[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"festival-about-8680":3},{"festival":4,"years":21,"news":25,"about":26},{"entryId":5,"urlTitle":6,"status":7,"name":8,"originalName":9,"alsoKnownAs":10,"logo":12,"logoAppearance":13,"logoOg":19,"about":20,"isManaged":16},8680,"rooftop-films-united-states-usa","open","Rooftop Films","",[11],"Rooftop Films Summer Series","https:\u002F\u002Fimg.r.vurchel.com\u002Ffestivals\u002F_th600\u002Frooftop-films-united-states-usa-n4dg9zrk.png?v=7308cbad",{"mode":14,"edge":15,"edgeLight":16,"plateLight":17,"plateDark":18,"crop":15,"og":15},"plate",null,false,"none","light","\u002Fimg\u002F_og\u002F71667.jpg?v=7308cbad","Rooftop Films is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit whose Summer Series shows new independent features and shorts outdoors across New York City – on rooftops, in parks and on piers – rather than in cinemas. Screenings are staged as events, often with live music, filmmaker Q&As and afterparties, and programmes are grouped by theme, mood, region or genre and paired with a fitting venue. The series is non-competitive and takes fiction, documentary, experimental and hybrid films of any genre, with an interest in voices from communities rarely seen on screen. Instead of prizes, the Rooftop Filmmakers Fund gives grants to alumni filmmakers for their next projects, and the organisation rents out screening equipment at low cost. Rooftop Films has supported independent film since 1996, and its Summer Series runs each year from May to September. The 2027 Summer Series, the 31st, runs from 21 May to 23 August 2027.",[22],{"year":23,"hasAwards":16,"hasSelection":24},"2021",true,[],{"aboutHtml":27,"countries":28,"focus":30,"categories":31,"nextDates":37,"awardsPrizes":38,"rules":39,"website":40,"contacts":41,"editDate":56},"\u003Cp>Rooftop Films is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit whose Summer Series shows new independent features and shorts outdoors across New York City – on rooftops, in parks and on piers – rather than in cinemas. Screenings are staged as events, often with live music, filmmaker Q&As and afterparties, and programmes are grouped by theme, mood, region or genre and paired with a fitting venue. The series is non-competitive and takes fiction, documentary, experimental and hybrid films of any genre, with an interest in voices from communities rarely seen on screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Instead of prizes, the Rooftop Filmmakers Fund gives grants to alumni filmmakers for their next projects, and the organisation rents out screening equipment at low cost. Rooftop Films has supported independent film since 1996, and its Summer Series runs each year from May to September. The 2027 Summer Series, the 31st, runs from 21 May to 23 August 2027.\u003C\u002Fp>",[29],"United States (USA)",[],[32,33,34,35,36],"Animation","Documentary","Experimental","Feature","Short","21 May 2027 — 23 August 2027","The Summer Series is non-competitive and presents no awards. Instead, the annual Rooftop Filmmakers Fund gives cash, equipment and service grants to alumni filmmakers for future projects.","The Summer Series accepts fiction, documentary, experimental and hybrid films of any genre: features of 60 minutes or longer and shorts of 40 minutes or less. Films must be in English or have English subtitles, and every submission needs a preview through a secure online link.\n\nEntries are submitted through FilmFreeway; fees are paid in US dollars and rise with each deadline. Filmmakers who cannot pay can request a fee waiver by email. Films submitted after the final deadline are considered for the following year's series. Every filmmaker who submits receives two transferable tickets to a Summer Series screening.\n\nSelected films may be shown at any Rooftop Films screening during that year's Summer Series, but not afterwards without the filmmaker's consent. Accepted films are screened from digital video files.","https:\u002F\u002Frooftopfilms.com\u002F",[42,46,49,52],{"type":43,"value":44,"note":45},"Email","submit@rooftopfilms.com","Summer Series submissions and fee waivers",{"type":43,"value":47,"note":48},"info@rooftopfilms.com","General enquiries",{"type":43,"value":50,"note":51},"rentals@rooftopfilms.com","Screening equipment rentals, discounted for alumni filmmakers",{"type":53,"value":54,"note":55},"Address","232 Third St, Suite E-106, Brooklyn, NY 11215, USA","Rooftop Films office",1792032688]