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R O O F T O P F I L M S2 0 1 5 A N N U A L R E P O R T

Contents

Executive Summary

Mission

Films and Events

Hightlights

2015 by the numbers

Community and Collaboration

The Rooftop Filmmakers’ Fund

Outreach

Press

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Financials

Donors and Members

Member Spotlight

Venues List

Supporters

Sponsors

Partners

Funders

Thank You!

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Executive Summary

Dear Friends,

It has been 19 years since we first presented a program of films on a

small rooftop in the East Village. Though we have grown tremendously

since then, Rooftop Films’ mission remains the same: to present the

best independent films in the world to huge crowds in scenic outdoor

locations. The 2015 Rooftop Films Summer Series was our most

successful to date, reaching a record number of attendees--more than

46,000 film fans across all five boroughs of New York City, as well as 3

screenings on a rooftop in Chicago, IL.

In 2015, Rooftop set out to reach a wider range of venues and

neighborhoods and to take our programs of spectacular films to new

corners of the city. We presented screenings in breathtaking new

locations, like the scenic Elevated Acre in Lower Manhattan, the stunning

roof of John Jay College in Midtown, and the idyllic campus of Snug

Harbor Cultural Center in Staten Island.

We screened a diverse collection of many of the most important and

exciting new feature-length and short independent films in the world,

and nearly every event featured live music, after-parties, and additional

enhancements as we continue to reshape New York’s nightlife and public

spaces.

As a year-round nonprofit film organization, our work goes beyond

just the Summer Series. Through our Rooftop Filmmakers Fund, we

distributed more grants than ever before to emerging artists and through

our Rooftop Community Fund we provided discounts and free consulting

to artists, nonprofits and community groups looking to create their own

events.

2016 will mark Rooftop Films 20th Anniversary of bringing underground

movies outdoors to thousands of NYC residents. For this special year,

Rooftop Films will present the most spectacular and far reaching Summer

Series in our history. Not only will this be an opportunity to look back

and celebrate our accomplishments and impact on the social and cultural

landscape, but this will also be a celebration of the filmmakers, audience,

partners, funders, donors, members and NYC itself!

Thank you for being a part of the Rooftop Films community. We look

forward to another fantastic year in 2016.

Dan Nuxoll, Program Director

Genevieve DeLaurier, Managing Director

Mark Elijah Rosenberg, Founder, Artistic Director

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Mission

Rooftop Films’ mission is to engage and

inspire diverse communities by showing

movies in outdoor locations, helping

filmmakers to produce new films, and

renting equipment at low-cost to artists

and non-profits.

We are a collective collaboration between

filmmakers and festivals, between audience

members and artists, between venues and

neighborhoods. Our goal is to nurture a

vibrant independent filmmaking community

not only by exhibiting the work of emerging

filmmakers but also by providing essential

support systems for those who otherwise

have none.

At Rooftop Films, we bring underground

movies outdoors.

But Rooftop Films is more than a

film festival. We are a community.

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Films and EventsRooftop Films has grown from a single screening in

1997 into one of the most dynamic film institutions

in the world. As a nonprofit organization and

a permanent fixture on the New York cultural

landscape, our mission is to engage and inspire

diverse communities through the medium of film.

Rooftop’s events have expanded all across the

city, attracting massive crowds and widespread

media attention by showcasing thought-provoking

independent films to thousands of movie-lovers in

spectacular outdoor spaces.

We show films that are garnering different levels of

exposure—films that will only be seen at Rooftop,

films that will play in limited release, and films that

will be independent hits. For lesser-known films,

we provide an enthusiastic audience and a uniquely

memorable platform from which to launch a successful

run. 2015 Premieres included: 7 Chinese Brothers,

Finders Keepers, Digging for Fire, Kings of the Wind

and Electric Queens, and Romeo is Bleeding, among

others.

For films about to hit theaters, it is crucial that they

draw large audiences in their opening weeks in

theatrical release. By presenting a sneak preview at

Rooftop, filmmakers generate buzz that spurs box

office sales. In 2015 we presented sneak previews for

films such as Heaven Knows What, Tangerine, The

Wolfpack, Fresh Dressed, Goodnight Mommy, Room,

Goosebumps, and many more.

