Rooftop Films at Brooklyn Commons

Bring a friend, grab a chair, and watch movie screenings under the stars with Rooftop Films! Join us Thursdays, July 27 through August 17, in Brooklyn Commons Park for a new film or series of shorts each week.

For each date below, seating opens at 7:30pm, followed by like music at 8pm, and the film screening at 8:30pm. A Q&A session with the filmmaker takes place after the screening, in some cases. 

Rooftop Films believes that film is powerful, not only as a creative medium, but as a vehicle for engaging in valuable dialogue with one another about the issues facing our communities. By bringing films directly to audiences, we foster connections between neighbors, artists, activists, youth and the unique spaces we all share.

Schedule of Films:

July 27: JOONAM

Spurred by a provocative family memory and a lifetime of separation from the country her mother left behind, a young filmmaker delves into her mother and grandmother’s complicated pasts, and her own fractured Iranian identity.

Sierra Urich | U.S. | 100 mins

Presented in Partnership with ArteEast’s Unpacking the Archive.

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August 3: DARK TOONS (SHORTS)

Venture along the boundary between danger and adventure, through abnormal nonfiction borderlands too unusual to be invented.

• Amok- Balázs Turai & Zsófi Herczeg | Hungary, Romania | 14
• Backflip- Nikita Diakur | Germany, France | 12
• Bowling 4 Eva- Aelfie Oudghiri | US | 14
• Dog Years- Maxfield Biggs | US | 2
• Ex Creta- Jon Portman | US | 6
• Fur- Zhen Li | US | 7
• Ice Merchants- João Gonzalez | Portugal, France, UK | 14
• Krasue- Ryo Hirano | Japan 
• Ressources Humaines- Trinidad Plass Caussade & Titouan Tiller & Isaac Wenzek | France | 3

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August 10: NATALIA

Natalia follows a young woman as she is about embark in taking orders from the Byzantine Catholic Church, leaving behind worldly life for God.

Elizabeth Mirzaei | US | 86

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August 17: UNCANNY THRILLERS (SHORTS)

Prepare for the peculiar with this batch of eerie mind-benders, surreal comedies, and demented dispatches from parallel dimensions.

• Bad at Small Talk- Viktor Horvath | US | 9
• Cactus Touch- Michael Langan | US | 2
• Cat Stickers 3- Joe Bonacci | US | 11 
• Claudio’s Song- Andreas Nilsson | UK, Ukraine | 10
• A Dead Marriage- Michal Toczek | Poland | 18
• Fairplay- Zoel Aeschbacher | 17
• Lo-Tech Reality- Guillermo García López | France, Spain, US | 8
• Power Signal- Oscar Boyson | US | 20 

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