Short Films

2016: A Season of Can’t Miss Shorts at Rooftop Films

2016: A Season of Can’t Miss Shorts at Rooftop Films

Shorts and Rooftop Films go together like apple pie and vanilla ice cream: they’re a match made in heaven.

SHORT CUTS: Winter Wonderland (From the Co-Director of Finders Keepers)

SHORT CUTS: Winter Wonderland (From the Co-Director of Finders Keepers)

It’s winter in August in this week’s Short Cut.

SHORT CUTS: What Is Love

SHORT CUTS: What Is Love

Watch some delightfully unexpected meditations on matters of the heart.

SHORT CUTS: Pho·to·vol·ta·ic (By Khalik Allah)

SHORT CUTS: Pho·to·vol·ta·ic (By Khalik Allah)

In Pho·to·vol·ta·ic, Khalik Allah foregrounds the complementary relationship between film and photography.

SHORT CUTS: The Mystery of Flying Kicks (From the Director of Sam Klemke’s Time Machine)

SHORT CUTS: The Mystery of Flying Kicks (From the Director of Sam Klemke’s Time Machine)

What are shoes doing hanging from telephone wires? Investigate with Matthew Bate, director of Sam Klemke’s Time Machine, in this week’s Short Cut.

SHORT CUTS: New York Non-Fiction

SHORT CUTS: New York Non-Fiction

New York Non-Fiction is coming up! Here are a few doc short highlights from previous years.

SHORT CUTS: Delivery (From the Directors of Welcome to Leith)

SHORT CUTS: Delivery (From the Directors of Welcome to Leith)

Bike with pizza delivery man Bill Meier in Delivery, a 2014 short from Welcome to Leith directors Michael Beach Nichols and Christopher K. Walker.

Down the Rabbit Hole: Outsider, Amateur, and Underground Films

Down the Rabbit Hole: Outsider, Amateur, and Underground Films

This Friday, the Outsider Art Fair is hosting a free series of shorts that highlight outsider, amateur, and underground films made completely away from the eye of a big production company.

Meet the Filmmaker: Trey Edwards Shults (Krisha)

Meet the Filmmaker: Trey Edwards Shults (Krisha)

We spoke with director Trey Edwards Shults about the process behind his intense short film, and the project’s future as a feature. Krisha screens on Saturday, August 16 as part of our closing night celebration Rooftop Shots. Tickets are on sale now!

Meet the Filmmaker: Alexander Carson (Numbers and Friends)

Meet the Filmmaker: Alexander Carson (Numbers and Friends)

Numbers and Friends screens Saturday, August 16 as part of our closing night celebration, Rooftop Shots! Tickets are on sale now!

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