Flying High
Saturday, May 30, 2026
Flying High invites makers, dreamers, and collaborators for a one-day kite celebration at the Rockaway Beach Amphitheater.
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Rockaway Film Festival presents cinema and other arts at the coastal edge of New York City, joining artists and audiences for unique collective experiences.

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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.

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Saturday
,
May 30
at
4:00 pm
FREE
FREE
Flying High Free Kite-Making Workshop
Make a beautiful object that flies in the sky!
Saturday
,
May 30
at
8:30 pm
FREE
FREE
Mary Poppins
Join us for a free screening of one of Walt Disney's most beloved classics. A magical nanny descends from the sky and turns a rigid English household upside down.
Sunday
,
May 31
at
2:00 pm
$10, free for teens
$10, free for teens
All Light, Everywhere
What happens when you turn the camera on itself? A guided tour of a body cam and police taser manufacturing facility becomes a mind-bending investigation into cameras, surveillance, and who controls the truth.
Saturday
,
Jun 6
at
8:30 pm
$10
$10
Rhythm Thief
Arverne Cinema Outside opens for the season with this lost gem of independent cinema. East coast premiere of new restoration with Kevin Corrigan in person. Co-presented by Hell Gate.
Saturday
,
Jun 13
at
8:30 pm
$10
$10
Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait
Every move of the French-Algerian soccer superstar is captured in real time throughout a single match in this epic, breathtaking portrait by artists Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno.
Sunday
,
Jun 21
at
8:30 pm
$10
$10
Offside
A group of women try to sneak into a men's-only World Cup qualifying match in Tehran in this sharp and subversive comedy by Palme d’Or-winning Iranian auteur Jafar Panahi.
Sunday
,
Jun 28
at
2:00 pm
$10, free for teens
$10, free for teens
Teenage Wasteland
In the 1990s, a group of high schoolers made a video project that ended up breaking real news. This inspirational documentary shows what happens when young people are trusted with cameras and told to look closely.
Sunday
,
Jun 28
at
8:30 pm
$10
$10
Stubby
A seven-year-old soccer prodigy is recruited to play for Sweden's national soccer team in this adorable and surreal 1974 comedy by Swedish filmmaker Bo Widerberg. 
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