Premieres Sneak Previews

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Some of the most daring films in the world are shorts.

Rooftop Films started as a shorts film festival and we

continue to prize the short as a medium unto itself. Our

thematic programming displays multiple perspectives

on a single topic, and screenings of “New York Non-

Fiction,” “Dark Toons” and other programs include the

personal work Rooftop celebrates.

We aim to make every Rooftop event unique and

memorable, and much more than a simple screening.

We have live music prior to every screening, and in

2015 we showcased emerging musicians such as Banda

Magda, Foxes in Fiction, Dai Burger, Seoul, Vulkano,

Wilsen and many more. We also further enhanced

many of our events with special performances and

unique elements.

Short Films Innovative Events

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Highlights

7 Chinese Brothers

Our second screening of the summer featured the NY

premiere of Bob Byington’s hilarious and charming

new comedy, 7 Chinese Brothers. Stars Jason

Schwartzman and Olympia Dukakis were in attendance

for a highly entertaining and unpredictable Q and A

as part of our sold-out event on the roof and in the

courtyard of the Old American Can Factory.

The Wolfpack

One of the biggest screenings of the year featured a

special sneak preview of one of the most talked about

documentaries of the year: Crystal Moselle’s shocking

and fascinating documentary, The Wolfpack. This

incredible true coming of age story is being buzzed

about as a certain awards contender and follows the

six Angulo brothers who have spent their entire lives

locked away from society in an apartment on the

Lower East Side of Manhattan.

LOFT in Chicago

While most Rooftop Films events take place in New

York City, we also often branch off into other cities.

This year, Rooftop teamed up with LOFT to present

three outdoor screenings on a rooftop in Chicago,

giving the windy city a taste of the Rooftop Films

experience. Each event drew hundreds of enthusiastic

attendees for live music, film screenings, and fantastic

food and drink.

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Tangerine

Rooftop Films specializes in programming exceptional

engrossing films that capture the personal lives of

diverse and under-represented audiences, and one of

our biggest screenings of the year featured just such

a film. Rooftop presented a special sneak preview of

Sean Baker’s raucous and brilliant new fiction film,

Tangerine, which tells the story of a transgender

prostitute making her way across the hardscrabble

streets of LA, trying to track down the pimp who broke

her heart.

Racing Extinction

In July, Rooftop and Arts Brookfield presented one

of the most important documentaries of the year,

Louie Psihoyos’ powerful Racing Extinction, which

documents the mass extinctions taking place all across

the world. The producers of the film were present

along with 1,300 attendees, and the next night the

filmmakers projected beautiful images of endangered

species on the Empire State Building for tens of

thousands of onlookers.

Krisha

Rooftop specializes in discovering the most talented

new filmmakers in the world, and in August we

presented a special sneak preview of Trey Edward

Shults’ SXSW winning, Rooftop-funded drama, Krisha.

More than 600 attendees came out to see the film

and to celebrate the joint birthday of Rooftop and

Indiewire.

Digging For Fire

Rooftop has presented many of indie auteur Joe

Swanberg’s films over the years, but none of those

previous films were as star-studded as his latest work,

Digging For Fire. Jake Johnson, the star of the film,

was in attendance for the sold-out event that took

place on two rooftops at Industry City.

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By the Numbers 2015

108,000Total Audiences Served

Summer Series and Outdoor Co-Presentations Audience

Off-Season Screenings Audience

Events Supported by the Rooftop Films Community Fund Audience

46,000

5,000

57,000

26countries

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50feature films

13NY, US, World

Premieres

18venues

across NYC

130short films

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Community and Collaboration

Rooftop Films is a unique collaboration between filmmakers

and festivals, between audience and artists, venues and

neighborhoods. At Rooftop Films we don’t screen in theaters, we

screen in communities.

In an effort to support truly independent screenings, Rooftop

makes all our film/video exhibition equipment, as well as our

event production expertise, available to the public through low-

cost or free rentals through the Rooftop Films Community Fund.

