Short Film Program

An evocative program of docu-shorts exploring catastrophe not as spectacle, but as lived experience—charting the emotional and physical aftermath of a world in constant upheaval.

Romance, in all its mess and magic, takes shape in this program of short films tracing the surprising, imperfect ways people fall in (and out of) love—or almost do.

As humanity hurtles toward an uncertain future both online and off, these shorts explore digital identity, artificial intimacy, invisible labor, and the search for meaning in an algorithmic age.

A mind-bending program of animated shorts exploring worlds on the edge of coherence, where reality fractures, blurring the line between dream logic and waking nightmare.

A thrilling program of surprising, surreal, and even sinister shorts featuring some of our favorite off-kilter genre films of the year.

Through documentaries, narratives, and formally adventurous shorts, this program examines humanity’s complicated stewardship of land, animals, food systems, and one another.

Celebrate the start of Rooftop’s landmark 30th season with a dazzling night of new short films under the stars, three decades in the making.

Close out Rooftop’s landmark 30th season with a standout program of new short films after a summer of screenings across the city.

A vibrant collection of Spanish-language shorts exploring adolescence and desire, strained relationships, and the blurred line between lived experience and inherited myth.

NYC Pride takes center stage in this radiant program of LGBTQIA+ short films from around the world, pulsing with self-invention, resistance, and the intimate acts of becoming and belonging.