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BATTLE FOR BROOKLYN follows the story of reluctant activist Daniel Goldstein as he struggles to save his home and community from being demolished to make way for a...

FREE SHOW!

Rooftop Films is proud to partner with Fangoria, IFC Midnight, and Films in Australia to present a special free screening of this exciting new thriller, a...

Submit your movies! In May 2012, Rooftop will begin celebrating our 16th year of bringing the best underground films in the world outdoors and to the rooftops of New...

On-stage conversation with Don Hertzfeldt at all shows! Acclaimed animator Don Hertzfeldt will appear in person to present his newest film and a selection of his...

On-stage conversation with Don Hertzfeldt at all shows! Acclaimed animator Don Hertzfeldt will appear in person to present his newest film and a selection of his...

FREE SHOW!

Celebrate Earth Day under the stars. BBC AMERICA and Rooftop Films present a special screening of episode one of the uncut, David Attenborough-narrated original...

Austin TX

An omnibus of short films about our solar system, commissioned and created by Cinemad and Rooftop Films.

Sold Out

At Rooftop, we have always envisioned our Opening Night show as a rebellion against stale cinematic forms and status quo stories. This year, revolution is in the...

Sold Out

As things unravel for a struggling single mother in Las Vegas, she must decide what she's willing to give up to get by.

Door Tix

In this dynamic program of comedy, animation, drama and documentary, people on the mad margins of society express a creative vision of the world that is alluring and...

door tix

Spooky folk tales, harrowing home movies, and daring documentaries about people (and creatures) caught in complex webs.

door tix

An evening of health care activism based around a character-driven documentary, going inside a hospital struggling to care for a community of uninsured patients as...

Heavy Girls is a comedy of sorts that follows the lives of Sven, his dementia suffering mother Edeltraut and her married male home care worker Daniel; touching on...

Enjoyably evil animation.

Special Sneak Preview. In 2010, Indian-American filmmaker Virkam Gandhi went to Phoenix and invented a spiritual workshop from scratch. Amazingly enough, people...

In the fields, one sees them, wide in grass or grazing peacefully. Large placid animals which one believes to know because they are livestock. Lions, gorillas, bear...

A hit at the 2012 Berlinale,This Ain’t California takes a look at the transformation of Germany over the course of 40 years through the lens of three skateboarder...

Every life has its share of hardship, and yet we persevere. Every society encounters disaster, yet we survive. Some people press on stubbornly, ignoring the...

Caveh Zahedi might face a fatwah for this provocative and darkly amusing look at his inability to make a boundary-pushing movie for the Sharjah Biennial.

When depressed fat kid Troy’s attempt to throw himself in front of a bus is thwarted by drug-addicted musical genius Marcus, the two are thrown into an adventure...

A young couple flee a violent past in this visceral road trip through the desolate bywater towns of Florida.

The always-loony Zellner brothers churn out a bizarre southern-fried tale of a young girl who finds a mysterious woman trapped in a hole in the forest.

On June 16, the Sundance Institute returns to BAM to host the ShortsLab, an all-day educational workshop. The Sundance-organized seminar of screenings and panels...

Starring and featuring original songs by Alexandra Clayton, I Think It’s Raining is a music-infused San Francisco portrait of a woman at odds with who she once was...

Nance’s explosively creative debut feature documents the relationship between Terence and a woman as they teeter on the divide between platonic and romantic.

Romantic short films about the unusual nature of love in the modern world

A young, gay New Yorker decides to have a baby with his best friend from college, but neither of them is sure what they really want from the arrangement. Screening...

Tim Heidecker stars in this black comedy about a self-absorbed, filthy-rich, obnoxious hipster, insulting his friends and condescending to strangers, and yet somehow...

Some things can only happen in New York: people coming together from different walks of life, a humble worker becoming a living legend. Here, some things always go...

In rural China, young, poor students are recruited for national boxing academies. Given the chance to become Olympic champions, they must choose to fight for the...

On America’s birthday, we celebrate the diversity, daring, and charm of our country, in a program of short films that is funny, revelatory, dramatic and...

Free Show!

Many of the most innovative films and filmmakers in the world are coming out of Brooklyn. Kicking off our series in Downtown BK, we present daring shorts by local...

Rooftop Films and XO Projects’ annual INDUSTRIANCE™ show presents visually astonishing and intellectually stimulating films that examine the changing landscape...

As long-time supporters of the short as its own distinct medium, Rooftop is proud once again to collaborate with Clermont-Ferrand on a program of genre-bending...

Captured in breathtaking 16mm film, an eight-year-old traveling from Poland to Argentina meets Marcia, a beautiful and brave young girl, 11 going on 30.

Free Show!

It’s never easy to go home, but this program of spirited black comedies, fraught animations and intimate documentaries offers hope for reconciliation.

Brooklyn Castle tells the story of I.S. 318 - an inner-city school where most students come from low-income homes - that also happens to have the most winning chess...

In this gutsy and sidesplitting self-examination, conflicted ventriloquist Nina Conti takes the bereaved puppets of her mentor on a pilgrimage to the resting place...

Some call it punk rock, some call it grass roots, but labels aside, NYC-based Animation Block Party is the premier animation festival of the East Coast.

Sigríður Níelsdóttir started making music in her living room at age 70, recording 59 albums and becoming an Icelandic cult hero. It’s never too late to do what...

A darkly humorous glimpse into the everyday goings-on in a typical American nursing home, poignantly capturing the realities of growing old. Supported by the Rooftop...

A recently reformed drug dealer working as a claims adjuster receives earth-shattering news that compels him to make peace with his past and search for freedom...

Kevin, Garrison and Skye are three Californian teenagers who live for skating, hanging out and Jesus. This luscious documentary follows them through their last...

A cinematic tapestry of a city and its people who refuse to leave the building, even as the flames are rising.

New York City is the backdrop, inspiration, and co-creator of this funny and passionate meta-fictional romance.

Closing Night! The sharpest short films—Award-winning comedy, drama, animation and documentary—fired from the roof one last time.