Fri., August 22nd, 2008
Flying on One Engine | Buy Tickets
Open Bar Afterwards!
A charming curmudgeonly doctor lives half the year in a small, dingy apartment in Brooklyn. The rest of his year is spent performing hundreds of operations a day in India, saving tens of thousands of children a year.
*Venue: On the lawn of Automotive High School*Address: 50 Bedford Ave, between N. 12th and Lorimer (Williamsburg Brooklyn)
*Directions: L to Bedford Avenue OR G to Nassau Avenue
*8:00: Doors open
*8:30: Sound Fix presents live music by Kiran Ahluwalia
*9:00: The Films
*11:00: FREE Open Bar After Party at Matchless (557 Manhattan Avenue @ Driggs ) courtesy of Radeberger beer
*Tickets: $9 or $15 on going.com
PROGRAM | KIRAN AHLWALIA | BUY TICKETS
Rooftop Films August Schedule Announced
We are just finishing up our programming for the second half of the summer, but you can take a look now at many of the events coming up in August, including Sundance winner Trouble the Water, Up With Me screening at Museo Del Barrio, the New York Premiere of Spencer Parsons' I'll Come Running, a free screening of Jerry Rothwell's charming hard rock doc Heavy Load, Joshua Z. Weinstein's Flying on One Engine, and--perhaps best of all--a screening of Greg Koh's Song Sung Blue on the tip of Roosevelt Island, with a chance for YOU to sing your favorite Neil Diamond song live on stage. Check out the schedule here for all the films and programs (September shows will be announced soon). Sat., August 16th, 2008
Munyurangabo | Buy Tickets
A stunning neo-realist drama about revenge and friendship in post-genocide Rwanda.
*Venue: On the roof of The Øld American Can Factory *Address: 232 3rd Street at the corner of 3rd Avenue (Gowanus, Brooklyn)
*Directions: F, G to Carroll Street or M, R to Union Street and read here for more directions| Map
*8:00: Doors Open
*8:30PM: Sound Fix presents live music by Twi the Humble Feather
*9:00: The Films
*Tickets: $6 online for a limited time at going.com
PROGRAM | TWI THE HUMBLE FEATHER | TICKETS
Trouble the Water Opens in New York this weekend
The story of an aspiring rap artist and her streetwise husband who are trapped in New Orleans by deadly floodwaters. Armed only with a video camera, they show what survival is all about.
Venues: * Imagenation's Faison Firehouse Theater in Harlem
* & The IFC Center
Official Website:
* Trouble The Water
* Zeitgeist Films
Press: NY Times
100 ROOFTOP FILMS ONLINE AT IFC.COM
Rooftop Films has partnered with IFC to bring some of the best short films in the world to one, tightly-curated site. 100 short films from Rooftop’s festival will be online at www.ifc.com/film/rooftop/. As one of the most respected film festivals in the world, the movies we screen include films that will make you laugh, films that will make you think, films that you’ll want to watch over and over—and share with friends.
ROOFTOP FILMS BLOG
And now the community extends beyond the roof and onto our new blog. www.ifc.com/film/rooftop-blog/ Information about the films, filmmaker interviews, news, weekend recaps, and more. Respond with comments and questions for us and for the filmmakers, creating an online community that captures the enthusiastic spirit of our live shows.
