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Check out our selection of independent short films, chosen from the
acclaimed Rooftop Films Summer Series. Three new short films every week, here on IFC.com.
Our new blog introduces each short film with a complete description, a statement from or interview with the filmmaker, and an opportunity for our online audience to post comments or questions for the filmmaker.
These carefully selected shorts from around the globe represent the best in many genres, from animation to comedy to experimental film.
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IFC is proud to be a presenter of the Rooftop Films Summer Series, a festival of new, independent films with outdoor screenings throughout New York City every summer. In twelve years, Rooftop Films has become one of the premiere venues, in New York City and beyond, for new, underground and independent short films and underexposed feature films. |
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Scion and Media Lab Studios tasked our filmmakers to submit a pilot or trailer for a web series. With so much clutter on the web, we challenged our filmmakers to present what THEY think would make an ideal web series.
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In the NY City area this weekend?
Thursday, September 18 – October Country
Categories: Documentary Feature
on the roof of the Open Road Rooftop
350 Grand Street @ Essex (Lower East Side, Manhattan)
A beautifully filmed portrait of an American family struggling for stability while haunted by the ghosts of war, teen pregnancy, foster care and child abuse. This vibrant and intimate documentary examines the forces that unsettle the working poor and the violence that lurks beneath the surface of American life.
Friday, September 19 - The Pleasure of Being Robbed
Categories: Narrative Feature
on the roof of the Open Road Rooftop
350 Grand Street @ Essex (Lower East Side, Manhattan)
A curious and lost Eleonore looks for something everywhere, even in the bags of strangers who find themselves sadly smiling only after she's left their lives.
Friday, September 26 – Rooftop Shorts
Categories: Shorts Program
on the roof of the Open Road Rooftop
350 Grand Street @ Essex (Lower East Side, Manhattan)
The sharpest short films fired from the roof. Highlights from Rooftop Films' 2008 Summer Series.
