Short Films

We are big, big fans of Benh Zeitlin–we awarded him a grant to make a film called Glory at Sea that sounds absolutely amazing and is in production along the coastline in New Orleans as I write this. To find out why we like him so much, check out his amazing short film Egg, made […]

  I stumbled upon a few really great trailer remixes as I sifted through selections from Montreal’s Fantasia Festival. My two favorites are a West Side Story/28 Days Later mash up: West Side Story: The Edit and the best of the bunch was this Toy Story 2/Requiem for a Dream combo. I suppose I will […]

Check out this great short short (click the link and then click on “movies”) created by Alex Minick and Sam Crees and also check out all of the rest of their bizarre art, some of which doesn’t include aliens made out of hands.

Adam Philips is an extremely talented, imaginative and prolific animator from down under whose animation has won awards at major festivals all over the world…

  Ian Stewart made this film after spending a summer working as a camp counselor for a bunk full of boys who would regularly collaboratively improvise short stories. He recorded a bunch of their tales with his DAT, picked the best one and then animated their madness in his final year at RISD. You can […]

Directed by Richard Hearn and Sam Penfold, this beautiful short about the internal life of a lonely domestic dog was made on a budget of £4.90 (for ham and sausages), edited in-camera under the Joy of 8mm initiative, and makes most dog lovers cry every time they see it. Watch it here.

That big bad authoritative logo which appears before so many classic films sounds off about mortality and religion in this hilarious, chilling and insightful film from Dennis Palazzolo, with text by philosopher-artist Vito Acconci. A Rooftop classic now available on YouTube. Read about other films and check out our funky old website from when we […]

Check out this short about students at (Rooftop partner) Automotive High School in Brooklyn who have converted a diesel car into one that runs on grease from their cafeteria.

One of the main reasons we set up this blog is to link to all of our favorite shorts. We’ll keep linking to them one at a time, so check back in regularly and if you are a filmmaker whose work has shown with Rooftop in the past you should let us know if any […]