{"id":374380,"date":"2026-10-16T01:16:56","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374380\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T01:16:56","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:16:56","slug":"redlands-filmgoers-pick-different-winner-at-2026-manhattan-short-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/374380\/","title":{"rendered":"Redlands filmgoers pick different winner at 2026 Manhattan Short Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

Arts & Entertainment<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cNever Give Up\u201d was the top choice among Redlands audiences, while the British short film \u201cLife Goes On\u201d took home the festival\u2019s global gold medal.<\/p>\n

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\"CFR
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CFR News Desk<\/a><\/p>\n

Oct 15, 2026 <\/p>\n

\"Redlands<\/p>\n

REDLANDS, Calif. \u2014 Audiences in Redlands had a different favorite than moviegoers worldwide at the 2026 Manhattan Short Film Festival, selecting the Mexican short film \u201cNever Give Up\u201d as their top choice.<\/p>\n

The festival, presented locally by Redlands Cinema Classic at Harkins Mountain Grove 16 on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, invited audiences to vote for their favorite short film and actor alongside viewers at participating venues around the world.<\/p>\n

While Redlands audiences favored \u201cNever Give Up,\u201d the festival’s global gold medal for best film went to \u201cLife Goes On,\u201d a British comedy-drama written and directed by husband-and-wife team Kat Butterfield and Daniel Audritt.<\/p>\n

The film follows a hospice patient awaiting death who finds himself trapped in a time loop, with each day restarting whenever his heart stops.<\/p>\n

\u201cLife Goes On\u201d also earned the festival’s best actor award for David Bradley, who portrays Bill. Bradley said the script struck him immediately and that he knew he wanted to take the role.<\/p>\n

The silver medal went to \u201cWhen the Sea Was Calm,\u201d a silent, handcrafted animated film from Georgia. Animated by Mamuka Tkeshelashvili and produced by Vladimer Katcharava, the film explores memories of prewar Sokhumi through a story of childhood, first love, exile and the hope of returning home.<\/p>\n

\u201cNever Give Up,\u201d written and directed by Tam\u00e1s Yvan Topol\u00e1nszky, received the bronze medal. The film follows a young boy attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border, guided by his mother’s final words to never give up.<\/p>\n

How Redlands audiences voted<\/p>\n

Local moviegoers ranked the three films in a different order than the global results:<\/p>\n

Gold: \u201cNever Give Up\u201d \u2014 MexicoSilver: \u201cWhen the Sea Was Calm\u201d \u2014 GeorgiaBronze: \u201cLife Goes On\u201d \u2014 United Kingdom<\/p>\n

Redlands audiences also favored Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda G\u00f3mez of \u201cNever Give Up\u201d for best actor, placing him seven votes ahead of global winner David Bradley of \u201cLife Goes On.\u201d<\/p>\n

The annual Manhattan Short Film Festival<\/a> brings international short films to theaters and other screening venues around the world, allowing audiences to participate in selecting the winners.<\/p>\n

Learn more about the Redlands Cinema Classic here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Arts & Entertainment \u201cNever Give Up\u201d was the top choice among Redlands audiences, while the British short film…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374381,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-374380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374380","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374380"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374380\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}