Kickstart An Alumni World Premiere at Slamdance
Alumni filmmaker Keith Miller’s first feature film has been accepted, and will make its world premiere at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival! Before they can head to Utah they need to make a few finishing touches, so they’ve launched a Kickstarter campaign and they need your help!
The City Dark Brightens Screens at IFC this Jan
After months of touring festivals and screens around the country, the 2009 Filmmakers Fund Grantee Ian Cheney’s “The City Dark” has returned for its theatrical premiere at the IFC Center on January 18th.
Lesbian Space Aliens Invade Brooklyn!
Need a break from the post-holiday winter doldrums? (Has it only been a week?) Laugh it off all weekend at reRun at the theatrical premiere of Madeline Olnek’s sci-fi comedy film “Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same.”
“Fake It So Real” at ReRun Jan 13-19
Filmmaker Robert Greene dares to bring his documentary Fake It So Real back to Brooklyn? Not in our house!
Are You a Part of the Rooftop Community?
Did you attend a Rooftop event this year? Did you screen a film, watch shorts online, rent equipment, or partake in all that Rooftop Films has to offer? If so, you are part of the Rooftop Community, and we need your support.
Kickstart a Sundance Premiere!
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.
Support “Delta Boys” on Kickstarter
Andy Berends is a daring and very smart filmmaker, as well as a Rooftop alum (We showed Adnaan’s feature When Adnaan Comes Home back in 2007). His latest project looks fantastic, so take a look at his trailer and help him finish his film!
ROOFTOP FILMS PRESENTS “FILMS FOR THE OCCUPATION” SERIES
Four nights of activist films screening for free in Manhattan and Brooklyn, Dec. 13-16!
SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO NEXT WEEK
And no, it does not involve bar hopping in the Village in weird costumes (although it does involve superheroes!).
The First Annual Greenpoint Film Festival
The first annual Greenpoint Film Festival will take place this Halloween weekend. The festivities began last night with a world premiere from legendary NYC filmmaker and curator, Jonas Mekas.