Rooftop Films May Schedule

Rooftop Films has announced its schedule for May:

Rooftop Films 2009 Summer Series, our 13th year of "Underground Movies
Outdoors," will run every weekend from May 15-September 20. We are thrilled to
announce the lineup for May and June below. More details will be available next
week, including information about live music, ticket sales, after-parties and
more.

Programming for the 2009 Summer Series includes feature-length
films and programs of shorts, all new, all independent. Most of the feature
films are either New York, US or World Premieres. Most screenings will include a
filmmaker Q & A. Films represent a diverse range of documentaries, fiction,
drama, comedy animation and more. We couple films with venues, and connect
artists with audiences so that each event is unique and memorable.

Rooftop Films 2009 Summer Series is presented in partnership with
Cinereach and New York magazine. After parties with complimentary drinks are
provided by Radeberger Pilsner and Carlo Rossi. Tickets: $9 at the door or
online at http://www.rooftopfilms.com/ Rooftop
Films is a non-profit organization which relies on the support of our audience.
Please consider making an additional donation with the purchase of your General
Admission ticket.

Unless otherwise noted, all screenings follow this
schedule:
8:00PM: Doors open
8:30PM: Live music presented by Sound Fix
Records
9:00PM: Film(s)

SCHEDULE:

Friday, May 15
This Is
What We Mean By Short Films
Opening Night of Rooftop Films 2009 Summer
Series, our 13th year of Underground Movies Outdoors. A program of dramas,
comedies, animations and documentaries that could only be shorts, in an array of
tales about people, polar bears and pixel-based adventurers coming together for
companionship.Venue: On the Open Road Rooftop above New Design High
SchoolAddress: 350 Grand St. @ Essex (Lower East Side, Manhattan)Rain: In the
event of rain the show will be Sun 5/17 at the same location. Check http://www.rooftopfilms.com/ or call
718-417-7362 on the day of the event if the weather seems questionable. Open bar
after-party following the screening

Friday, May 22
Romantic Short
Films: Endless Forgiveness
Love, lust and sexual confusion. Shorts: Endless
Forgiveness display the many varied sacrifices we make to be with the people we
love and lust after.Venue: On the Open Road Rooftop above New Design High
SchoolAddress: 350 Grand St. @ Essex (Lower East Side, Manhattan)Open bar
after-party following the screening

Saturday, May 23
Dangerous Docs
Train surfers, beard competitions, and rare chicken rescues. You can’t make
this stuff up. Venue: On the Roof of Brooklyn Technical High School Address: 29
Fort Greene Place (Fort Greene, Brooklyn)

Friday, May 29
Dark
‘Toons: Optical Illusions
Animated short films that bring the still to
life.Venue: On the Open Road Rooftop above New Design High School Address: 350
Grand St. @ Essex (Lower East Side, Manhattan) Open bar after-party following
the screening

Saturday, May 30
Strongman (Zachary Levy New York, NY
113 min.) A humorous but heart-wrenching verité documentary about Stanless
Steel, the only man in the world who can bend a penny with his fingers, a
working class strongman struggling to succeed and survive.Venue: On the Roof of
Brooklyn Technical High SchoolAddress: 29 Fort Greene Place (Fort Greene,
Brooklyn) http://www.strongmanfilm.com/ Stanless
will be in attendance to perform a stunning feat of strength. Open bar
after-party following the screening

Loving those themes!