TheManhattan Film Festival (MFF) is an annualfilm festival that was founded in 2006 by filmmakers Philip J. Nelson and Jose Ruiz Jr.^[1]

• In 2011, the festival screenedWhite Irish Drinkers, a film written and directed byJohn Gray, creator of theCBS seriesGhost Whisperer.
• In 2011,Jeff Stewart won Best Actor for his role inUnder Jakob's Ladder. Stewart is best known in theUnited Kingdom for his role as Reg Hollis in the ITV seriesThe Bill.
• In 2013,Yuck! A 4th Grader's Documentary About School Lunch was screened at the festival: a 20-minute documentary by 11-year-old Zachary Maxwell, an elementary school student inLittle Italy, Manhattan, who used a hidden camera to document the school lunches his school served, which often did not resemble those listed on the Department of Education's online menus.^[2][3]

• Manhattan Film Festival – Official Site

• Film festivals in New York City
• Festivals in Manhattan
• Culture of Manhattan

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