Thirty summers. Thousands of films. Countless unforgettable nights. In 2026, Rooftop Films will celebrate its 30th Summer Series—a landmark season marking three decades of daring new cinema under the New York City sky—and submissions are officially open!

Due to the arrival of Hurricane Erin tomorrow, our presentation of MISTRESS DISPELLER has officially been postponed to next Wednesday, August 27th. All currently-held tickets will automatically transfer to the new date. Thank you for understanding, and stay dry!

Don’t miss your chance to be part of the inner circle: tonight (Monday, August 18th), join us on the roof of New Design High School in the L.E.S. for LURKER, presented in partnership with our friends at MUBI! Secure your seats while you still can... tinyurl.com/6aw7tp29

This Saturday, August 16th, Eleanor Mortimer’s HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE—recipient of the 2022 Rooftop Films Water Tower Feature Film Grant—screens (for free!) at Brooklyn Army Terminal! Secure your RSVPs now, via tinyurl.com/wsdxprs3.

Due to the inclement weather forecasted for this evening, our screening of Emily Mkrtichian’s THERE WAS, THERE WAS NOT at Brooklyn Commons has been postponed to Friday, September 19th. All currently-held RSVPs will automatically transfer to the new date. Thank you for understanding, and stay dry!

This Saturday, August 9th, meet us in Industry City for the premiere of Rooftop's newest shorts program, URL IRL: TALES FROM THE TIMELINE! From brainrot to belonging, these shorts dive into how the virtual shapes our IRL identities, connections, delusions, and discoveries... 🎟️ tinyurl.com/4s5z6fy7

August at Rooftop is packed with standout documentaries, star-studded indie features, international discoveries, and 2 stellar shorts programs: our legendary Closing Night celebration in Green-Wood, and a brand-new showcase premiering at Industry City! 🎟️ rooftopfilms.com/calendar

Due to the extreme heat advisory and evening thunderstorms forecasted for tomorrow, NEW YORK NON-FICTION 2025 has officially been postponed to this coming Monday, July 28th. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/c76bz3n3

Tomorrow (Wednesday, July 23rd), meet us in Brooklyn Commons for the return of TRAPPED! Reality bends, bodies break, and minds fracture in this delirious collection of shorts—stories of bodies in revolt, psyches in flux, and moments that slip between waking and dreaming... 🎟️ tinyurl.com/32asjb5v

New #DisabilityPrideMonth event... ReelAbilities and @rooftopfilms.bsky.social present the NYC premiere of THE TALLEST DWARF! Join us at the Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan on July 31 at 6 PM for a rooftop reception, followed by an indoor intro, screening, and Q&A at 7:15 PM. TICKETS 🎟️ zurl.co/NT1F5

An absolutely extraordinary turn-out for our annual presentation of LOVE IS STRANGE: ROMANCE SHORTS, last night on the Gansevoort cobbles with the Meatpacking District!

This Wednesday (6/25), don't miss our 3rd annual QUEERLY BELOVED—co-presented by the Fort Greene Park Conservancy & NewFest! Unfolding in dressing rooms, roadside stops, and echoes of the past, this year’s shorts revel in the humor, heat, and beauty of life lived out loud. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/55c5tc5p

Scenes from last Saturday’s New York premiere of BUNNYLOVR, the dreamy, daring, and deeply felt feature debut from writer/director/star Katarina Zhu! 🐇 📷 @mettieostrowski.bsky.social

Good morning! Despite the fact that rain is forecasted throughout the day, please note that—thanks to the indoor rain space on-site—tonight's New York premiere presentation of BUNNYLOVR will continue on as planned, regardless of whether we ultimately can screen it on the venue's rooftop or not.

