Rooftop Films

Rooftop Films New York-based nonprofit whose mission is to engage diverse communities by showing independent films in outdoor locations

Tonight (Monday, September 14th), join us on the Gansevoort Plaza cobbles for a free screening of Noah Baumbach’s modern...
09/14/2026

Tonight (Monday, September 14th), join us on the Gansevoort Plaza cobbles for a free screening of Noah Baumbach’s modern classic FRANCES HA (which Rooftop first screened as part of its 17th Summer Series in 2013), starring co-writer Greta Gerwig in a joyous breakout performance!

Presented in partnership with our friends at the Meatpacking District Business Improvement District, New York City Council Member Carl Wilson & Theory and featuring an extra special live pre-show performance from Diana Silvers, RSVPs are available via tinyurl.com/RFrancesHa.

From October 2-4, the first-ever Rooftop Treasure Hunt will transform New York City into a sprawling, indie cinema-fuele...
09/04/2026

From October 2-4, the first-ever Rooftop Treasure Hunt will transform New York City into a sprawling, indie cinema-fueled game board! tinyurl.com/RooftopTreasureHunt

Gather a team or play solo and chase clues inspired by movies we’ve screened, artists we’ve championed, and places we’ve been, piecing together a series of increasingly challenging puzzles as you go. Make it to the end and unlock access to a top-secret finale event *and* the chance to take home rewards from our pals at Books Are Magic, Shake Shack, Joe Coffee Company, and more—or the grand prize we’re still keeping confidential for just a little while longer (but trust us: it’s really worth the wait).

It’s part scavenger hunt, part Rooftop Films history lesson, part extremely elaborate excuse to spend a weekend running around the city like it’s all one big movie set and you’re the star.

Ready to play? Consider this your first clue: get your tickets now.

08/27/2026

Tomorrow night (Friday, August 28th), follow us down the rabbit hole into the gloriously uncanny world of TRAPPED: MIND-ALTERING SHORTS at Industry City!

Through horror, satire, and psychological unease, this mind-bending program of shorts plunges into worlds where bodies mutate, belief systems fracture, and reality itself begins to slip deliciously out of reach.

Preceded by a special program from Listening Party!, presenting a collection of audio shorts—stories of hallucinations, drug trips, insomnia, and journeys into the surreal—limited tickets remain via the link in our bio. Secure your seats now, before they’re all gone!

FEATURED SHORTS:
• கத்து! (BLEAT!) by Ananth Subra
• COME AS YOU ARE // PEPPER WILHELM (1969-1998) by Teddy Collatos
• IMAGO by Ariel Zengotita
• THE LAST CINNAMON ROLL by Michael Langan
• PRISON PARK by aida.toutounchi
• RETREAT by Andrew Callaway & Andrew Ahn
• STAIRS by RILEY DONIGAN

🎥 Tom Rotenberg
🎶 Amirhossein Taghavi, from PRISON PARK

For the grand finale of Rooftop’s 30th season, seven bold new short films take on love, loss, ambition, identity, and th...
08/20/2026

For the grand finale of Rooftop’s 30th season, seven bold new short films take on love, loss, ambition, identity, and the strange, exhilarating business of being human. After three decades, there’s only one thing left to do: celebrate.

ROOFTOP SHOTS: CLOSING NIGHT 2026 lights up historic Green-Wood Cemetery tomorrow (Friday, August 21st)! Including a pre-show performance from psych-rock powerhouses Düül Suns, a post-show Q&A with some of the spotlit filmmakers, and an afters sponsored by our friends at Lake Hour and Singlecut Beersmiths, tickets are available via tinyurl.com/RF30ClosingNight — but going extremely fast. Secure your seats now, while you still can!

FEATURED SHORTS:
• CALLBACK by Matthew Puccini
• GREETINGS FROM SEASIDE HEIGHTS by Klara Schmickler
• NERVOUS ENERGY by Eve Liu
• PANTHER PAT by Ashley Brandon
• SAMBA INFINITO by Leonardo Martinelli
• TODAY & TMRW by Mariales Diaz
• THE WADDLES by Max Jenkins

08/19/2026

For the grand finale of Rooftop’s 30th season, seven bold new short films take on love, loss, ambition, identity, and the strange, exhilarating business of being human. After three decades, there’s only one thing left to do: celebrate.

ROOFTOP SHOTS: CLOSING NIGHT 2026 lights up The Green-Wood Cemetery this Friday, August 21st! Including a post-show Q&A with some of the spotlit filmmakers, followed by an afters sponsored by our friends at Lake Hour and SingleCut Beersmiths, tickets are available via the link in our bio—and going extremely fast. Secure your seats now, while you still can!

