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.
Shorts Weather // Short Films: Announcing the 2015 Summer Series Shorts Lineup!
Rooftop Films began as a one night Short Film program on a roof in the Lower East Side. 19 years later we’ve grown a lot; we now have live music, after-parties, and a stellar features lineup, but we still maintain our dedication to shorts, a medium ripe with innovation, experimentation, and opportunity. Throughout the summer, […]
Time Machines, Tangerines, and Electric Queens: The 2015 Summer Series Opening Weekend and Features Lineup!
Rooftop Films is proud to announce our Opening Weekend, Features and select highlights of the 19th annual Rooftop Films Summer Series. This year’s series will feature over 40 outdoor screenings in 19 spectacular venues, with huge crowds, live music, special enhancements and the best in new, independent films from around the world. We kick things […]
Filmwax Radio Live: Montclair Film Festival Edition (Free Event!)
Filmwax Radio Live: Montclair Film Festival Edition, a free event, will take place Friday, April 24th, 6:45PM at Videology in Williamsburg with loads of guests from the festival.
DCTV Presents: An Informative Panel on Tax Preparation for Freelancers
Are you a freelancer dreading tax season? De-stress with our friends at DCTV this Monday 3/23 at their Making Taxes Less Taxing For Filmmakers panel!
Berlinale Review: Flotel Europa
The title of Vladmir Tomic’s personal documentary, Flotel Europa, references the site of his unconventional childhood home: a floating high-rise housing project in the port of Copenhagen. After leaving Sarajevo with his mother and brother in the summer of 1992, a twelve-year-old Tomic spent two formative years in a cramped cabin amidst over a thousand […]
Join the Rooftop Films Team this Summer
We are looking for two dedicated, creative individuals to join the Rooftop Films team this summer! Applications are due March 20, 2015.
Alumni Films Premiering in Theaters this Month!
Don’t wait until the weather is nice to get out and see some awesome films! Make March memorable and go watch one, two or all of these films from the 2014 Summer Series.
An Exciting Opportunity At UnionDocs for Aspiring Documentary Filmmakers
There’s a story you want to tell. There’s an image you need to record. You found a seed for a documentary. Ready to dive in? Apply for UnionDocs Summer Intensive program. Early-bird (no fee) deadline is March 2nd.
Help Support “Medina’s Dream” on Kickstarter
Andrew Berends, a dauntless storytelling-based director, spent 5 months in Sudan during war to be the voice for the voiceless. He tells the story of the refugees fighting to keep their culture and their people alive in “Medina’s Dream”. Pledge on Kickstarter and help him finish the story!