Rooftop Films seeks volunteers for its 2012 Summer Series, May – August. As a non-profit arts organization, Rooftop depends on volunteers like you for its growth and success. Volunteering with Rooftop is a great opportunity to see fantastic films, find out about the inner workings of film festivals, and meet the Rooftop staff and the [...]

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!

Rooftop Films has a heavy hitting film set up for it’s Saturday night screening.  You can see China Heavyweight with Rooftop Films’ iconic flare and charm at 8:00 PM! CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT (Yung Chang | 89 min.) The latest film from award winning director Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) is more than a sports documentary, it is [...]

Check out the trailer for one of this week’s features at Rooftop Films: An Oversimplification of Her Beauty! For more info on this film head over to the Rooftop Films event page.

Open Road Rooftop is home to Rooftop Films’ event tonight, complete with Matthew Lillard’s Fat Kid Rules The World and EULA EULA! EULA EULA is a 3-piece outfit found in Brooklyn, NY; Nate is the pants, Alyse is the blouse, and Jeff is the cummerbund. They taste like post-punk-pre-historic-medium-gauge-no-wave, with a splash of lemon.  Lillard will [...]

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 [...]

Rooftop Films is known internationally as one of the most dynamic film festivals in the world. In 2011, we screened more than 25 feature films, almost all of which are New York, U.S. or World Premieres. We showed over 150 short films in themed programs which have received accolades for being smart, entertaining, and filled [...]