The 9th New York Shorts International Film Festival will be held August 21-27, 2020. 

The festival is scheduled to proceed as planned with more films and networking events than last year. Film programs will rang from a wide spectrum of genres and categories including animation, documentary, drama, comedy, experimental, music videos from New York's finest emerging directors to filmmakers across the globe.

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New York Shorts International Film Festival is one of the largest showcases of short films in North America.

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The festival has become a career stepping stone, establishing a tradition of discovering and promoting filmmakers who have gone on to be Academy Awards Nominees. Last year's film line-up included the Oscar-nominated short 'Animal Behaviour' directed by Alison Snowden and David Fine.

New York Shorts 2019 'Best of Fest' winner "The Neighbors' Window" is this years' OSCAR® WINNER for Live-Action Short Film. We congratulate director Marshall Curry and his team.

Watch the film below.

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2020 ACADEMY AWARD® NOMINEE Documentary Short Subject 

The New York Times Op-Docs 'Walk Run Cha-Cha' by Laura Nix and Colette Sandstedt

Watch the film below.

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Last year's 2019 programs featured international films from 20 countries including; USA, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Turkey, Croatia, Panama, Colombia, Nicaragua, Venezuela, Philippines, Taiwan and China.