We love us some Rooftop Films, and tonight’s program features a host of odd, strange, and wildly entertaining shorts that we’re sure will only look better on a rooftop!

The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.

Indie fans and industry experts know that the industry is only helped more and more by the emergence of new and interesting ideas including different ideas in funding, development, and distribution. Take a moment to look into Jody’s Bra, a USC thesis film shot entirely at a summer camp! A little more about the film, [...]

For one week only we’re offering Jennifer Venditti’s award winning Billy The Kid for a whopping 50% OFF! That’s right, this documentary which won international acclaim including Best Documentary at Edinburgh and Melbourne International Film Festival, as well as Jury prizes at Los Angeles and SXSW Film Festival can be yours to enjoy over and over again [...]

The Focus Forward Filmmaker Challenge is giving away a whopping $200,000 in cash prizes to the top five three-minute nonfiction film entries surrounding the theme of invention and innovation. You have until August 23rd to submit your film in the hopes of the $100,000 grand prize. First announced at this year’s Tribeca Film Festival, the [...]

Rooftop Films presents a lineup going into the summer that’s sure to get you pumped for film and, of course, the fun of the outdoors (oh, how we love combining the outdoors and movies!). Coming up Thursday, June 7 is The Sheik and I, Co-Presented by Rooftop Films & SXSW. Here’s a little about the [...]

If you’re in the Tuscaloosa area don’t miss this special screening of The Nocturnal Third featuring locals and UA grads!

Today we are excited to announce a sales and distribution partnership with Odyssey Pictures Corporation, a publicly traded media and entertainment company, to grow our distribution and increase the reach of content for Odyssey Pictures. “We are very pleased to be working with Odyssey Pictures on the distribution of our growing catalog of outstanding independent [...]

The Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) announced May 14 the ten documentaries selected for the 2012 Independent Filmmaker Labs, IFP’s  annual year-long fellowship for first-time feature directors.  The creative teams of the selected films, chosen from a national pool of 200 submissions, join the 8th edition of the Labs taking place May 14-19 in New York City. [...]

Could indies be the difference in the next presidential election? Given the recent press on such films as Bully, you’d be hard pressed to think they wouldn’t be at least a factor. Unfortunately for presidents, whether already elected or in the running, the ghosts of the past can (and most likely will) come back in [...]