According to an exemplary embodiment of the present system and method, a display device includes: a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas and a thin film transistor region; a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the substrate; a pixel electrode formed in each of the pixel areas and connected to a corresponding thin film transistor; a color filter layer formed on the pixel electrode to be spaced apart from the pixel electrode by a microcavity disposed in between; a plurality of connection microcavities formed in the thin film transistor region and connecting microcavities in a column; and a liquid crystal material filling the microcavities and the connection microcavities.