Photography Show by Rooftop’s Sarah Palmer
Sarah Palmer, our stellar photographer (and former Festival Director, current Board Member) has her first solo show: AS A REAL HOUSE .
Rooftop Films at Hot Docs
Rooftop Films returns to the Up North for three very cool shows on a roof in Yorkville Toronto as an official part of Hot Docs 2010.
Summer Series 2010 Opens May 14
Rooftop Films’ Summer Series 2010 is right around the corner! We will be screening more than 125 new short and feature films from around the world, May 14th.
World Premiere for Rooftop Grantee Lee Isaac Chung
Rooftop Films / Eastern Effects Equipment Grant Recipient Lee Isaac Chung will have the world premiere of his feature Lucky Life at the Tribeca Film Festival on April 23, 2010.
Rooftop’s New Website
Rooftop Films has a newly redesigned site! We love it, so big thanks to Festology.com, Annica Lydenberg and Jeff Sisson for all their help.
Rooftop Alum Brent Green’s Art Show
Rooftop Films alum artist/filmmaker/musician Brent Green has a solo gallery show in Chelsea for artwork from his upcoming feature Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then, which will play at Rooftop on June 26.
CHECK OUT ST. NICK AT 92Y TRIBECA ON FEB. 27
PLUS a Q&A with Director David Lowery
(discount for Rooftop Fans)
One of the finest fiction films we’ve ever shown at Rooftop is coming back to NYC on February 27–David Lowery’s St. Nick. The soft-spoken, thought-provoking director will be in town for a Q&A at the 92Y Tribeca.
SEE OCTOBER COUNTRY THIS WEEK AT THE IFC CENTER
The film has gone on to dozens of festivals and won numerous awards. Now it’s coming out in theaters, and of course I can’t recommend a film more highly.
JOB OFFER: GUN VIOLENCE REPORTING INTENSIVE
Rooftop’s partners at DCTV are hiring 3 young filmmakers to go into NYC neighborhoods and document stories about gun violence.
SUNDANCE REVIEW: LUCY WALKER’S “WASTELAND” Because 99 Is Not 100
Vik Muniz is an internationally-acclaimed artist best known for his playful recreations of famous masterpieces using quotidian materials–the peanut butter and jelly Mona Lisa, for example. But coming from a lower class background in Brazil, Muniz is now developing an interest in breaking out of art world gags and doing something more global, more socially significant.