From individual artists, local neighborhood organizations to

larger community organizations, Rooftop provides a vital support

system and resource to our community in all five boroughs.

And by partnering with local organizations and venues, Rooftop

is able to host numerous free screenings in multiple locations

each year. We believe that art and culture should be inclusive and

these screenings allow underserved and diverse audiences to

take part in one of New York’s most important industries.

In 2015 we donated and discounted over

$150,000 worth of equipment and services to

artists, nonprofits and community groups.

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The Rooftop Filmmakers’ FundRooftop Films not only exhibits films from around the

world, we also support the filmmakers whose work we

have screened to help them to produce new movies

through the Rooftop Filmmakers’ Fund.

Rooftop Films sets aside $1 from

every ticket sold and every submission

fee received and gives it to alumni

filmmakers in the form of grants for

their film productions.

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We also grant additional cash courtesy of our sponsor

Garbo NYC, and service grants courtesy of our sponsors

at Eastern Effects , Edgeworx Studios, Brigade

Marketing, Technological Cinevideo Services, and

Downtown Community Television.

Unlike festivals which give away awards for filmmakers’

past work, the Rooftop Filmmakers’ Fund is an

opportunity to help deserving filmmakers make their

next movie.

Past grantees have included Gillian Robespierre’s

Obvious Child , Jonas Carpignano’s Mediterranea, Ana

Lily Amirpour’s The Bad Batch, David Lowery’s Ain’t

Them Bodies Saints, Shaka King’s Newlyweeds, Sean

Durkin’s Martha Marcy May Marlene, Benh Zeitlin’s

Beasts of the Southern Wild and Glory at Sea, Johannes

Nyholm’s Las Palmas, Lucy Walker’s The Tsunami and

the Cherry Blossom, and dozens more.

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OutreachRooftop Films has a strong fan following on multiple social media platforms.

We strive to provide diverse, creative and thought provoking content that

covers our own work, the work of our filmmakers and partners, and general

observations on film, culture and NYC. Our loyal fans help spread the word

about Rooftop, documenting their own experiences at screenings via

Instagram, Facebook and Twitter, among others.

40,843followers

followers34,453

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New York’s Celluloid SummerBy Mekado Murphy - May 29, 2015

“This film series turns the tops of the

buildings that make up the New York

skyline into a screening room with the

city as its backdrop.”

Rooftop Films was featured in over 145 articles

in the summer of 2015, including coverage in

The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal,

The Hollywood Reporter, Filmmaker Magazine,

Indiewire, New York Magazine, AMNY, Complex

Magazine, Time Out NY, Paste, NY1, The Village

Voice, Brooklyn Vegan, Gothamist, and more.

Press

Rooftop Films Helped Launch Lena Dunham and Benh Zeitlin: Who’s Next?By Chris O’Falt - May 29, 2015

“Rooftop’s screenings serve as an effective platform for building word-

of-mouth and launching rising talent — once-unknown shorts directors

Lena Dunham, Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and Gillian

Robespierre (Obvious Child) all had their short films screened at past

fests. And Zeitlin and Robespierre were both recipients of Rooftop

Films grants that helped expand their shorts into the features that put

them on the map.”

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Rooftop Films Reveals Bulk Of Summer Movie Lineup, Kicking Off May 29thBy John Del Signore - May 4, 2015

“A trailblazer in the NYC outdoor summer movie scene.”

Rooftop Films’ Brings Movies to Scenic New York City SpotsBy Robert Levin - May 26, 2015

“Rooftop Films festival has become an indispensable

summer institution during the course of its nearly two

decades.”

