Rooftop Films: Wholphin in Chelsea Market (Event Over)

Monday, December 8th
Rooftop Films presents Wholphin
Relentlessly fascinating shorts from the Wholphin DVD collection.
Free Radeberger Pilsner for all in attendance
Presented in partnership with Shooting People
 
*Venue: Indoors at Chelsea Market
*Address: 75 9th Avenue (at 15th Street)
*Directions: A, C, E or L to 14th street and 8th Ave
*7:00: Music by Love Like Deloreans
*7:30: Films from Wholphin
Admission: Free!

PROGRAM | WHOLPHIN | LOVE LIKE DELOREANS

Free Radeberger Pilsner for all in attendance (must be 21 to drink)

"...the most relentlessly fascinating and inventive showcase for new short films in the country." — IFC

Rooftop Films returns to the halls of Chelsea market for a free screening of short films from the Wholphin collection. Wholphin is a quarterly DVD magazine from McSweeney's, lovingly encoded with the best short movies, documentaries and uncategorizable films — from rare Spike Jonze documentaries to Alexander Payne's first short feature; from documentaries about squirrel racism to animated shorts about space travel and short-haired women. If it's good, rare, new or unseen, it's on Wholphin. On Monday, December 8th, we'll be showing a selection of incredible shorts from their newest edition (volume 7), as well as several classics from their new Best Of Wholphin DVD.

All of us at Rooftop Films have been big fans of Wholphin for years, so we are excited to be able to partner with them to present this collection from their library. If you like what you see, you should subscribe to Wholphin and they’ll ship you a new batch of the best short films in the world every couple of months. The Wholphin DVDs are carefully curated and beautifully put together and feature insightful and entertaining liner notes as well as other special features. Subscrice to Wholphin now and along with the brand new Issue No 7 you will also get The Best of Wholphin—which includes audience favorites from Wholphin Issues 1 through 5, remastered, with expanded liner notes and directors’ cuts.

Before the films, Love Like Deloreans will be performing live, and throughout the show we will have free bottles of beer courtesy of Radeberger Pilsner.

The Films:
Heavy Metal Jr. (Chris Waitt | 24:00 | UK)
A documentary about a band of Scottish 9-year-olds performing their song, “Satan Rocks,” at the county fair.

Walleyball (Wholphin |3:30 | USA)
A game of illegal border volleyball played at the US/Mexico border, using the wall as a net.

Darling Darling (Directed by Matthew Lessner | 12:00 | USA)
A surreal dating short starring Michael Cera, with alternate audio versions featuring John Cleese and Daniel Handler.

Intermission

Nutkin's Last Stand (Nicholas Berger | 18:00 | USA)
A documentary following the face off between American gray squirrels and British red squirrels.

Look at the Sun (Wholphin |5:00 | USA)
An incredibly close look at the sun in its most gorgeous and inactive state.

Please Vote For Me (Weijun Chen | 32:00 | China/South Africa)
A documentary about a class of Chinese third graders who hold a democratic election for classroom monitor and end up hilariously, if unintentionally, mocking 300 years of American politics

Walk-In Program:
Safari (Catherine Chalmers | 7:00 | USA)
Tactical Advantage (Daren Rabinovitch | 4:00 | USA)
Baby Squid, Born Like Stars (Wholphin | 5:00 | USA)
David Huggins: Experienced (Jeremy Vaeni | 7:00 | USA)