Directions:
F,J,M,Z to Delancey; or B, D, Q to Grand Street
We head across
the river to the the roof of the Lower East Side's Open
Road Rooftop Project for our official opening night
on Friday, June 8th, followed by a raucous after-party
down the block at Fontana's,
with plenty of free drinks for all in attendance, courtesy
of Dewar's and Martin Miller's Gin.
There's too much information to share all at once, but
here's a taste of what will be coming your way after
that:
INCREDIBLE
NEW MOVIES
COUPLED WITH FANTASTIC VENUES
Jeremy
Saulnier's Murder Party
In 2007, we'll be coupling films and neighborhoods in
unique ways that no other festival does, using these
amazing but under-seen films to create meaningful connections
within communities.
In 2007, we'll be coupling films and neighborhoods in
unique ways that no other festival does, using these
amazing but under-seen films to create meaningful connections
within communities.
*Losers and Winners (directed by Ulrike
Franke & Michael Loeken, winner of Best Documentary
at Hot Docs), an extraordinary film about 400 Chinese
workers who break down a massive German industrial plant
and ship it back to their homeland, will be screening
at The Old American Can Factory, a converted factory
complex in Gowanus, Brooklyn, as part of our INDUSTRIANCE¦
series of films exploring the changing landscape in
industry, manufacturing, architecture and agriculture.
*Murder Party (directed by Jeremy Saulnier),
a horror-comedy set in the industrial wastelands of
Brooklyn, will be screening at Automotive High School,
in the midst of the factories, warehouses and artists
lofts of Williamsburg.
*Hard Road Home (directed by Macky
Alston & Andrea Meller) -- a documentary about the
people at the Exodus Transitional Community, a program
in Harlem dedicated to breaking the cycle of incarceration
that ensnares so many -- will be screening on the roof
of El Museo del Barrio, just a few blocks from where
the film was shot.
*Our ever-popular annual "New York Non-Fiction"
short film program -- movies about New York”s dirty
secrets, unexpected urban splendor, and the people,
communities and cultures you won”t find anywhere else
-- will be screened atop the Open Road Rooftop Project,
a new community space at New Design High School in the
Lower East Side.
*We will be collaborating with The Friends of
the High Line, a non-profit organization dedicated
to the preservation and reuse of the elevated railway
that runs along the West Side of Manhattan, to host
a screening on the roof of the Westbeth Center, showing
short films which will express the potential vibrancy
and unique urban wilderness of the High Line.
*And on the 4th of July, we will be at the pier at Solar
One, co-hosting our "Un-American Films"
event, a huge party including an open bar, great food,
live music, edgy stand-up comedy, and the best view
of the fireworks you'll find anywhere in the city!
*Other highlights include the New York and US premieres
of Perpetual Movements (Edgar Pera
| Portugal | feature doc.), Three Comrades
(Masja Novikova & Ramzan Mezhidov | Chechnya | feature
doc.), Welcome to Nollywood (Jamie
Meltzer | Nigeria | feature doc.), Dan Asher:
Near Life Experience (Stephanie Schwam | New
York, NY | feature doc.), Fish Kill Flea
(Brian Cassidy, Aaron Hillis & Jennifer Loeber |
Fish Kill & Brooklyn, NY | feature doc.), La
Devocion (Rex Hoss Thompson | Portland, OR
| feature narrative) and Freeheld (Cynthia
Wade | Freehold, NJ & Brooklyn, NY | feature doc.).
JUNE LINEUP
Atomium In/Out
, screening June 16th
As usual, we are starting off the summer with some of
our best fimls of the year. Here is our incredible June
schedule (tickets go on sale next week):
SAT. JUNE 2 Black + White = Grey
FREE SHOW!
Rooftop Films' Summer Series sneak preview. Quirky comedies,
startling dramas, and powerful political documentaries
about racial misunderstandings, subtle deceptions, and
flat-out lies.
On the lawn at Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn.
Music at 8:00
Films at 9:00
FRI., JUNE 8 This is what we mean by short filmsá
Opening Night! Little people in a big world; unique
individuals amidst overwhelming chaos. Simple films
with complex ideas; award-winning shorts that leave
a long impression.
On the roof of the Open Road Rooftop Project (Lower
East Side, Manhattan)
Music at 8:15
Films at 9:00
FRI., JUNE
15 New York Non-Fiction
It's your city. Take a look. Short films about New York”s
dirty secrets, unexpected urban splendor, and the people,
communities and cultures you won”t find anywhere else.
On the roof of the Open Road Rooftop Project
Music at 8:15
Films at 9:00
SAT., JUNE
16 INDUSTRIANCE¦ - Disaster Management
I sing the body electronic. Short films in which the
space age goes horribly wrong.
On the roof of The Old American Can Factory (Gowanus
/ Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Music at 8:15
Films at 9:00
FRI.,
JUNE 22 Eternal Love
Romantic short films about people committing their bodies,
beliefs and lives for love.
on the roof of the Open Road Rooftop Project
Music at 8:15
Films at 9:00
SAT., JUNE 23 Losers and Winners
The winner of the Best Intrenational Documentary Award
at Toronto's Hot-Docs festival tells the story of the
hundreds of Chinese laborers who move an entire industrial
plant from Germany to Asia.
On the roof
of The Old American Can Factory (Gowanus / Park Slope,
Brooklyn)
Music at 8:15
Films at 9:00
FRI.,
JUNE 29 Trapped Inside the Machine
Self-fulfilling prophecies & inescapable stories.
Beautiful, funny, weird short films about falling toward
fate.
On the lawn of Automotive High School (Williamsburg,
Brooklyn)
Music at 8:15
