SHOWTIMES
Feature Films: Thursday–Saturday, 7:30 PM, Sunday Matinee, 1:30 PM
Please ask about Closed Captioning, HI Listening, and VI Audio Narration Devices accessibility systems.
Special Film events: 7:30 unless otherwise indicated, prices vary. See individual listings.
A resistance leader is pursued by a German intelligence officer in Nazi occupied Rome in 1945 who wants the name of others in the underground movement is accidentally betrayed by a former lover.
Unemployed Antonio Ricci is elated when he finally finds work hanging posters around war-torn Rome. His wife, Maria, sells the family's bed linens to retrieve Antonio's bicycle from the pawnshop so he can take the job. However, disaster strikes when Antonio's bicycle is stolen, and his new job is doomed unless he can find the thief. With the help of his lively son, Bruno, Antonio combs the city, growing increasingly desperate for justice.
In a semi-autobiographical tale, young Titta gets into trouble with his friends and watches various local eccentrics as they engage in often absurd behavior in 1930s Fascist Italy.
The 23rd Annual Short Film Festival, a worldwide event taking place across six continents, MANHATTAN SHORT is the only event of its kind. The Final Nine screen simultaneously across the world during a one-month period, with the Best Film and Best Actor awards determined by ballots cast by the audiences in each participating venue.
