Manhattan Short Film Festival 2026 at the MFAH

About this event

John Walker returns as an event host to More and More. **The Manhattan Short Film Festival** is a global screening of ten short films in over 500 venues across six continents during a one-week period. The Best Film and Best Actor awards determined by ballots cast by the audiences in each participating venue. By virtue of their selection by MANHATTAN SHORT, each short film is automatically Oscar-qualified. **Admission:** General admission $9.00 Senior and MFAH Members $7.00 **[Link to buy tickets](https://www.mfah.org/events/manhattan-short-film-festival-2026/202609241800/tickets#tickets)** Make sure to pick Saturday Sept 26 at 6:00 PM. The Festival is sure to sell out. Buy tickets as soon as you can. **Trailer:** **[MANHATTAN SHORT PROMO VIDEO 2026](https://youtu.be/eex9nt8FgCQ?si=H4nF-V9QX-JF-T0k)** **The MANHATTAN SHORT Final Ten are:** [https://www.manhattanshort.com/finalists.html](https://www.manhattanshort.com/finalists.html) **The event time is one half hour before the film start time of 6 PM so we can get seating together.** Allow time for parking and walking to the Brown Auditorium screening room in the Law Building. If you are late join us or take a seat anywhere. **Parking:** The MFAH has two paid garages. For up to four hours, expect to pay $10, or $6 for members. [1144 Binz Street](https://www.google.com/maps/place/MFAH+Parking+2/@29.7246535,-95.3882426,18.25z/data=!4m6!3m5!1s0x8640bf96c31caf75:0xfe406c428e1c0b58!8m2!3d29.7248272!4d-95.3883428!16s%2Fg%2F11j1_fv76x?entry=ttu) [5101 Montrose Boulevard](https://maps.app.goo.gl/Q8gyigsMzau3wLQG9) Free street parking is available around the museum. Typically in front of the church on Main Street. **Location on the campus:** The auditorium is in the Brown building. That is the one with the glass and steel curved front facing Bissonnet Street. You can enter from any building. The Brown entrance is on the Main Street side. Let them know you are there for the movie. The auditorium is in the…