FEATURED SHORTS:
• CALLBACK by Matthew Puccini
• GREETINGS FROM SEASIDE HEIGHTS by
• NERVOUS ENERGY by Eve 柳
• PANTHER PAT by Ash Brandon
• SAMBA INFINITO by Leonardo Martinelli
• TODAY & TMRW by Marialit
• THE WADDLES by MAX JENKINS

🎥 Tom Rotenberg
🎶 mars mars mars, from TODAY & TMRW

It's Closing Week. Help us raise $10,000 for what comes next.For three decades, Rooftop Films has proudly brought indepe...
08/18/2026

It's Closing Week. Help us raise $10,000 for what comes next.

For three decades, Rooftop Films has proudly brought independent cinema directly to communities throughout the five boroughs. As we head into the final week of our 30th Summer Series, we’re setting an ambitious goal: raise $10,000 in the next four days to help power all that comes next.

It's a lofty one, we know—but together? It’s well within reach.

Let's close out our 30th summer in style and help ensure that there's much, much more Rooftop to come on the horizon. Swipe through to find your way to help, and head to rooftopfilms.com/support to make it happen.

Tomorrow (Monday, August 17th), meet us in the Meatpacking District on Gansevoort Plaza for DANGEROUS DOCS 2026: STATES ...
08/16/2026

Tomorrow (Monday, August 17th), meet us in the Meatpacking District on Gansevoort Plaza for DANGEROUS DOCS 2026: STATES OF EMERGENCY, an evocative program of docu-shorts exploring catastrophe not as spectacle, but as lived experience—charting the emotional and physical aftermath of a world in constant upheaval. Including a post-show Q&A with some of the spotlit filmmakers, head to tinyurl.com/DangerousDocs2026 now time runs out!

FEATURED SHORTS:
• BREAK ALL THE VASES, STEAL ALL THE FLOWERS by Michael Alexander Morris
• CRYING GLACIER by Lutz Stautner
• A DERAILMENT by Nathan Truesdell
• DESERT ED by Christian Hurley & Bryan Taira
• ENDLINGS by María Luisa Santos
• A NEW INFERNO by Nita Blum-Reddick & Jonathan Pickett
• STILL STANDING by Victor Tadashi Suarez & Livia Albeck-Ripka

Consider this your first clue: on October 2-4, Rooftop Films will host a city-wide interactive treasure hunt in celebrat...
08/14/2026

Consider this your first clue: on October 2-4, Rooftop Films will host a city-wide interactive treasure hunt in celebration of our 30-year anniversary!

The Rooftop Treasure Hunt will bring together thousands of game players: indie film buffs, urban adventurers, NYC historians, and anyone who wants to have fun solving tricky puzzles with friends! Challenging participants to untangle a variety of puzzles designed to deliver them to iconic NYC film locations drawn from Rooftop’s rich exhibition history, one massive prize (which is being kept under wraps for now!) will be awarded to the first person or team to solve the final puzzle and complete the quest. Various other rewards will also be available, and everyone who makes it to the end gets access to a top-secret event!

Think you’ve got what it takes?

A limited number of discounted early-bird tickets are now available, exclusively to our members and loyal fans! We expect this first-of-its-kind Rooftop experience to sell out quickly, so secure your early-bird tickets now, via tinyurl.com/RooftopTreasureHunt, while you still can!

07/31/2026

Tonight (Friday, July 31st), meet us in the moonlight at The Green-Wood Cemetery for the grand return of our most beloved annual shorts program, NEW YORK NON-FICTION, a restless collection of New York City folklore drawn from lived moments, local histories, and the myths that circulate through its streets and boroughs!

With a special pre-show performance from GREG B⭐️NK$, plus a post-show Q&A with some of the spotlit filmmakers and an afters sponsored by our friends at Lake Hour and SingleCut Beersmiths, tickets are available via the link in our bio until 7 PM, after which limited admission will be for sale at the door!

FEATURED SHORTS
• AJA MONET: LIVE FROM THE BLUE NOTE, NYC by ALL RIGHTS AINT RESERVED ©️
• BARRIGA LLENA, CORAZÓN CONTENTO (FULL BELLY, HAPPY HEART) by Jordana Rubenstein-Edberg & marshall h.
• BEING BUBLÉ by Dan Perlman
• DAILY WORKER by Ting Su 粟婷
• A POCKET GUIDE TO PIGEON WATCHING by Adam Elliott
• SHANTI RIDES SHOTGUN by Charles Frank
• SURVIVAL WITHOUT RENT by Katie Heiserman & Elana Meyers

🎥 Tom Rotenberg
🎶 Andrew M. Edwards, from A POCKET GUIDE TO PIGEON WATCHING + Adam Dorn, from SURVIVAL WITHOUT RENT

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Tuesday 10am - 6pm
Wednesday 10am - 6pm
Thursday 10am - 6pm
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