Rockaway Film Festival presents cinema and other arts at the coastal edge of New York City, joining artists and audiences for unique collective experiences.
Our eighth annual film festival takes place August 20–24. This is the year of the wood snake: a time of dynamic transformation. Undulating through patterns of creation, collapse, and renewal, this program is guided by endings that become beginnings.
A love letter to NYC told through its trash. Join us for a work-in-progress screening and conversation with interdisciplinary artist sTo Len, recent Public Artist in Residence at the NYC Department of Sanitation.
A vibrant portrait of revolutionary public artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles, the first artist in residence at New York City’s Department of Sanitation. Post-screening conversation with director Toby Perl Freilich.