Not many places around the entire world have filmmakers (directors, producers, actors and more) available in its backyard or that will travel to it quite like New York City. With more independent cinemas than anywhere else on top of that, NYC has the best moviegoing experiences in the world. Here's our list of upcoming special event screenings at theaters in New York City from August 29th and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know - info@greenroomnewyork.com.

Aug 29 (7:15pm, 8pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Three longtime Brooklynites navigate careers, love, loss, and friendship against the rapidly changing landscape of their beloved city.

Aug 29 (7pm), Aug 30 (7pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

In the midst of her whole life falling apart, Kennedy attempts to somehow reconnect with her dead father, searching for permission to live her own life within a wild pool-hopping escape through the elaborate estates of her college town.

Aug 29 (7:15pm), Aug 30 (7:15pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

After a night of partying, David drunkenly falls from a terrace while his friend Juan watches helplessly. David's body hits a car hood and shatters into a thousand pieces. Since no one else seems shocked by this, Juan sets out to discover what happened, finding himself immersed in a labyrinth of fleeting romances, unbreakable friendships and pianos falling from the sky.

Aug 29 (5:30pm), Aug 30 (6pm), Aug 31 (6pm)

Cinema Village (22 East 12th Street, Manhattan)

The life of a young glassblower in training and his relationships over the years, as his land goes through war and strife.

Aug 29 (6pm), Aug 30 (3:15pm), Aug 31 (3:15pm)

Film at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)

A young married couple's baby daughter goes missing and suspicion falls on their voyeur neighbor.

Aug 29 (7pm), Aug 30 (7pm)

Aug 31 (4:30pm)

Angelika Film NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

A man tries to protect his daughter-in-law when he finds out that his son is having an affair.

Aug 30 (7:30pm), Aug 31 (7:30pm)

New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)

An engaged interfaith couple are about to have their parents meet for the first time over a Shabbat dinner when an accidental death gets in the way.

Aug 31 (5:30pm)

Film at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)

A man learns something extraordinary about himself after a devastating accident.

Sep 1 (6pm)

Film at Lincoln Center (165 West 65th Street, Manhattan)

Apartment building superintendent Cleveland Heep rescues what he thinks is a young woman from the pool he maintains. When he discovers that she is actually a character from a bedtime story who is trying to make the journey back to her home, he works with his tenants to protect his new friend from the creatures that are determined to keep her in our world.

Sep 3 (8pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

Tells the story about strangers who show up at the same apartment to collect cash they're both owed. The pair, one of whom is hiding a terrible secret, are sent on a journey across New York City.

Sep 4 (6:15pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

Explores Leni Riefenstahl's artistic legacy and her complex ties to the Nazi regime, juxtaposing her self-portrayal with evidence suggesting awareness of the regime's atrocities.

Sep 4 (7pm)

Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan (28 Liberty Street, Manhattan)

At experimental sleep clinic, Somnium, dreams are made real. Side effects may include: hallucinations, confusion, paranoia, sleep paralysis, detachment from reality, lost sense of self, permanent nightmares.

Sep 4 (9:30pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)

A new teacher at a troubled inner-city high school soon ends up clashing with a delinquent punk posse who run the institute with an iron fist.

Sep 5 (5pm, 5:30pm)

AMC Lincoln Square 13 (1998 Broadway, Manhattan)

A newly sober man's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.

Sep 5 (6pm), Sep 6 (3:30pm)

Film at Lincoln Center (144 West 65th Street, Manhattan)

This documentary excavates Leni Riefenstahl's self-fashioned myth, drawing from newly uncovered personal archives to expose her complicity and the machinery behind her cinematic legacy.

Sep 5 (7:15pm), Sep 6 (4:40pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

A newly sober man's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.

Sep 5 (7:15pm), Sep 6 (7:15pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

Fourteen-year-old Griffin Nafly is the most ambitious playwright of his generation. But once he meets handsome twenty-five-year-old handyman Brad, his life (and play) will never be the same.

Sep 5 (7pm), Sep 6 (4pm, 7pm), Sep 7 (4pm)

Village East (181-189 2nd Avenue, Manhattan)

Three Hungarian women - a journalist, a nurse and an opposition politician - fight in different ways to expose corruption and lies in Viktor Orbán's Hungary. But they face a lot of resistance from several quarters.

Sep 5 (6:50pm), Sep 6 (6:50pm), Sep 7 (2:10pm)

IFC Center (23 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

An intimate and unprecedented look into the life and legacy of Elie Wiesel, one of the most profound voices of our time. With exclusive access to Wiesel's family and personal archives, the film delves into the passions, struggles, and enduring impact of a man who became a powerful voice for human rights.

Sep 6 (7pm)

Alamo Drafthouse Downtown Brooklyn (445 Albee Square West, Brooklyn)

A newly sober man's Christmas Eve dental emergency leads to an unexpected romance with his older dentist as they explore Baltimore together.

Sep 6 (7pm)

Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Manhattan)

Life after Hurricane Katrina as the residents of New Orleans try to rebuild their lives, their homes, and their unique culture in the aftermath of one of the worst natural disasters in the USA.

