ROOFTOP SHORTS ONLINE:
BEN COONLEY'S
VALENTINE FOR PERFECT STRANGERS

ROCK N ROLL
Red Leader Records showcase at CMJ
Friday, November 3, 8pm
@ NorthSix (66 North 6th St., Williamsburg)

This blog will mostly be film events, but we wanted to give a shout out to our good friends at Red Leader Records, who have provided great musical acts for our shows. Pop-punk, political hardcore, great music. Bands that night include: Achilles, End Of A Year, The New Dress, Scream! Hello, Dear Tonight, and Nakatomi Plaza. Check out details at www.myspace.com/redleaderrecords and www.redleaderrecords.com.

We used this Scream! Hello song in a preview for a Rooftop Films show last summer.

ROOFTOP SHORTS:
DOG YEARS







Directed by Richard Hearn and Sam Penfold, this beautiful short about the internal life of a lonely domestic dog was made on a budget of £4.90 (for ham and sausages), edited in-camera under the Joy of 8mm initiative, and makes most dog lovers cry every time they see it. Watch it at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A3819080

ROOFTOP SHORTS ONLINE:
YOU'RE GOING TO DIE
That big bad authoritative logo which appears before so many classic films sounds off about mortality and religion in this hilarious, chilling and insightful film from Dennis Palazzolo, with text by philosopher-artist Vito Acconci.


A Rooftop classic now available on YouTube. Read about other films and check out our funky old website from when we first showed this film in 2003.

ROOFTOP SHORTS:
AUTOMOTIVE HIGH GREASE CAR

Check out this short about students at (Rooftop partner) Automotive High School in Brooklyn who have convertd a diesel car into one that runs on grease from their cafeteria.
http://www.trishdalton.com/greasecar/grease-car.htm

ROOFTOP SHORTS:
TIME MISTAKE
One of the main reasons we set up this blog is to link to all of our favorite shorts. We'll keep linking to them one at a time, so check back in regularly and if you are a filmmaker whose work has shown with Rooftop in the past you should let us know if any of your shorts are available online. Here is Rooftop veteran Casimir Nozkowski's Time Mistake and you can watch his other works at http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=CasimirN:

ROOFTOP SHORTS ONLINE:
THE NYUGGLE
One of the main reasons we set up this blog is to link to all of our favorite shorts. I'll keep linking to them one at a time, so check back in regularly and if you are a filmmaker whose work has shown with Rooftop in the past you should let me know if any of your shorts are available online. Here is Lee Kern's The Nyuggle. Click on the pony to watch it.

PRAISE FOR PAUL FESTA'S
APPARITION OF THE ETERNAL CHURCH
Playing November 9th, 2006 in St. Bartholomew's Church in Manhattan
Details and Tickets

Rooftop will be presenting the New York Premeire of Paul Festa's fantastic new documenary on November 9th. Here are some of the things people have been saying about it:

"I rarely see anything so thought-provoking. It was like hanging out with super-smart people for an evening and just listening to them talk and soaking it up....I found myself falling in love with a lot of them....It was as if the music allowed them to be honest and transparent in a way I don't generally see. As a Christian, coming from a very pro-church background, I loved hearing what people from a completely different world thought. I was blown away....Go see the movie. Its amazing."
--327market.blogspot.com

"One of the best movies about music I've ever seen."
--Karl Bartosfounder of Kraftwerk, professor at the Berlin University of the Arts

"People just could not stop talking about it."
--Wm. Brian Owens, directorIndianapolis International Film Festival

"A highlight of the festival."
--Jane Sullivan, director of the Santa Cruz Film Festival

"A life-changing experience."
--Santa Cruz Film Festival audience member

Apparition of the Eternal Church






A feature-length documentary by Paul Festa
Special New York Premiere!
BUY TICKETS PRESS RELEASE
TRAILER OFFICIAL WEBSITE
Thursday November 9, 2006
Film starts at 7:30
St. Bartholomew's Church
Park Avenue and 51st Street, Manhattan