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Financials

31.81%

30.16%

16.13%

10.51%

8.5%

2.89%

Consulting, Curating and Rentals

Corporate

Foundations and Government

Ticket Sales and Submission Fees

Individual

Other

FY 2015 Revenue

31.81%

30.16%

16.13%

10.51%

8.5%2.89%

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Financials

79.83%

3%

17.17%

Expense Programs

Filmmakers Fund

Admin/Overhead

FY 2015 Expense

31.81%

79.83%

17.17%

3%

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Donors and MembersRooftop Films relies on the support of our donors and members to bring the magic of Rooftop to neighborhoods

across New York City. As affordable venues for independent film and public art disappear due to economic realities,

the mission of Rooftop Films to provide public outdoor screenings in multiple locations throughout NYC becomes

more important each year. We thank our donors and members for their support of Rooftop Films, filmmakers and the

arts in New York City.

Donations and Memberships help to ensure:

• Our submission fees stay low, providing filmmakers of all kinds the chance to show their work.

• Projects by emerging filmmakers are supported by grants from the Rooftop Filmmakers’ Fund.

• We continue to offer affordable tickets to our screenings.

• We program insightful panel discussions, Q&As and other enhancements to supplement our screenings.

• Artists and nonprofits can take advantage the Rooftop Films Community Fund equipment rentals and event services

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Member Spotlight

Caitlin Mae Burke

Caitlin Mae Burke is an Emmy-winning producer of documentary features, narrative short

films, and nonfiction television.

“For the past five years, my most memorable summer nights have been spent at Rooftop

Films. As a filmmaker, the unparalleled programming allows me access to the best festival

films (and undiscovered international gems) in my own backyard and beautiful new parts

of the city. Every time I bring an uninitiated friend, I feel like I’ve let them in on the (not-

so-secret) best film event series in New York, and like I’m the coolest kid in town for being

in the know. Most of my friends have joined me for more than one evening; many have

become members themselves!”

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Venues List

Dag Hammarskjold Plaza 2nd Ave & 47th St,

New York, NY 10017

Elevated Acre 55 Water St,

New York, NY 10041

Industry City 220 36th St,

Brooklyn, NY 11232

Metrotech Commons 5 Metrotech Center,

Brooklyn, NY 11201

On The Beach At Coney Island 3059 West 12th St,

Brooklyn, NY 11224

River to River Festival: Liberty Plaza 28 Liberty St,

New York, NY 10005

River to River Festival: Pier 15Pier 15, East River Esplanade,

New York, NY 10006

Snug Harbor Cultural Center 1000 Richmond Terrace,

Staten Island, NY 10301

Socrates Sculpture Park 32-01 Vernon Boulevard,

Long Island City, NY 11106

Solar One 24-20 Fdr Drive, Service Road East At 23rd St

and The East River,

New York, NY 10010

The Bushwick Generator 195-215 Moore St,

Brooklyn NY, 11206

The Jay Walk at John Jay College of Criminal Justice 860 11th Ave,

New York, NY 10019

The Old American Can Factory 232 Third St At 3rd Ave,

Brooklyn, NY 11215

The Roof of Trilok Fusion Center for The Arts 143 Waverly Ave,

Brooklyn, NY 11205

Waterfront Plaza at Brookfield Place 230 Vesey St,

New York, NY, 10281

Westchester’s Ridge Hill 1 Ridge Hill Blvd,

Yonkers, NY 10710

Chicago Whole Foods Market Lincoln Park

1550 N. Kingsbury St,

Chicago, IL 60642

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Supporters

Sky Donors

Ariel AgaiPaul AldazIddo I. AradSteven C. BeerElizabeth BurrowsMichael ClarkSamara DalyBrooke DevineMark Duplass and Katie AseltonPhilipp EngelhornLaura HebertonTeresa LeeEvan ListBrian NewmanCasimir NozkowskiRobert and Elizabeth NuxollCathy Simon and Michael PalmerMax Shterngel

Roof Donors

Mashael AlqahtaniNick BrandestiniDino Del ZottoSandra FranklinCari HauckSteven LewisMichael LittleDavid McMahonAaron NaarThomas and Joyce NozkowskiPhilip and Charlotte RosenbergDana SchwartzRobin Rose SingerVinay SinghMartha SniderAnne SwansonAndreas TuranskiThomas Vander SticheleMaurice WillemsA24 Films