Tomorrow (Saturday, June 14th), meet us in the Lower East Side for the New York premiere of Katarina Zhu's BUNNYLOVR! 🐇 Featuring a special post-show Q&A with the writer/director/star and fellow actor Perry Yung, secure your 🎟️ now, before they're all gone: tinyurl.com/4y5t5jrh

Ascend to the Can Factory rooftop for the moonlit revival of POETIC PORTRAITS! Tender, intimate, and formally bold, there short docu-portraits trace love, loss & identity across continents and generations, lyrically exploring the lives we carry & the selves we leave behind. 🎟️ tinyurl.com/bdepavvf

We’re excited to share that Rooftop’s own Adnaan Wasey and Saidah Russell will be speaking at this year’s Tribeca Storytelling Summit! Get your passes now, via tribecafilm.com/storytellingsummit!

Life ends. Love lingers. CEMETERY SHORTS—one of our most beloved annual programs—returns to historic Green-Wood this Saturday, June 7th! Join us for a deeply heartfelt mix of documentary, animation, and fiction that spans the globe and slips beyond the veil... 🎟️ tinyurl.com/y6cxvhh4

Sink your teeth into scenes from last night’s US premiere presentation of Sean Byrne’s DANGEROUS ANIMALS! 🦈 📷 Sean DiSerio

Tomorrow (Tuesday, June 3rd), join us at @culturelablic.bsky.social for the US premiere of @ifcfilms.bsky.social & @shudder.com’s DANGEROUS ANIMALS, featuring an in-person Q&A with star Jai Courtney! 🦈 Limited RSVPs remain via tinyurl.com/yhvfexz6. Secure yours now, before it’s too late!

Unfortunately, due to unsafe weather conditions on-site, tonight's drive-in/walk-up hybrid presentation of THE WILD ROBOT at the New York Hall of Science has officially been postponed. (1/2)

In the mood for more unforgettable outdoor screenings like last night’s, in Fort Greene Park? Head to rooftopfilms.com to explore all the incredible events we’ve got on deck this summer—and secure your tickets, while you still can!

June is absolutely stacked with Rooftop magic: bold new indie features, boundary-pushing shorts programs, and beloved community rep screenings, under the stars and all across the greatest city in the world! Tickets and RSVPs are flying, so lock yours in now, while you can: rooftopfilms.com/calendar

Next Thursday, June 5th, join us on the roof of Brooklyn Grange Sunset Park for the latest addition to our celebrated short film programming: FARM-TO-SCREEN SHORTS! 🎟️ tinyurl.com/37xj8t7w

Join us for our third annual presentation of VIDAS VIBRANTES: SHORTS EN ESPAÑOL on 6/4! Rhythms born of heartbreak and hope pulse through this bold collection of Spanish-language shorts—stories of resilience, longing & reinvention, told across Mexico, the Caribbean & beyond. 🎟 tinyurl.com/4388d474

The Date With Dad program sponsors dances for young Black girls and their fathers—including the incarcerated ones. Daughters looks at one such event, a dance that reunites four girls with the dads they love. ❤️ Daughters is a #PeabodyWinner peabodyawards.com/award-profil... @rooftopfilms.bsky.social

It's almost showtime (again)... 🎟️ tinyurl.com/38xz9wek

New York City-based Gold Casio harnesses irresistible indie-dance melodies and high-energy performances to seduce listeners into obeying the dark forces of alien disco—and they’re taking the stage tonight as part of our 2025 Opening Night celebration in Green-Wood Cemetery! 🪩 🎟️ tinyurl.com/38xz9wek

Due to tomorrow's forecast, our screening of IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE in Fort Greene Park has been postponed to 5/29! All other details are unchanged. Thank you for understanding, stay dry, and we'll see you on the new date! Haven't had a chance to RSVP yet? Secure yours now: tinyurl.com/mwn46pks

The day’s finally here! Head to @indiewire.com for the exclusive scoop on the lineup for our 29th Summer Series, and stay tuned—there’s even more incredible programming on the way. Trust us: you won’t want to miss a thing. 🥳 www.indiewire.com/news/breakin...

Curious about what’s in store for Rooftop Films’ 2025 season? Don’t miss this special virtual walkthrough of our 29th Summer Series slate, hosted by Programming Manager Saidah Russell and Executive Director Adnaan Wasey! RSVP: tinyurl.com/bdhpruvt

We’re hiring (again)! Rooftop Films is seeking a Video Engineer / Projectionist to help us light up NYC during our 29th season! Come be part of the team that makes movie magic happen all across the city, all summer long—learn more and apply at rooftopfilms.com/jobs.

