HELP KEEP ROOFTOP FILMS ALIVE IN 2010
As 2009 winds down, we at Rooftop Films would like to thank you for helping make this our most successful year ever, despite challenging circumstances. At the beginning of the year, the financial crisis dealt Rooftop a number of serious blows. We had to make some painful cutbacks, but thanks to your support—by buying tickets, submitting films, making donations—we were able to present our 13th annual Summer Series as planned. We are still facing financial difficulties, but with your help, we can make it to see another summer of "Underground Movies Outdoors" in 2010.
Please make a tax-deductible donation today. Your donation – whether its $1,000 or $100 or $10 – is crucial to that effort.
THANKS!
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Still playing at Cinema Village
Venue: Cinema Village
Address: 22 East 12TH Street
Screenings: All week Through December 17th
Tickets: $11.00 online or at the theater or call (212) 924-3363 for tickets and showtimes
In William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe, filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late radical civil rights lawyer. In the 1960s and 70s, William Kunstler fought for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr. and represented the famed “Chicago 8” activists who protested the Vietnam War. When the inmates took over Attica prison, or when the American Indian Movement stood up to the federal government at Wounded Knee, they asked Kunstler to be their lawyer.
To his daughters, it seemed that he was at the center of everything important that had ever happened. But when they were growing up, Kunstler represented some of the most reviled members of society, including rapists and assassins. This powerful film not only recounts the historic causes that Kunstler fought for; it also reveals a man that even his own daughters did not always understand, a man who risked public outrage and the safety of his family so that justice could serve all.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE | BUY TICKETS | WATCH TRAILER
Alex Karpovsky's Woodpecker now on DVD
Carnivalesque Films is pleased to announce the DVD release of Woodpecker. Woodpecker is available on Netflix, Amazon, Best Buy.com, Barnes and Noble.com, Borders.com, Circuitcity.com, and www.carnivalesquefilms.com. If you have a local video store please request a copy. Woodpecker screened at Rooftop Films so if you missed it then here is your chance. Please pick up your copy now and enjoy some wonderful independent film!
OFFICIAL WEBSITE |CARNIVALESQUE
FULL BATTLE RATTLE NOW ON DVD
FULL BATTLE RATTLE is a revelatory look at the soul of the American war machine - an astonishing journey inside a once top-secret military base where U.S. soldiers train to confront a new kind of enemy.
In California's Mojave Desert, the U.S. Army has built a billion dollar urban warfare simulation - a cluster of towns and villages modeled on counterparts in the Middle East, complete with full-time residents played by Iraqi Americans. With un-restricted access, the filmmakers follow an Army Battalion through the simulation as they attempt to bring peace and prosperity to one village perched on the brink of civil war.
From the moment this stunningly realistic war game begins, the stakes are high and the emotions at fever pitch. As reality and fantasy collide, FULL BATTLE RATTLE moves from comic to surreal to poignant - revealing the challenges and perhaps futility in "liberating" people half a world away.
FULL BATTLE RATTLE screened with Rooftop in Fall 2008 and was an official selection of the Berlin International Film Festival and received the Special Jury Prize from the SXSW Film Festival.
"I still don't know whether to laugh or cry."
- RICHARD WOODWARD, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
"Utterly stunning. It would be a sublime satire if it wasn't horribly true."
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER, THE TIMES OF LONDON
TRAILER | OFFICIAL WEBSITE
THE MARKET AT THE OLD AMERICAN CAN FACTORY
A curated makers market of art and design products and services.
The Market is a new place to find art and wares designed and manufactured by a broad community of creative makers and organizations, including many based at The (OA) Can Factory. The Market, open 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month, is located in the restored garage of the The (OA) Can Factory, an historic industrial complex that is a curated haven to more than 200 artists, artisans, designers, filmmakers, publishers and non-profit organizations. The Market accompanies other cultural venues based there including Rooftop Films and Issue Project Room.
Information at www.thecanfactorymarket.org
As 2009 winds down, we at Rooftop Films would like to thank you for helping make this our most successful year ever, despite challenging circumstances. At the beginning of the year, the financial crisis dealt Rooftop a number of serious blows. We had to make some painful cutbacks, but thanks to your support—by buying tickets, submitting films, making donations—we were able to present our 13th annual Summer Series as planned. We are still facing financial difficulties, but with your help, we can make it to see another summer of "Underground Movies Outdoors" in 2010. Please make a tax-deductible donation today. Your donation – whether its $1,000 or $100 or $10 – is crucial to that effort.
THANKS!
William Kunstler: Disturbing the Universe
Still playing at Cinema Village
Venue: Cinema Village Address: 22 East 12TH Street
Screenings: All week Through December 17th
Tickets: $11.00 online or at the theater or call (212) 924-3363 for tickets and showtimes
In William Kunstler: Disturbing The Universe, filmmakers Emily Kunstler and Sarah Kunstler explore the life of their father, the late radical civil rights lawyer. In the 1960s and 70s, William Kunstler fought for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr. and represented the famed “Chicago 8” activists who protested the Vietnam War. When the inmates took over Attica prison, or when the American Indian Movement stood up to the federal government at Wounded Knee, they asked Kunstler to be their lawyer.