Loft Donors

David BlackmanEdward BrooksMariah EvartsRenato Fadel FavaNathaniel GiraldiRosemarie Gordon Mary GoverKatya KazbekKaren ListColette MichaanAlexander O’KaneSarah PalmerMark ReadFrancine RicchiJose RodriguezMaria SchmidtRyan Smith

Danielle StrleYancey StricklerHeather Traher Ruben Vargas Jr.Kumaran VijayakumarKen Webb

Balcony Donors

Veronica AdesKaren AlschulerChristine AmbroseKatie AquinoTej AroraChristina BalasDouglas BarrowsNancy BoehmIan BradleyNancy BrousEllen BrownSamuel BrowningJason BurkeKat BurrowsBrandy ButcheckJason BylanJosh CalixBryan CashmanAna CerroAmber ChandlerNoah ChestnutTim CheungAzhar ChougleKung-Gene ChuWill ChuSophie ChungMichael CohenLauren CunninghamJohnnie DavisJahaira DiazIndira DingledineJames DopmanAnthony DormentCaroline ElizondoJaime FallonClay FarlandDanny FieldKaisa FilppulaMichael FrankfurtPaolo GaudianoTony GerberKonstantin GetmanchukLyn GoldsmithMaurice GoldsteinMax GreeneAlicia HalloranDana HammerJonathan HandlerIan HassettTom HayesJoseph HernandezCarlos HerrerosShawn HillGreg HittNathan HumeJulie JakubiecStephanie JasinskiPeter JebaraMargaret Jenkins-Wax

Leslie JordanScott JoyLeah JubaraNada JungVeronika KanaAmy KantrowitzMarc KirchnerLiam KillionAnna KlenkarAmit KoonerNate LaFaveAndrew LindermanSusan LochtKristie LutzSai MandisFred MarbachDylan MarchettiMaisie McAdooSarah McCleskeyDenny McFaddenMark MeattoKristine MirandaLenny MisuracaCécile MooreEdgar MoraisMegan MorrisonJesse MossJennifer MurphyPaul NasratAndrew NeelLucas NeustadtNam NguyenMichele NoePhilip NuxollManus O’CallaghanAlexander PappPamela ParlapianoColleen Peabody-DiezEstee PierceEvgeniya PlotnikovaRebecca RallsSally RiggsAngel RiveraMatt RogersNick RoweAlessandro RuffiniAdrianne SantiagoAyan SarkarMichael ScharfJen SellarMargaret ShaferBlake ShapiroCarrie SkowronskiEmily SlaterLedra SolomonEmily StangeSean SteedMarek StępniowskiEric StoneMark ThornbyMatthew ThurmEirini VeliouFarah VeltenPatricia VoightJodie VolkDavid WebbAdam WeberNancy Marie WhitchurchMarty WiesnerAmy WinnThomas WolfeAnne Marie WrightJeremy YachesHumu YansaneLiz Zimiles

Mezzanine Donors

Veronika AdaskovaJarred AltermanZachary AmundsonElizabeth ApicellaDorit AradBen ArnonAgnieszka BaginskaJason BahlingAnna BarnesSimone BarskyPeter BartekMarcella BaumElizabeth BellinghamDanielle BellucciBrian BelovaracAlison BenowitzKathy BerryJeffrey BowersDavid BraunCaitlin Mae BurkeLauren BurkePedro CanalesRachel ChaitTodd ChandlerRodrigo ChavesJessica ChenMark ChengLee Isaac ChungVanessa ConnellyLiz CookZoe CooperHeather CourtneyJen CoxKathleen CrosbyAude CuenodCara CusumanoEllen DabelaCeline DanhierAshley DennigSia EaValerie EatonAdam EdwardsMichael EdwardsChris FairbanksShannon FlamKevin FrankenfeldMaxwell FreyBryan FriedmanDavid GallagherRob GarverMadelon GauthierWilliam George-LouisMara GersteinJohn GidicsinBradley GillMichael GlumacRachel GradyJanis GreenspanCaitlin GrossjungErika GrunhoffValerie HaliburtonBrianna HalsteadNikolas HampleCari HauckMeredith HauptDon HertzfeldtMason HuSharon KenigBraden KingJessica KingdonAhreum Ko

