Sarah and Kyle made zero waste one month in February 2006. That month, Sarah became pregnant. How will a couple so dedicated to creating zero waste do at raising a baby? What will they do about diapers?
TRT: 7:19
Plane Face is a surreal short film of one man’s journey to finish shaving. Shot in only one long take Plane Face was written, shot, and edited in 24 hours.
TRT: 4min 5sec
Awards and Accolades: Overall 2008 Best Film Diesel Film Race
What do a stripper, a pissed-off night manager, a death-obsessed grad student, and a ditched housewife have in common? They cry for strangers at funerals… and get paid for it.
A dark comedy about a motley group of part-time professional funeral mourners who are paid to cry for complete strangers by a dubious funeral director. However, when a familiar face is suffering, they fail miserably at what they should do best.
Short
Dark Comedy
26 min
Written & Directed by Zack Wilson
Produced by Lee Sacks
Co-Produced by Chris Spinato
A swarm of 30,000 Italian Honey Bees escaped a rooftop farm in Brooklyn until a beekeeper was called in to capture the swarm, by hand. Matthew Rivera reports.
Reported and Produced – Matthew Rivera for the Wall Street Journal’s Greater New York section.
TRT: 00:03:19
And “One For The Organizer” tells the story of a tortured old man that slips in and out of reality inside of a mental institution. The film was written, shot, and edited in 48 hours for the 48 Hour Film Project.
TRT: 6min 22sec
Why is it that some young, independent, progressive women in today’s society feel uncomfortable identifying with the F-word? Join filmmaker Therese Shechter as she takes a funny, moving and very personal journey into the heart of feminism.
Armed with a video camera and an irreverent sense of humor, Shechter talks with feminist superstars, rowdy frat boys, liberated Cosmo girls and Radical Cheerleaders, all in her quest to find out whether feminism can still be a source of personal and political power.
Therese Shechter – Director/Writer/Producer
Barbara Barde – Producer
Carole Larsen – Editor
Anneliese Paull, Ruben O’Malley – Directors of Photography
“I Was A Teenage Feminist” is distributed by Women Make Movies and director Therese Shechter is available for college and festival screenings.
We’re proud to announce that ‘The Hair Man of Williamsburg” a short
film featured in last season’s “UnProtected” screening, will be
playing in this year’s Rooftop films summer film festival.
There is no place to hide for the Mystery Hair Man of
Williamsburg. They – or we – are watching his every move.
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Come out to the New Short Non-Fiction program at the New Design High School in the LES and check it out on June 18!
The time for Rooftop Films has arrived! Shout out to Keiran O’Hare for his animated short “80 Billion Guys” which will screen at Automotive High School on August 6 as part of the Romance Shorts program. It’s is an animated short about a guy, a girl, and the 80 billion other guys that come between them which premiered at our event last season. Here’s the info, see you there!
AUTOMOTIVE HIGH SCHOOL
On the lawn of Automotive High School
WILLIAMSBURG
50 BEDFORD AVE. AT NORTH 13TH ST., BROOKLYN, NY 11222
L to Bedford Ave. or G to Nassau Ave.
So excited about the 10th Anniversary of the Media That Matters Film Festival. This amazing organization has been spreading awareness about the critical social, political and environmental issues of our time through the power of independent film. They’ve reached over 10 million viewers, and they’ve provided an important platform for young and emerging storytellers to have their voice heard on a global stage.
Tickets for the world premiere on June 2 are $13 and on sale now, just click here to reserve. This is an experience of a lifetime…and actually the place that I first learned about FilmShop. I’ll be there, come join me!
Posted by Kate Cook