Sep 7 (2:20pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

A SAVAGE ART also outlines the history of political cartoons, showing how important and impactful political cartoonists have been throughout the ages, and how, in our current climate of political partisanship and corporate control of the media, political cartoonists like Patrick Oliphant are critical to checking the powers that be.

Sep 7 (3pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Two grieving men bond in support group and form unlikely friendship.

Sep 7 (3:30pm)

Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)

Based on investigative reporting by Bloomberg News' Olivia Carville, the film follows the Social Media Victims Law Center fighting for justice on behalf of families whose children suffered tragic consequences linked to social media use.

Sep 7 (4:30pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

When a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.

Sep 8 (7:15pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)

A waitress lives with her two teen daughters in a trailer park in New Mexico. They all want a boyfriend.

Sep 10 (7pm)

Angelika Film NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

A tragicomedy following a vagabond ex-musician who, after Injuring his tooth being evicted from an abandoned apartment, embarks on a journey to fix it, encountering all manners of eccentric characters and a very old friend along the way.

Sep 10 (7:30pm)

Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, Manhattan)

After flight MH17 crashes in eastern Ukraine, violent tensions disrupt the lives of an expecting couple living in Donetsk.

Sep 12 (7pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

A woman, grieving her daughter's death in the Christchurch quakes, becomes a substitute teacher at an elite school. Unexpectedly, she discovers students lacking guidance and care, prompting her to provide inspiration and support.

Sep 12 (7pm), Sep 13 (7pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

Bunny Yeager, once heralded as the world's prettiest photographer, had a huge influence in 20th-century pop culture though few people know her name. Whether by popularizing the bikini, helping discover Bettie Page, shaping the image of Playboy or inventing the selfie, Bunny was a trailblazer whose work bucked against conservative 1950s America and helped pave the way for the feminist movement and the sexual revolution.

Sep 12 (7:45pm), Sep 13 (7:45pm)

Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

17-year-old Johanne drifts and daydreams like any teenager, until one day her restlessness morphs into all-consuming passion for her charismatic French teacher, Johanna.

Sep 14 (3pm)

Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)

While on a train, a teenage boy thinks about his life and the flamboyant aunt whose friendship acted as an emotional shield from his troubled family. This film evokes the haunting quality of memory while creating a heartfelt portrait of a boy's life in a rural 1940s Southern town.

Sep 16 (7pm)

IFC Center (323 Sixth Avenue, Manhattan)

In 1970 NYC, anti-Vietnam War student protesters confronted construction workers in violent clashes, creating a cultural rift that transformed American politics.

Sep 17 (7pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)

Documentary chronicling the life of Carl Craig — techno pioneer, visionary producer and one of the most influential figures in modern electronic music.

Sep 17 (7pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Francis Ford Coppola's "Megalopolis"

Sep 17 (7:50pm)

Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

This drama examines how two sisters cope with their mother's mental illness.

Sep 18 (7pm)

Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)

The story of American poet Emily Dickinson from her early days as a young schoolgirl to her later years as a reclusive, unrecognized artist.

Sep 18 (7pm), Sep 19 (7pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

A documentary that follows a billionaire couple as they begin construction on a mansion inspired by Versailles. During the next two years, their empire, fueled by the real estate bubble and cheap money, falters due to the economic crisis.

Sep 19 (7pm), Sep 20 (7pm)

Film Forum (209 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

Exploring the controversial NBC series that caught potential child predators in sting operations, leading to arrests, and its eventual cancellation.

Sep 21 (4pm)

Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)

The daughter of a Scottish farmer comes of age in the early 1900s.

Sep 23 (7:15pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Prospect Park (188 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn)

Follow the history of misdeeds and debauchery at Walt Disney World Resort over 30 years, which leads to the theft of almost half a million dollars worth of stolen props.

Sep 23 (7:30pm)

Anthology Film Archives (32 Second Avenue, Manhattan)

A visual album set to William Tyler's new album "Time Indefinite", the film weaves together found footage from his family archives into a poetic meditation on memory, decay, and the passage of time.

Sep 24 (7pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)

A teenager in suburban Florida desperately hustles to make $5,000 in this dreamy and surreal animated coming-of-age story.

Sep 25 (6:30pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

For over forty years, the Cornelia Street Cafe was more than just a café; it was a vibrant, eclectic haven for artists, poets, and musicians, lovingly nurtured by its visionary owner, Robin Hirsch. This film chronicles its extraordinary journey, celebrating the unforgettable voices and cherished memories that filled its iconic walls.

Sep 26 (7pm)

Museum of the Moving Image (36-01 35 Avenue, Astoria, Queens)

Follows mujra dancers as they defy censorship, predatory managers, and social stigma in pursuit of stardom.

Sep 28 (12:15pm)

New Plaza Cinema (35 West 67th Street, Manhattan)

A hot-tempered farm laborer convinces the woman he loves to marry their rich but dying boss so that they can have a claim to his fortune.

Sep 28 (4:05pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

Exposing her role behind the camera, Kirsten Johnson reaches into the vast trove of footage she has shot over decades around the world. What emerges is a visually bold memoir and a revelatory interrogation of the power of the camera.

Sep 29 (6:55pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

The history of Dawson City, the gold rush town that had a historical treasure of forgotten silent films buried in permafrost for decades until 1978.