Short Film Program

Cemetery Shorts 2022

PLEASE NOTE: Online sales have ended, but tickets will be available for purchase at the door.

A bittersweet program about joy and sorrow, love and loss, celebration and mourning.

Love is Strange: Romance Shorts 2022

Short films about people who swiped right and the sexy, disastrous, hilarious, unexpected circumstances that ensued.

New York Non-Fiction 2022

PLEASE NOTE: Online sales are now sold out, but a limited number of tickets will be available for purchase at the door, starting at 7:00 PM.

It’s your city. Take a look!

This is What We Mean by Short Films: Opening Night 2022

For 26 years, Rooftop has celebrated the start of the summer with the best shorts of the past year. Come party with us at the cemetery!

PLEASE NOTE: This event is sold out online, but limited standby will be available at the door after 8:45 PM.

NewFest: Shorts: Brief Encounters

These encounters might be brief but the promise of romance is in the air, so invite your crush and prepare to swoon together.

The Frame: Rooftop Films & lululemon NYC

Join Rooftop Films and lululemon NYC for a short film journey through our shared human emotions.

New York Non-Fiction 2021

NYC’s still got it. Come see for yourself.

Juneteenth Celebration: (RE)VISION

651 ARTS presents, in association with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Rooftop Films, its inaugural Juneteenth commemoration!

Juneteenth Celebration: (RE)VISION

651 ARTS presents, in association with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and Rooftop Films, its inaugural Juneteenth commemoration!

This is What We Mean by Short Films: Opening Night 2021

Join us for the opening night of our landmark 25th Summer Series with an evening of unforgettable new short films under the stars!