To his daughters, it seemed that he was at the center of everything important that had ever happened. But when they were growing up, Kunstler represented some of the most reviled members of society, including rapists and assassins. This powerful film not only recounts the historic causes that Kunstler fought for; it also reveals a man that even his own daughters did not always understand, a man who risked public outrage and the safety of his family so that justice could serve all.
OFFICIAL WEBSITE | BUY TICKETS | WATCH TRAILER
Alex Karpovsky's Woodpecker now on DVD
Carnivalesque Films is pleased to announce the DVD release of Woodpecker. Woodpecker is available on Netflix, Amazon, Best Buy.com, Barnes and Noble.com, Borders.com, Circuitcity.com, and www.carnivalesquefilms.com. If you have a local video store please request a copy. Woodpecker screened at Rooftop Films so if you missed it then here is your chance. Please pick up your copy now and enjoy some wonderful independent film!OFFICIAL WEBSITE |CARNIVALESQUE
FULL BATTLE RATTLE NOW ON DVD
FULL BATTLE RATTLE is a revelatory look at the soul of the American war machine - an astonishing journey inside a once top-secret military base where U.S. soldiers train to confront a new kind of enemy.
In California's Mojave Desert, the U.S. Army has built a billion dollar urban warfare simulation - a cluster of towns and villages modeled on counterparts in the Middle East, complete with full-time residents played by Iraqi Americans. With un-restricted access, the filmmakers follow an Army Battalion through the simulation as they attempt to bring peace and prosperity to one village perched on the brink of civil war.
From the moment this stunningly realistic war game begins, the stakes are high and the emotions at fever pitch. As reality and fantasy collide, FULL BATTLE RATTLE moves from comic to surreal to poignant - revealing the challenges and perhaps futility in "liberating" people half a world away.
FULL BATTLE RATTLE screened with Rooftop in Fall 2008 and was an official selection of the Berlin International Film Festival and received the Special Jury Prize from the SXSW Film Festival.
"I still don't know whether to laugh or cry."
- RICHARD WOODWARD, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
"Utterly stunning. It would be a sublime satire if it wasn't horribly true."
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER, THE TIMES OF LONDON
TRAILER | OFFICIAL WEBSITE
THE MARKET AT THE OLD AMERICAN CAN FACTORY
A curated makers market of art and design products and services.
The Market is a new place to find art and wares designed and manufactured by a broad community of creative makers and organizations, including many based at The (OA) Can Factory. The Market, open 2nd and 4th Sundays of each month, is located in the restored garage of the The (OA) Can Factory, an historic industrial complex that is a curated haven to more than 200 artists, artisans, designers, filmmakers, publishers and non-profit organizations. The Market accompanies other cultural venues based there including Rooftop Films and Issue Project Room.
Information at www.thecanfactorymarket.org SUBMIT YOUR MOVIES TO ROOFTOP FILMS
RENT EQUIPMENT FROM ROOFTOP FILMS
•QUALITY EQUIPMENT AT LOW RATES
•PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT
•DELIVERY, SET UP AND PICK UP AVAILABLE
•DISCOUNT RATES FOR ARTISTS, FILMMAKERS AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
RATES & INFO | CALL US AT 718.417.7362
Do you or your company want to set up your own screening? Looking for a quality digital projector to use in your theatrical production, for a movie backdrop, for a business presentation, at your party, wedding, or for anything else? Rooftop Films has the lowest rates in New York for quality professional digital video projector and sound system rentals, and we can supply quality screen and projector rentals at cheap rates, as well as provide inexpensive delivery and technical assistance for events anywhere in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island, Queens, Westchester or New Jersey. Plus, whenever you rent from Rooftop Films you help to support one of the most exciting community film organizations in New York and make it possible for us to continue to bring amazing films to rooftops all over the city.
If you are interested in renting equipment, please call (718) 417-7362 or email Rent * at * rooftopfilms * dot * com
2008-09 ROOFTOP FILM FUND
RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
Rooftop Films not only exhibits films from around the world, we also collaborate with the filmmakers whose work we screen to make new movies through the Rooftop Filmmakers' Fund and Production Collective. So often, filmmakers spend so much of their resources making one film that it's hard for them to produce another. But unlike festivals which give away awards for filmmakers' past work, the Rooftop Filmmakers Fund is an opportunity to help deserving filmmakers make their next movie.
