Rooftop Films Presents: Short Films—Opening Night 2025

THE FILMS:

Azi
Montana Mann | US | 14 mins

Introverted and polite seventeen-year-old Azi Rahimi accompanies her best friend, Morgan, Morgan’s father, and Morgan’s father’s new girlfriend, Elizabeth, on a weekend vacation. As Azi spends more time with Elizabeth, a mysterious and electric connection is sparked. Soon their dynamic turns into a game—eventually impacting everyone around them (pictured above).

Bubba
Nina Buxton | Australia | 12 mins

Mia arrives at her sister’s veterinary clinic, carrying a heavy bag and an injured dog named Bubba. As the sisters prepare to leave together, Mia’s phone pings with messages from her controlling boyfriend, Mitch, demanding to know where she is. When Mitch unexpectedly appears outside the clinic, Mia is forced to abandon her escape plan and fabricate a story to cover her tracks. As tension simmers between the couple, Mia is faced with an agonizing decision: escape her abusive boyfriend or stay behind to protect her beloved dog, Bubba.

Caries
Aline Höchli | Switzerland | 10 mins

In a cave within an incisor, a shaman works ambitiously on a massive mural. When she runs out of paint, she travels to the wisdom tooth at the back of the mouth to gather new supplies. Her journey is arduous, as toothpaste storms sweep through the oral cavity: the television presenter to whom the mouth belongs prepares to deliver the weather report with a brilliant white smile.

En hjältes död (The Death of a Hero)
Karin Franz Körlof | Sweden | 15 mins

In a small village where people don’t seem to get enough entertainment, a young man is engaged to balance on his head at the top of the church tower and thereafter fall to the ground and die. For doing this, he will receive a great deal of money. The people gather enthusiastically at the church to watch the young man perform the task. It’s all over in a couple of seconds. And to everyone’s dismay, the young man really dies in the end. Now their enthusiasm has switched into disappointment. To put up with such horrors should actually be forbidden, the people say, and leave dissatisfied.

Percebes
Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves | Portugal, France | 11 mins

With the sea and the urban Algarve as a background, we follow a complete cycle of the life of a special shellfish called Percebes, goose barnacle. From their formation, to the dish, in this journey, we cross different contexts that allow us to better understand this region and those who live there.