Natalia Kovtunova Shivpal KulhariTaia KwinterAaron LackmanClement LeeIlene LevensonEliza LichtJason LiftonTamar LisbonaAndrea Lodico WelshonsDavid LoweryStephen MacDonaldMaura MaddenChristie MarcheseSarah MeansWalter MontieOscar MoralesRebecca MulhernHannah MurphyDavid NapitupuluArmond NetherlyAdam Newport-BerraWill OlivryMichael PalmieriHeather ParraCatherine PaszkowskaAngela PhamAsha PhelpsJ. Raúl RamírezLiz RaoBen RichardsonAdam RihacekAndrea RoaRenee RoberStuart RosenbergHannah RosenzweigAnne RothschildVikash RughaniAmy RussoVeronica RutledgeDan SchoenbrunTom SchroederIsabelle SchulzeStephen ShohlRachel SiegelJyoti SinghChole SitBen SmithSara SolomonDavid SosnowDaniel StarerTerry SteinerSusan SzochetCatalino TolejanoBernard TopperPierce VarousNicolas VendevilleEddie VidalesNicolas VieiraEdward WaisnisRebekah WardJennifer WattleyErin WhitsonRobert WilsonMarcin WolynskiDavid WoonVictoria YarisantosNatalie YounoszaiRob Zapol

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Lobby Donors

Sarah Adina SmithCristobal AlmagiaAngela AlstonMariana AmatoMike AmbsJose ArevaloJoanna ArnowEric AstJoanna AurittJulia BakonyiDiandra BarsalouAddie BaughmanMichael Beach Nichols Bradley BeesleyWyatt Ben BernsteinLisa BengerAlison BenowitzJen BensonAndrew BerendsSpencer BernsteinMarion BlochFrances BodomoAndrew BondEmily BranhamJohn BriggsGavin BriscoeBernardo BrittoEllen BrownSusanna BrummBuffoonery Factory LLCKristopher BurrellJoseph CampbellKat CandlerJonas CartanoChris CassidyYvonne ChenKiran ChitanvisPhil ChungNoel ClaroSarah CoganPeter CohenDouglas ComeauVictoria CookJessica CooperKristin CoralAlex CormierCristina Kotz CornejoTJ CovertAlex CoxAlex CoxDaniel Croix HendersonWilliam CusickBreno da Mata

Lauri DahlEric Damon WaltersThomas DavisNick DazzoGregory DelaurierJohn DimatosAaron DobbsLiam DonovanBrenna DoughertyDaniel EberDanelle EliavChristopher EscobarLisa EsselsteinKristen FelicettiFilm Festival GuildMichael ForsteinWilly FriedmanJohn FrisbieSonia Ganess AraujoLeah GiblinAndrew GilchristGreg GilpatrickTonya GlanzHannah GoeppertReva GoldbergMatt GoldmanFrances GoodwinBobby GormanGreen Sea ProductionsKris HaamerSarah HanssenDavid HartsteinShabbir HassanJeremy HatterJeremy HershTim HettlerCindy HillLee HirschGregor HochmuthRiley HooperMatt HopkinsJohnson HorChris HortonZontee HouDorien IedemaJane IkpemeMalcolm IngramDanielle JablonskiAndrew JamesKent JohnsonJulie KahnMargarita KaranJohn KeeshanMichael KefeyalewKelly Kivland

Michael KleinElla KlikNellie KluzSarah KochWilla KoernerJason KohlPaul KomniersRachel KovnerDana KriegerEliot KrimskyDaniel LaabsNate LaFaveJeremy LambertonPenny LaneMissy LaneyMonika LeDelphine Le CourtoisJeff LeberShannon LeeGeorge LeeJessica LeeTracy LeighJon LelandAllie LeviatanMary LeweyAmy LewisAng LiMarina LienhardBetty LiuEliza LoringAnna LouisePaul LovelaceWeilu LuoYanzhao LvTeresa Danielle LynchAlex MallisReinaldo Marcus GreenTaraFawn MarekIan MartinAlan MartofelJessica MarvinPamela MascioJohn MaslowskiAnthony Mathile and Stacey LeePhillip MayerSarah McCleskeyKristin McCrackenMichael McGregorHolly MeehlTimothy MekhlinDebbie MelitaDanny MendozaKaren MeneghinDara Messinger