THE 2008-2009 ROOFTOP FILMS & EDGEWORX POST-PRODUCTION GRANT IS AWARDED TO
Ian Cheney for The City Dark
THE ROOFTOP FILMS & EASTERN EFFECTS EQUIPMENT GRANT IS AWARDED TO
Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
THE 2008-2009 ROOFTOP FILMS AND
THE CHICKEN & EGG FUND SHORT FILM GRANT
WINNER IS
Sara Zia Ebrahimi for
Norman Schwartzkopf Made Me Gay
THE 2008-2009 ROOFTOP FILMMAKERS’ FUND
SHORT FILM GRANTS WINNER ARE
Moon Molson for
Crazy Beats Strong Every Time
James M. Johnston for
Knife
And
Dustin Guy Defa for
We Have No Home
READ MORE ABOUT THE AWARD AND RECIPIENTS
RENT OFFICE SPACE FROM ROOFTOP FILMS
For the last 5 years, Rooftop Films has had our offices in The Old American Can Factory, at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street, along the border between Park Slope and Gowanus.
Since our staff shrinks a bit in the fall and winter, we have some extra space available in our lovely and spacious office, so we are looking for subletters for at least the next 6 months (perhaps longer). There are a number of different configurations available.
High speed internet access is available, as well as furnished offices with desks and even computers. If you are interested in taking a look at the space or have any questions, please email Dan Nuxoll at dan@rooftopfilms.com. Feel free to forward this email along to others.
Submit your movies! We are currently accepting submissions for the 2010
Summer Series. In May 2010 we will begin
celebrating our 14th year of bringing the best underground films in
the world outdoors and to the rooftops of New
York. Submit your films and videos now and participate in one of the
most unforgettable, unique, filmmaker-friendly,
independent film events in the world! You can submit directly to us by downloading the submission form or you can submit via Without A Box.
Deadlines
Earlybird: $9, postmarked by December 5, 2009
Regular: $15, postmarked by January 15, 2010
Late: $20, postmarked by February 15, 20010
Without A Box Extended: $20, March 1, 2010*
* Without A Box members only.
Please read all of our guidelines and regulations prior to sending in your submission.
RENT EQUIPMENT FROM ROOFTOP FILMS
•QUALITY EQUIPMENT AT LOW RATES •PROFESSIONAL TECHNICAL SUPPORT
•DELIVERY, SET UP AND PICK UP AVAILABLE
•DISCOUNT RATES FOR ARTISTS, FILMMAKERS AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
RATES & INFO | CALL US AT 718.417.7362
Do you or your company want to set up your own screening? Looking for a quality digital projector to use in your theatrical production, for a movie backdrop, for a business presentation, at your party, wedding, or for anything else? Rooftop Films has the lowest rates in New York for quality professional digital video projector and sound system rentals, and we can supply quality screen and projector rentals at cheap rates, as well as provide inexpensive delivery and technical assistance for events anywhere in Manhattan, Brooklyn, the Bronx, Staten Island, Queens, Westchester or New Jersey. Plus, whenever you rent from Rooftop Films you help to support one of the most exciting community film organizations in New York and make it possible for us to continue to bring amazing films to rooftops all over the city.
If you are interested in renting equipment, please call (718) 417-7362 or email Rent * at * rooftopfilms * dot * com
2008-09 ROOFTOP FILM FUND
RECIPIENTS ANNOUNCED
Rooftop Films not only exhibits films from around the world, we also collaborate with the filmmakers whose work we screen to make new movies through the Rooftop Filmmakers' Fund and Production Collective. So often, filmmakers spend so much of their resources making one film that it's hard for them to produce another. But unlike festivals which give away awards for filmmakers' past work, the Rooftop Filmmakers Fund is an opportunity to help deserving filmmakers make their next movie.THE 2008-2009 ROOFTOP FILMS & EDGEWORX POST-PRODUCTION GRANT IS AWARDED TO
Ian Cheney for The City Dark
THE ROOFTOP FILMS & EASTERN EFFECTS EQUIPMENT GRANT IS AWARDED TO
Benh Zeitlin for Beasts of the Southern Wild
THE 2008-2009 ROOFTOP FILMS AND
THE CHICKEN & EGG FUND SHORT FILM GRANT
WINNER IS
Sara Zia Ebrahimi for
Norman Schwartzkopf Made Me Gay
THE 2008-2009 ROOFTOP FILMMAKERS’ FUND
SHORT FILM GRANTS WINNER ARE
Moon Molson for
Crazy Beats Strong Every Time
James M. Johnston for
Knife
And
Dustin Guy Defa for
We Have No Home
READ MORE ABOUT THE AWARD AND RECIPIENTS
RENT OFFICE SPACE FROM ROOFTOP FILMS
For the last 5 years, Rooftop Films has had our offices in The Old American Can Factory, at the corner of 3rd Avenue and 3rd Street, along the border between Park Slope and Gowanus. Since our staff shrinks a bit in the fall and winter, we have some extra space available in our lovely and spacious office, so we are looking for subletters for at least the next 6 months (perhaps longer). There are a number of different configurations available.
High speed internet access is available, as well as furnished offices with desks and even computers. If you are interested in taking a look at the space or have any questions, please email Dan Nuxoll at dan@rooftopfilms.com. Feel free to forward this email along to others.
