"I am honored to have won the MANHATTAN SHORT Film Festival with my film Archibald Syndrome. This is by far the most beautiful and unexpected award I could have wished for. I say this because it is the public that votes and decides. An international public living on all continents, in big cities or small towns. With totally different lifestyles and cultures. But despite all these differences, all these people have a common language, a universal language that we have always shared: the language of stories. Stories that we tell each other and that unite us. I am so happy that my story, my film, was shared with all these people and that they decided to vote for it."

Daniel Perez - Archibald's Syndrome
Gold Medal Winner 2021

"MANHATTAN SHORT is such a cool and unique film festival. Going global to so many places that don't necessarily have festivals at their fingertips and bringing communities together worldwide to watch a carefully curated selection of films and then empowering them to vote for their favorite films and actors is not only global entertainment and cinematic democracy at work, but such a gorgeous way to share diverse stories and talents, tear-down stereo-types and misconceptions and bridge understanding through cinema throughout the world. Love it!"

Farah Nabulsi - The Present
Gold Medal Winner 2020

"We are so incredibly thrilled to have won Manhattan Short Film Festival! This festival is one of the most special places for a filmmaker to showcase their work. We always wanted Sylvia to be watched and loved by audiences and this is the only film festival reaching audiences worldwide, and to have their vote means more to us than anything. Having watched all 10 films, the standard was exceptional and we did not expect to win against such a great selection. We cannot thank enough, Nick Mason and the amazing team at Manhattan Short and all the people who watched, voted and wrote to us personally about Sylvia. To have touched so many people is a wonderful feeling and we are truly honored that you voted for our film."

Richard Prendergast - Sylvia
Gold Medal Winner 2019