Janelle MiauStephanie MikulichKeith MillerAnne MilneAli MirIan MitchellAdriana MituJeff MizushimaLucila MoctezumaMartini MonkeyChelsey MorarDaniel MorganCelia MullerCurtis MyersRobert NeilsonSara NewensAmy NicholsonDerek NievergeltSachiko NinomiyaJacki OchsSamir OliverosMadeleine OlnekAlfie PalaoAlfie PalaoKelsey ParsonsJohn PasicznykElizabeth PaukerSophia PaulmierAlexandra PearsonStephanie PereiraHugo PerezZac PetrilloLindsey PhillipsNiina PollariThom PowersAlex PrimasMalcolm PullingerNick QuestedTonya RaberJustine RaczkiewiczNatasha RahejaJohn RasoKendel RatleyPJ RavalDana ReinoosTodd RemisAndrew RenziRobert ReynosoNataniel Rivera CortésVictoria RogersSamantha RothausAnaïs RousseauDeborah RudolphRumurJason Santa Maria

Leah SapinGarret SavageRyan ScafuroErica ScherDan SchoenbrunKelly SearsJudy SeidAndrew SemansBrian SewardLucy SextonJonathan SharpImran SheikhOskar SimannCaroline SindersJaspreet SinghChris SkilesNate SmithLina SrivastavaNoah StahlJeff StarkLeonard SteinbachKim StickelsNic StrahlRajneesh SudhakarMeg SuttonMatt SweeneySteven TanenbaumJef TaylorThe Varsity TheatreJulie ThieryZachary TimmUnionDocsDani ValeAlona VorobyovChristopher WalkerMatthew WangTomasz WernerEleanor WilsonKaren WintherRachel WistermanGreg WongJulie WoodStacy WuJeffrey YamaguchiAlexander YanTieg ZahariaDan Zelikman

Help keep Rooftop Films strong! Donate or become a member today!

Rooftop Films is your community organization. We are here to serve you,

your friends and family; our filmmakers; our diverse audience; and the

vibrant city of New York. Not only will your gift to Rooftop Films provide

the resources that make an immediate impact on the work we do, your gift

provides support to filmmakers, artists and a thriving New York arts scene.

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Sponsors

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Partners

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NYC Council Member Cumbo

NYC Council Member Lander

NYC Council Member Kallos

NYC Council Member Menchaca

NYC Council Member Garodnick

NYC Council Bronx Delegation

Funders

Laurence W Levine Foundation

James, Jay & Sandy Levine

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DirectorsPROGRAM DIRECTORDan Nuxoll

MANAGING DIRECTORGenevieve Hsiao-Yung DeLaurier

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/FOUNDERMark Elijah Rosenberg

Board Of DirectorsEvan List (Board Chair)Samara Daly (Board Vice-Chair)Casimir Nozkowski (Board Secretary)Teresa Lee (Board Treasurer)Iddo I. AradSteven C. BeerEllie BurrowsAnne CareyMichael ClarkBrent GreenAnne HubbellBrian NewmanMark Elijah RosenbergVinay Singh

Thanks to the Rooftop Staff and Board of Directors

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Additional StaffPROGRAMMERHolly VogesDominic Davis

OPERATIONS MANAGERKate Gellene

TECHNICAL MANAGERTristan Shepherd

TECHNICAL COORDINATORMichael Lawless

MARKETING MANAGERNoah Koch

EVENTS MANAGERJasmine Johnson

PRINT TRAFFIC COORDINATORTed Eschweiler

FESTIVAL ASSISTANTMaria Rhodes

MUSIC PROGRAMMERDanielle Kourtesis

PHOTOGRAPHERIrwin Seow

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