Filmmaker Interview

MEET THE FILMMAKER: JOSHUA GROSS (“WORLD’S BEST DAD”)

MEET THE FILMMAKER: JOSHUA GROSS (“WORLD’S BEST DAD”)

WORLD’S BEST DAD tells the story of two brothers who haven’t seen each other since their father passed away reuniting to send their fathers ashes into space. Meet the filmmaker Joshua Gross and see what he has to say about family, americana and making a movie on the road.

MEET THE FILMMAKER: MICHAL MARCZAK (“AT THE EDGE OF RUSSIA”)

MEET THE FILMMAKER: MICHAL MARCZAK (“AT THE EDGE OF RUSSIA”)

On August 10 Rooftop is screening the stunning documentary, ‘At The Edge of Russia.’.The film follows six soldiers stationed in one of Russia’s furthest northern outposts. We spoke to director Michal Marczak about realising the film and found out what it’s like to live and work at -40 degrees.

MEET THE FILMMAKERS AND WATCH “SUPER THERE WILL BE BLOOD”

MEET THE FILMMAKERS AND WATCH “SUPER THERE WILL BE BLOOD”

“Super There Will Be Blood” was one of the short films screened last Saturday at the Kill Screem Videogame Film Festival. It’s a hilarious one-minute long condensed version of Paul Thomas Anderson’s epic 2007 film There Will Be Blood, reimagined as an 8Bit nintendo game. Rooftop spoke to the filmmakers Adam & Owen of Tomfoolery Pictures about cinema, videogames and iconography and how they managed to bring this all together.

MEET THE FILMMAKER: MARTINA AMATI (“I DO AIR”)

MEET THE FILMMAKER: MARTINA AMATI (“I DO AIR”)

We spoke to filmmaker Martina Amati, whose beautifully composed ‘I Do Air’ we will be screening as part of our ‘Nothing As It Seems’ series this Friday at Solar One.

MEET THE FILMMAKER: ZACHARY VOLKER (“DISAPPEARANCE”)

MEET THE FILMMAKER: ZACHARY VOLKER (“DISAPPEARANCE”)

Despite being only 9 minutes in length, ‘Disappearance’, which is being shown this Friday as part of our Nothing As It Seems series of shorts, packs every second with goosebump-inducing, spine-chillingness while maintaining an underlying sense of mystery throughout.

MEET THE FILMMAKER AND WATCH “MINECRAFT: THE STORY OF MOJANG”

MEET THE FILMMAKER AND WATCH “MINECRAFT: THE STORY OF MOJANG”

Last Saturday Rooftop screened an excerpt from the film Minecraft: The Story of Mojang, a documentary about Notch and the others behind the gaming phenomenon of Minecraft.efore the screening we had the chance to speak to Paul Owens of 2Player Productions about the process behind making the documentary as well as about his feelings about gaming culture in general.

MEET THE FILMMAKER: ROBERT GREENE (“FAKE IT SO REAL”)

MEET THE FILMMAKER: ROBERT GREENE (“FAKE IT SO REAL”)

We spoke to director Robert Greene, whose documentary “Fake It So Real” will be screened this Thursday at Crown Vic, about how he came to make the film and why he believes pro-wrestling is so often over looked as both an art form and a sport.

MEET THE FILMMAKER: PJ RAVAL (“CHRISTEENE”)

MEET THE FILMMAKER: PJ RAVAL (“CHRISTEENE”)

CHRISTEENE has been characterized as being a sexually infused sewer of live rap and vile shamelessness, capable of adapting amazingly well to all styles of music. We talk to the man that introduced her to the world. 

MEET THE FILMMAKER: JULIA POTT (“HOWARD”)

MEET THE FILMMAKER: JULIA POTT (“HOWARD”)

Julia Pott’s animated short, “Howard” tells the story of love gone cold. We spoke to Julia about hope, heartbreak and animal metaphors.

MEET THE FILMMAKER: KAIA ROSE (“LOOKING FORWARD TO YESTERDAY”)

MEET THE FILMMAKER: KAIA ROSE (“LOOKING FORWARD TO YESTERDAY”)

We spoke to Kaia Rose, one half of the directing team behind “Looking Forward to Yesterday”, a film which shifts between tragic and life-affirming and raises more questions than it offers answers. We spoke to Kaia about the process they went through in making the film and what it can help us to understand about love and relationships.

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