Showcasing yet another seminal year in the independent filmmaking universe, Dan Nuxoll and his programming team has assembled a top notch program for the 2014 Rooftop Films Summer Series featuring many of my favorite festival films of 2014 thus far. Rooftop Films kicks off its 18th annual summer series on Friday, May 16th at Industry City in Sunset Park with a slate of new short films from around the world. Then, on Saturday May 17th, they will feature a special sneak preview of the Sundance 2014 standout, Gillian Robespierre’s upcoming A24 release Obvious Child. The series continues through the summer, with screenings each week in a variety of exciting and picturesque outdoor locations. Rooftop Films’ full feature film slate includes docs about mushroom hunters (The Last Season), no-budget filmmakers (Giuseppe Makes A Movie), untouched corners of endangered rainforest (Forest Of The Dancing Spirits), and idiosyncratic jazz legends (The Case Of The Three-Sided Dream); bold,...
- 5/8/2014
- by Don Simpson
- SmellsLikeScreenSpirit
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