortez.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Manhattan Short Fim Festival<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>It\u2019s not often the average movie-goer gets to have a hand in selecting a film that may end up an Oscar nominee.<\/p>\n<p>Next weekend, the chance is ours.<\/p>\n<p>For three days and in three locations \u2013 Durango, Bayfield and Cortez \u2013 Durango Independent Film Festival will host showings of the 21st annual Manhattan Short Film Festival. The screenings will be held at Animas City Theatre, Sunflower Theatre and Bayfield Performing Arts Center.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video wp-block-embed-youtube naviga-video-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NkO2awDOh9I\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The worldwide event \u2013 to be held in more than 300 venues \u2013 is a program made up of nine short films that were selected from a field of 1,565 submissions from 73 countries.<\/p>\n<p>The nine finalists hail from eight countries: the U.S., Austria, Canada, Germany, Hungary, Kosovo, New Zealand and two from the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>When audience members enter the theater, they will be handed paper ballots on which to select their favorite for best film and actor. The ballots will be collected, and the results will be announced Oct. 8, said Joanie Leonard, executive director of Durango Independent Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese are the best because it\u2019s an Oscar-qualifying film festival, which means that it meets the criteria to have these films have the potential to be nominated for an Oscar,\u201d Leonard said. \u201cIt\u2019s whittled down to nine, so you know it\u2019s going to be good. We\u2019re the ones who get to bring it to our area, so it\u2019s really fun, we enjoy it. We have a good audience that comes every year to see these films, and it\u2019s just a great way to see some really great films in one night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a news release, Manhattan Short said this year\u2019s selections span film genres: a World War II epic; a film shot entirely underwater; intimate dramas; animation; spine-tingling stories; and comedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey can be scary, they can be thought-provoking. They\u2019re good,\u201d Leonard said.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:katie@durangoherald.com\">katie@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"naviga-scoreboard\">\n<h4 class=\"scoreboard-title\">If you go<\/h4>\n<p><strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">What:<\/strong><br>\n                21st annual Manhattan Short Film Festival<br>\n                <strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">When\/Where:<\/strong><br>\n                6:30 p.m. Thursday, Bayfield Performing Arts Center, 800 County Road 501, Bayfield; 4 and 7 p.m. Thursday and Oct. 5, Animas City Theatre, 128 E. College Drive, Durango; 4 and 7 p.m. Oct. 6, Sunflower Theatre, 8 E. Main St., Cortez.<br>\n                <strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">Tickets:<\/strong><br>\n                $12-$15.<br>\n                <strong class=\"mwc_breakout_text_bold_leadin\">More information:<\/strong><br>\n                Visit<br>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/durangofilm.org\/wp\/product\/manhattan-short-film-festival-2018\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/2Pt8Rcj<\/a><br>\n                .<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>favorite at Manhattan Short<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":60220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-60219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headlines","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60219"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=60219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}