2011 Summer Series

Indie Romance

Indie Romance

This week’s post is devoted to indie romance.

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.

MEET THE FILMMAKER: MICHAEL MOHAN (“EX-SEX”)

MEET THE FILMMAKER: MICHAEL MOHAN (“EX-SEX”)

We spoke to Michael Mohan, the director of what is arguably the evening’s raunchiest film, “Ex-Sex”, about how he managed to keep the film’s sex scene suitably erotic yet refreshingly cliche-free and the impact of what we discovered is a scrabble board inspired aesthetic.

Announcing Our South by Southwest Weekend

Announcing Our South by Southwest Weekend

We could not be more excited to announce our special weekend of select films from the 2011 South by Southwest Film Festival, making their New York Premieres June 3-5 2011, as part of Rooftop Films 15th Annual Summer Series.

Drunken baby goes on rampage, Rooftop grantee goes viral

Drunken baby goes on rampage, Rooftop grantee goes viral

The trailer for Johannes Nyholm’s Rooftop grantee has received almost 6 million hits on YouTube. Watch it and you’ll see why.

Time is Running Out

Time is Running Out

Happy New Year from Rooftop Films! Just a few hours left to make a 2010 tax deductible contribution and receive discounted Rooftop Memberships.

Announcing Rooftop Films Memberships!

Announcing Rooftop Films Memberships!

Save hundreds of dollars while supporting bold, vibrant independent film. With a Rooftop Membership you’ll get free admission to every regularly priced Rooftop Films 2011 Summer Series show.

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