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

Filmmaker Stephen Winter is the guest on this Fandor-sponsored episode of the podcast. Stephen’s new film Jason and Shirley just had its world premiere at BAMcinemaFest. The film is a fictional account of the day Shirley Clarke shot her seminal doc, Portrait of Jason. Catch Jason and Shirley at film festivals this summer and watch Portrait of Jason on Fandor starting June 19.

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

The guests on this episode of the podcast include two good Jewish boys, actor Jason Schwartzman (The Overnight, 7 Chinese Brothers) and filmmaker Nathan Silver (Stinking Heaven, Uncertain Terms). This episode is sponsored by Hell’s Half Mile Film & Music Festival.

Musician William Fitzsimmons with his new album Pittsburgh; film editor Zac Stuart-Pontier in a segment sponsored by editstock.com; and the director of the new horror film, We Are Still Here, Ted Geoghegan with a returning Larry Fessenden.

My guests on this Fandor-sponsored episode of the podcast are filmmaker Andrew Bujalski and actor Kevin Corrigan. Their new film, Results, opens in theaters & on VOD Friday, May 29th.

The Director of Programming for the Brooklyn Film Festival, Bryce Renninger, whose 18th season begins on Friday, May 29th; I Believe in Unicorns director & founder of Film Fatales, Leah Meyerhoff; and filmmaker Josh Alexander are all guests.

Comedy impresario, author, stand-up, and so much more, Jeffrey Gurian is on the podcast.

Guests include Lucia Small whose collaboration with the late Ed Pincus, the documentary One Cut, One Life opens 5/13 at the IFC Center in NYC; and artistic director of the Hamptons International Film Festival, David Nugent.

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, […]