This month, don’t miss two modern Hong Kong cinema classics—Wong Kar Wai’s IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE (on May 14th) and Peter Ho-sun Chan’s COMRADES, ALMOST A LOVE STORY (on May 22nd)—screening for free on the lawn in Fort Greene Park!

All hands (and snacks) on deck for the final shorts programming meeting of the season! 🥳

Alex Ross Perry’s brilliant PAVEMENTS—recipient of the 2023 Rooftop Films x Eastern Effects Equipment Grant—is now playing at Film Forum, with special Q&As all weekend long! Head to pavements.official.film to reserve your seats, before they’re all gone.

What a day for DAUGHTERS! After premiering with us in New York last summer, this deeply moving documentary just took home a Peabody Award *and* earned two Emmy nominations, including one for Outstanding Direction! 🥳 @peabodyawards.bsky.social

We’re thrilled to announce one of our first Summer Series screenings of the 2025 season: join us Monday, June 2nd, on Gansevoort Plaza for the New York premiere of Emmy® Award-winning filmmaker (and Rooftop alum!) Cristina Costantini’s SALLY! RSVP: tinyurl.com/8nschc9z

With the #DeadCity Season 2 cast & crew at our killer advance screening and Q&A last night! Massive thanks to all who came out and celebrated with us. Couldn't make it? Lucky for you, the second season of THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY premieres this Sunday, May 4th—only on AMC and AMC+.

We’re thrilled to share that DAUGHTERS, which we were honored to premiere in the city last August, has been Peabody Award-nominated in the documentary category ahead of their upcoming 85th ceremony! @peabodyawards.bsky.social

Featuring a live post-show Q&A with the cast and executive producers, meet us in Industry City next Monday, April 28th, for an exclusive advance screening of THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY’s Season 2 Premiere—presented in partnership with our friends at AMC & AMC Plus!

Join us in Industry City on Monday, April 28th, for an exclusive advance screening of the Season 2 Premiere of THE WALKING DEAD: DEAD CITY, starring fan-favorites Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Lauren Cohan—followed by a Q&A with the cast and executive producers! RSVP*: tinyurl.com/ywf24eha

Spring into the summer by becoming a Rooftop Films member, your backstage pass to one of the city’s most beloved cultural traditions! With the 2025 Summer Series just around the corner, now’s the perfect time to join (and yes, we’ve got perks). 🌸 rooftopfilms.com/support

Rooftop Films is looking for a Venue Manager—plus more seasonal roles, now live—to join the team ahead of our 29th Summer Series. Help us bring unforgettable nights of independent cinema to life across the greatest city in the world! For more info or to apply, head to rooftopfilms.com/jobs now.

We’re hiring! Rooftop Films is looking for a Print Traffic Coordinator to join us for our 29th Summer Series—and this is just the beginning! More seasonal roles will be posted soon. Head to rooftopfilms.com/jobs to learn more and apply today!

We’re thrilled to be on the Participatory Budgeting ballot for District 39, and need YOUR vote to bring three incredible, free-to-attend film screenings to different locations around our community! vote.pbnyc.org

In celebration of ANORA’s historic Oscar night, from now until this Friday, March 7th, become a Rooftop Films member (or give the gift of one!) at any level and receive a free shirt from the film’s official merch collection! Act fast, while supplies last: rooftopfilms.com/support

From the Rooftop Films Gala in 2018 to the Oscars stage seven years later, it’s been an honor for us to champion the work of our dear friend and alum, Sean Baker. We couldn’t possibly be prouder, and already can’t wait to see where his fearless storytelling takes us next!

This is it! The final deadline to submit your feature or short for Rooftop Films’ 2025 season is tonight, Friday, February 28th. rooftopfilms.com/submit

Time's almost up: this Friday, February 28th, is your final chance to submit your feature or short for 2025 Summer Series consideration! rooftopfilms.com/submit