Rooftop Films Romance: Looking for Love (Event Over)

Sat., August 30, 2008

Romance Shorts: Looking For Love
Romantic short films about finding love in all the wrong places.

Venue: On the lawn along the Gowanus Canal at The Yard
Address: 400 Carroll Street (btw. Bond / Nevins - Carroll Gardens)
Directions: F / G to Carroll at Smith, walk 3 blocks east (downhill) on Carroll or M / R to Union, walk 2 blocks south to a left on Carroll
Rain: In the event of rain the show will be held indoors nearby at The Old American Can Factory, 232 3rd Street (corner of 3rd Avenue)
8:30PM: Sound Fix presents live music by Hologram
9:00PM: Films
11:00PM – 12:30AM: Reception including free wine courtesy of Brooklyn Oenology
Tickets: $9 at the door or online at http://going.com

Preview: See short films from this and other programs at www.IFC.com
Presented in partnership with: KY, IFC.com, New York magazine, Brooklyn Oenology, MeanRed Productions and The Yard


PROGRAM NOTES:
You can’t plan for love. It will lurk in abandoned buildings (Cave Flower) or hide in the bushes (Roman Postcards). It will sneak in the kitchen door (The European Kid) or get lost in an alleyway (The A-Z of Love). And love will betray you (Cheat Neutral), mislead you (Polvo) and blow up your dragon (Baby Cakes: The Coffee Line). This program of romantic short films is all about how love is wily, weird and wonderful.

Rooftop Films is a great place for a date. If you’re looking for love at Rooftop, post a Rooftop Personal Ad, Missed Connection, or Romantic Message to newyork.craigslist.org with the words "Rooftop Films" in the subject header.

In the weeks leading up to the show, we'll be linking all the Rooftop Films personal ads to our website, so you can find who you're looking for, or send sweet thoughts to your date that night - we'll help you find your mate!

If you find someone that night, we’ll give the two of you free tickets to another Rooftop show.

THE FILMS

Baby Cakes: Coffee Line (Brad Neely | Austin, TX | 4:00)
A comical series about the lives of wizards, gods and various creatures, as Baby Cakes demonstrates his unusual manner of flirting.

Cave Flower (Sam Fleischner | Brooklyn, NY | 19:00)
Between two caves - an abandoned building and a freight elevator - Cable finds inspiration in someone who appears to represent the very things that drove him into the margins of society.

Scoring (Ken Wardop | Ireland | 3:00)
Following an accident, a young man has been left with no sensation from his shoulder blades down, and now expresses his sensuality through a kiss. Another delicate and lovely film from Rooftop alum Ken Wardrop.

The European Kid (Ian Martin | Elmhurst, IL | 22:00)
One night, the European kid turns up unexpectedly and wrecks havoc on all the relationships in the house.

INTERMISSION

Polvo (Dust) (Ylva Forner | Spain | 12:45)
A young woman about to get married works cleaning houses for elderly people. One day an old man offers to pay her a large amount of money if she just undresses and sits in a chair over by the window for him. Neither of the two knows what the other gains from the deal, but the audience gets the full picture. A story about memories and missing someone long gone.

Kaveri (Buddy) (Teemu Nikki | Finland | 7:10)
Two middle aged pals who want to experiment a little bit.

Cheat Neutral (Beth Stratford | England | 8:00)
When you cheat on your partner you add to the heartbreak, pain and jealousy in the atmosphere. Cheatneutral offsets your cheating by funding someone else to be faithful and NOT cheat. This neutralises the pain and unhappy emotion and leaves you with a clear conscience. www.cheatneutral.com

Roman Postcards (Silvia Gigliodoro | Italy | 21:00)
A low-key documentary about a park that lies in the shadow of the Vatican and is a common place for homosexual hook-ups.