Rooftop Films | Rooftop Shots: Closing Night 2021

At Rooftop Films we believe film can be so much more than just watching a movie, so we curate unique events that combine great music, quality film, and some of the most beautiful locations that New York has to offer. By thinking beyond the screen, we help to bring communities together and change the way that film, music, art, and ideas interact with the city around us.Rooftop Films’ mission is to engage and inspire diverse communities by showing movies in outdoor locations, supporting the production of new independent films, helping local organizations to produce screenings and events, and renting equipment at low-cost to artists and nonprofits. Rooftop Films is more than a film festival. We are a community. We are a collective collaboration between filmmakers and festivals; between audience members and artists; between venues and neighborhoods. Our goal is to nurture a vibrant independent filmmaking and film-going community not only by exhibiting the work of emerging filmmakers, but also by providing essential support systems for those who otherwise have none.

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Endings come, and endings go, and endings come again. But some are more fun than others.

Green-Wood Cemetery

Date: Thursday, September 9thVenue: Green-Wood CemeteryAddress: 500 25th Street, Brooklyn, NY 112327:30 PM: Doors Open8:30 PM: Films Begin10:00 PM: Q&A10:30 PM: Live Performance from Topaz Jones11:00 PM: Post-Screening Reception, presented by Ketel One &amp; Corona ExtraRooftop Shots: Closing Night 2021For 25 years, Rooftop Films has closed out our Summer Series with a program of short movies about endings, films that are filled with farewells and so longs. But though the end may be near, we prefer to think of each summer’s close as but the next step towards a transformation, and we see each oncoming autumn as just a stretch of cool earth between here and the next warm horizon. Join us in Green-Wood Cemetery for a meditative short film journey through things, places and experiences that feel like endings, but aren’t quite done. We’ll watch a praying mantis embraced by a deadly beloved; a soccer referee contemplating potential retaliation, but still calling the shots the way he saw them; an inverted birth in the Cabbage Patch Kids headquarters; and a wordless embrace that persists as it tumbles through the sands of time. And with each conclusion we will be left wondering whether the finale was final or if there is another coda coming. .........................................THE FILMS Daughter (Dcera)Daria Kashcheeva | Czech Republic | 15 mins.In a hospital room, the Daughter recalls a childhood moment when as a little girl she tried to share her experience with an injured bird with her Father. A moment of misunderstanding and a lost embrace has stretched into many years all the way to this hospital room, until the moment when a window pane breaks under the impact of a little bird. Don't Go Tellin' Your MommaTopaz Jones &amp; rubberband. | US | 34An emerging Montclair rapper’s lush visual album explores how education shapes Black identity.The Game (Das Spiel)Roman Hodel | Switzerland | 18 mins. A whistle. The stands of the stadium get loud. The players protest angrily. The presenters follow the action on the field. In the middle of it, the referee. The whole stadium watches him. Now he has to decide. With the referee Fedayi San we experience the highs and lows of a football game, what it means to earn respect on the field and direct the energy of an entire stadium.Mad Mieter M+M (Weis/De Mattia) | Germany | 6 mins. A lonely praying mantis living in a bourgeois furnished apartment comes to a cruel end after an initially delicate approach. The work is freely inspired by Repulsion by Roman Polanski.Motorcyclist's Happiness Won't Fit Into His Suit (Al motociclista no le cabe la felicidad en el traje)Gabriel Herrera | Mexico | 10There he sits proudly on his motorbike, encompassed in majestic red and the dazzling admiration of the others. Round and round he goes, becoming more and more beautiful and exalted. For only he can explore the jungle. And no, he won’t hand over his motorbike, not even on loan. A playful re-enactment with reversed roles that takes aim at the hubris of the colonial conquerors.Ten Leaves Dilated Kate E. Hinshaw &amp; Ebony Blanding | US | 15 mins. A documentary that uses the make-believe world crafted by Cabbage Patch Kids to examine discourses surrounding childbirth in the American South..........................................NO REFUNDS. IN THE EVENT OF RAIN, SHOW WILL BE RESCHEDULED AT THE SAME LOCATION. NO ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED..........................................FAQsHow will it work?Using your RSVP, our team will check in all patrons by last name at will call. Before your arrival, we will ask you to make sure you can answer “no” to all of the CDC’s COVID-19 safety screening questions, as well as conducting a temperature check. Masks will be required while interacting with event staff. Chairs will be provided.Can I bring food and drinks?No alcoholic beverages are allowed. Feel free to bring snacks and non-alcoholic beverages! Food and drink must be consumed while you are sitting in your designated area.I’m vaccinated, do I need to wear a mask?All attendees and staff are required to wear a mask while interacting. You will also be reminded of the mandatory safety measures via email and on screen.What COVID-19 Measures Have Been Taken?Our guests and our team’s safety is our primary concern. Our COVID-19 safety measures include social distancing for both guests and staff, regular cleaning of all facilities, and contact-free check-in. All attendees and staff are required to wear a mask while interacting. You will also be reminded of the mandatory safety measures via email and on-screen. You may sit in your pod with up to 4 people, but we ask that you remain socially distanced from anyone not in the group you have chosen to sit with.Where will the screening take place within Green-Wood Cemetery? Check in will be at the main entrance on 25th Street and 5th Avenue, but the screening location will be about 10-15 minute walk from there. Please contact us if someone in your party will need assistance getting to the location.How accessible is this venue? The site where the film will be shown is approximately a 7 minute walk (partially uphill) from the entrance to the venue. Other than this, the venue is accessible to all. If this brings up any concerns, please email us at tickets@rooftopfilms.com or call at 718-417-7362 for more information. Are there ID requirements or an age limit to enter the event? Rooftop Films are open to all ages. What are my transport/parking options getting to the event? For a full list of Rooftop Films venues and directions visit www.rooftopfilms.com/venuesDo I have to bring my printed ticket to the event? It is not necessary to print your ticket. Our team will check the name on your RSVP at will call.

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