If I had to pick my absolute favorite moment of the Rooftop 2011 Summer Series, I would say that it wasn’t a screening itself. It occurred during the day before a screening…

I truly have loved every Rooftop Film we’ve picked this summer. They’re always characterized by one thing, showcasing how differently people live, and how differently they can look at life. But if asked to choose the one film that I’ll most remember and take away with me, it has to be La Bocca del Lupo, a beautiful documentary about love and memory in the enigmatic seaport city of Genoa.

From my first day at the office to now, the most important thing I’ve learned about working at Rooftop Films is… it is what you make of it. This small, sometimes high stress environment is also the most intensive creative environment, and one from which I have learned a lot.

Get your tickets now for Saturday’s program of screenings, panel discussions and social networking with discounted tickets for Rooftop Films Fans.

Apply now for the UnionDocs Collaborative, a one or two year program for emerging documentary artists.

Advance tickets for “Hopelessly Devoted” are sold out. There will be some tickets available at the door starting at 7:30.
Get tickets now for Saturday’s show, Engwkentro (“Clash”), and for next week’s shows, before they sell out, too.
(Photo by Chris La Putt from Brooklyn Vegan.)

My first day at Sundance
went pretty smoothly, especially considering that I had to wake up at 4 AM to
catch my plane and that they had to make an emergency landing when someone fell
seriously ill over the Midwest. I didn’t get into Park City until 2 PM, yet
still managed to catch four films and get back [...]

*Did you know that Rooftop Films is 2-1 tickets in the rain?If you come to a show that is held indoors because of rain, you get a free ticket to another show. Same great movies, new great deal. 

E.L.A.: Love at First Byte (Fernando Sarmiento | Argentina | 10:00) A hilariously disquieting 1980s-style mash-up of sci-fi kid’s [...]

Getting back to Rooftop’s roots as a guerrilla screening series, on Saturday May 30, following the screening of Zachary Levy’s documentary Strongman, Stanless Steel, the star of the film, raced time and defied all laws of common sense and safety, in order to lie in the street (on a leopard print rug, no less) and let a truck [...]

I’ve been asked by IndieWire, the Tribeca Film Festival and the SoHo Apple Store to moderate a discussion with actor-turned-short filmmaker Matthew Modine. Along with his successful acting career, Matthew has now moved behind the lens and directed four very different short films. We’ll be screening his latest film, I Think I Thought, a 2008 [...]