TONIGHT: THE BEST SHORT FILMS OF THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL Sundance Short Films SUNDANCE SHORT FILMS (Free) Tonight (Friday, July 21) @ MetroTech Commons Downtown Brooklyn The Sundance Film Festival continues to be one of the most important places for independent film. For the sixth consecutive year, Rooftop Films is excited to team with Sundance to present some of our favorite short films from their most recent edition. Hailing from the next generation of independent filmmakers and a few twisted minds. These magical-real ghost stories, backyard deer docs and brutal romances represent the best of independent shorts and a diverse array of storytelling from around the world. 8:00 PM: Doors | 8:30 PM: Music | 9:00 PM: Film | 9:30 PM: Q&A | 10:00 PM: After-Party MORE INFO TOMORROW MENASHE 7/22 @ New Design High School Lower East Side, Manhattan Set within the New York Hasidic community in Borough Park, Brooklyn, Menashe follows a kind but hapless grocery store clerk trying to maintain custody of his son Rieven after his wife, Lea, passes away. BUY TICKETS NEXT WEEK ANIMATION BLOCK PARTY 7/27 @ Industry City Sunset Park, Brooklyn Rooftop Films is proud to co‐present the opening night of Animation Block Party. Dedicated to exhibiting all genres of the world’s best animation by independent, professional and student animators and filmmakers, Animation Block Party is one of the country’s premier animation festivals. BUY TICKETS DAYVEON (Pay-What-You-Can) 7/28 @ Industry City Sunset Park, Brooklyn In the wake of his older brother's death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world. CLICK HERE TO RSVP NET POSITIVE: INTERNET HEALTH SHORTS (Free w/ RSVP) 7/29 @ Industry City Sunset Park, Brooklyn Thought-provoking short films about our largest shared resource, the Internet. Brought to you by Mozilla. CLICK HERE TO RSVP COMING UP AT ROOFTOP: DOC WEEK THE ROAD MOVIE 8/01 @ The William Vale Williamsburg, Brooklyn A fascinating mosaic of asphalt adventures, landscape photography, and some of the craziest shit you’ve ever seen, Dmitrii Kalashnikov’s The Road Movie is a stunning compilation of video footage shot exclusively via dashboard cameras in Russian automobiles. BUY TICKETS THE CHALLENGE (Free Event) 8/02 @ Socrates Sculpture Park Long Island City, Queens Enter the surreal world of wealthy Qatari sheikhs who moonlight as amateur falconers, with no expenses spared along the way. The Challenge follows these men through the rituals that define their lives. MORE INFO DINA 8/03 @ Industry City Sunset Park, Brooklyn An intimate documentary love story about Dina and Scott, a neurologically diverse couple in suburban Philadelphia. Winner of the U.S Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival BUY TICKETS CALIFORNIA DREAMS 8/04 @ The Old American Can Factory Gowanus, Brooklyn A hypnotic documentary that follows five strangers as they try to make it in Hollywood. With subjects including celebrity impersonators, aspiring writers, and a former nurse, this bitingly funny film reveals the strange and entrancing grip Tinseltown has, in some way or form, on everyone. BUY TICKETS A ROOFTOP FILMS COMMUNITY PICK BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! PRESENTS: SELMA WITH A LIVE SCORE 8/10 @ Prospect Park Bandshell (Free!) Looking for even more outdoor movies? Our friends at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival are hosting a screening of Selma at the Prospect Park Bandshell, with a live score from jazz luminary Jason Moran and the Wordless Music Orchestra! Mark your calendars for Thursday, August 10 at 7:30PM for this free event! MORE INFO

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TONIGHT: THE BEST SHORT FILMS OF THE SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL
SUNDANCE SHORT FILMS (Free) Tonight (Friday, July 21) @ MetroTech Commons Downtown Brooklyn The Sundance Film Festival continues to be one of the most important places for independent film. For the sixth consecutive year, Rooftop Films is excited to team with Sundance to present some of our favorite short films from their most recent edition. Hailing from the next generation of independent filmmakers and a few twisted minds. These magical-real ghost stories, backyard deer docs and brutal romances represent the best of independent shorts and a diverse array of storytelling from around the world. 8:00 PM: Doors | 8:30 PM: Music | 9:00 PM: Film | 9:30 PM: Q&A | 10:00 PM: After-Party MORE INFO
TOMORROW
MENASHE 7/22 @ New Design High School Lower East Side, Manhattan Set within the New York Hasidic community in Borough Park, Brooklyn, Menashe follows a kind but hapless grocery store clerk trying to maintain custody of his son Rieven after his wife, Lea, passes away. BUY TICKETS
NEXT WEEK
ANIMATION BLOCK PARTY 7/27 @ Industry City Sunset Park, Brooklyn Rooftop Films is proud to co‐present the opening night of Animation Block Party. Dedicated to exhibiting all genres of the world’s best animation by independent, professional and student animators and filmmakers, Animation Block Party is one of the country’s premier animation festivals. BUY TICKETS
DAYVEON (Pay-What-You-Can) 7/28 @ Industry City Sunset Park, Brooklyn In the wake of his older brother's death, 13-year-old Dayveon spends the sweltering summer days roaming his rural Arkansas town. When he falls in with a local gang, he becomes drawn to the camaraderie and violence of their world. CLICK HERE TO RSVP
NET POSITIVE: INTERNET HEALTH SHORTS (Free w/ RSVP) 7/29 @ Industry City Sunset Park, Brooklyn Thought-provoking short films about our largest shared resource, the Internet. Brought to you by Mozilla. CLICK HERE TO RSVP
COMING UP AT ROOFTOP: DOC WEEK
THE ROAD MOVIE 8/01 @ The William Vale Williamsburg, Brooklyn A fascinating mosaic of asphalt adventures, landscape photography, and some of the craziest shit you’ve ever seen, Dmitrii Kalashnikov’s The Road Movie is a stunning compilation of video footage shot exclusively via dashboard cameras in Russian automobiles. BUY TICKETS
THE CHALLENGE (Free Event) 8/02 @ Socrates Sculpture Park Long Island City, Queens Enter the surreal world of wealthy Qatari sheikhs who moonlight as amateur falconers, with no expenses spared along the way. The Challenge follows these men through the rituals that define their lives. MORE INFO
DINA 8/03 @ Industry City Sunset Park, Brooklyn An intimate documentary love story about Dina and Scott, a neurologically diverse couple in suburban Philadelphia. Winner of the U.S Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival BUY TICKETS
CALIFORNIA DREAMS 8/04 @ The Old American Can Factory Gowanus, Brooklyn A hypnotic documentary that follows five strangers as they try to make it in Hollywood. With subjects including celebrity impersonators, aspiring writers, and a former nurse, this bitingly funny film reveals the strange and entrancing grip Tinseltown has, in some way or form, on everyone. BUY TICKETS
A ROOFTOP FILMS COMMUNITY PICK
BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! PRESENTS: SELMA WITH A LIVE SCORE 8/10 @ Prospect Park Bandshell (Free!) Looking for even more outdoor movies? Our friends at the BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival are hosting a screening of Selma at the Prospect Park Bandshell, with a live score from jazz luminary Jason Moran and the Wordless Music Orchestra! Mark your calendars for Thursday, August 10 at 7:30PM for this free event! MORE INFO