Rooftop Alum

Jessica contributed to the Rooftop project Orbit(film),” and her next project brings us back down to the outer fringes of Earth. Jessica spent a year in Finland with the Aatsinki family, but she needs your help bringing their story to the screen!

Help Rooftop alum and Filmmakers’ Fund grantee PJ Raval complete his latest film, “Untitled Gay Retirement Documentary” following the lives of three male LGBT seniors. Raval needs to raise $10,000 by May 28th to finish shooting the project.

We are pleased to announce that the debut feature by Rooftop alumni Terence Nance has been selected to make its world premiere at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival! But he needs your help to make it there.

And no, it does not involve bar hopping in the Village in weird costumes (although it does involve superheroes!).

Hi. My name is Gillian Robespierre. I’m a writer/director attending the 2011 IFP Emerging Narrative project forum with my script Obvious Child. It’s a romantic comedy with an abortion. Yes, it’s a comedy.

Doesn’t everyone?

We’ve had some really nice interest in the project. It sounds nice now, but that might change later on when they say, “You know what? It’s not for us.” I like to keep expectations low. That way you don’t get your hopes up. And that way they can’t come crashing down.

[In Photo: Alex Ross Perry] Steve Perry – Don’t stop believing. Alex Ross Perry – Do stop believing.

A few things I’ve learned over the years from going into “pitch” meetings.

Just as Kanye West arrived in Austin to play ACL, I arrived in NYC to kick some serious IFP ass. Well, I hope, anyway. We’ll see how that ass kicking goes.