Rooftop Films: Making the Mission (Event Over)

**** We welcome you to join us before the show at Sound Fix Lounge for a Happy Hour.

Sound Fix Happy Hour is on Thursday, June 12th from 6pm-8pm at Sound Fix Lounge (one block from Automotive) at 110 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn NY 11211.
Beer is $1, Well Drinks are $3, and Bloody Marys are $5. ****

In the event of rain the show will be held indoors at the same location

8:00PM: Doors open

8:30PM: Sound Fix presents live music by O'Death

9:00PM: Films

11:30PM - 1:00AM: After Party: Open Bar at Matchless (557 Manhattan Ave @ Driggs) Courtesy of Radeberger beer

Tickets: $9 at the door or online at www.rooftopfilms.com

Preview: See short films from this program at www.IFC.com

Presented in partnership with: IFC.com, New York magazine, IndiePix, Shooting People, Council Member David Yassky & Automotive HS

Making the Mission (Short Films)

Short films about big adventures, including the award-winning post-Katrina shipwreck epic “Glory At Sea,” co-funded by the Rooftop Filmmakers' Fund.

“Glory at Sea!” (co-funded by the Rooftop Filmmakers' Fund) is a film about a group of people in post-Katrina New Orleans who build an elaborate make-shift raft that will sink at sea so they can join their lost loved ones. Working on a shoe-string budget, director Benh Zeitlin knew that in order to make this movie, he’d have to actually build an elaborate make-shift raft and sink it at sea. Zeitlin and Court 13 Pictures banded together a cast and crew willing to risk their very lives not simply for this film, but for what this film represented—that spirit of camaraderie and community in which the journey itself provides an irrational and necessary hope.  

In the guidelines to the Rooftop Filmmakers' Fund (see pg. TK), we say "We are more likely to fund films that make the most of their resources and community." We don't have the means to fund big-budget films, so we want to support filmmakers who are clever and collaborative, and uphold the collective ideals of Rooftop Films.

This entire program is full of films that know that taking a risk is sometimes just as important as the thing you’re risking. This show is all about explorations of the high seas and Hades, of outer space and ex-urbia, of imaginary lands and the minds of over-educated New Yorkers. It’s about dancing your way out of prison and about saving the Dodo bird. It’s about making the mission.

THE FILMS

L’Evasion (Breakout) (Arnaud Demuynck | Roubaix, France | 9:00)

A man is in prison. His cellmate is tortured to death. When the guards come for him, he escapes and performs a final dance of death.

Force 1 TD (Randy Krallman | New York, NY | 11:00)

With prom just a few days away, Carmine needs a very special pair of sneakers. Three teenagers and a seeing-eye horse embark on a seemingly simple quest.

The Tale of How (The Blackheart Gang | Cape Town, South Africa | 4:00)

A dazzling animated opera about an octopus island that’s eating all the dodo birds. You’ll want to check out the Dr. Seussian lyrics later: http://theblackheartgang.com/2007/12/...

Glory At Sea (Benh Zeitlin | Brooklyn & New Orleans | 25:00)

“Glory at Sea celebrates hope and community and love in a world that is cruel and indifferent. To survive we must all stick together, we must love one another, we must believe. Without those grand human forces at work, we’ll never make it to the bottom of the sea to hug our loved ones once again.” — Michael Tully, IndieWire & Hammer To Nail.

INTERMISSION

The Sound of People (Simon Fitzmaurice | Bray, Ireland | 10:00)

In the time and space of a single moment, 18-year-old Stephen makes contact with his past and his future. Staring into the face of his own death, he dives headfirst into life.

Joshua Tree Launch Series (William Lamson | Brooklyn & Nevada | 4:00)

Lamson is known for performing actions that shock delicate objects with inventive violence. In this lovely and playful series, he casts monumental versions of a child’s toy into the imposing Nevada desert.

The Mean Time (Zachary Treitz | New York, NY | 17:34)

Somewhere in the nearby future-past, an astronaut returns home from space and gets reacquainted. What was it like? How has he changed? Was he even there at all? This subtle and strange post-adventure narrative is all about the way extraordinary exploits can have extreme effects on the ordinary life and mind.

The New Yorkist (Dana O'Keefe | New York, NY | 6:00)

A troubled artist is paralyzed by the disparity between the possibilities he imagines for himself and the reality he inhabits. He resolves to undertake an enterprise of monumental importance, but this abstract notion quickly evolves into grandiose delusion involving The Gulag Archipelago, an infestation of ants, and a doomed plan to invade Kyrgyzstan.