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 15th and beyond. If you host an event and we missed you, please let us know - info@greenroomnewyork.com.

Aug 15 (7pm)

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

A travel-adventure story about an atypical Ancient History lover sent to Greece to evict his relatives from an ancestral home. Cracking under pressure, he escapes into fantasy, purposefully (and absurdly) reigniting the Peloponnesian War, all to win the heart of a young village woman.

Aug 15 (7pm), Aug 16 (7pm), Aug 17 (4:30pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston 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 15 (7pm), Aug 16 (7pm), Aug 17 (2:45pm)

Quad Cinema (34 West 13th Street, Manhattan)

Checkpoint Zoo documents a daring rescue led by a heroic team of zookeepers and volunteers, who risked their lives to save thousands of animals trapped in a zoo behind enemy lines in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.

Aug 16 (5pm)

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

A grammar guru takes her pop-up grammar advice stand on a rollicking road trip across all 50 states to show that comma fights can bring us closer together in a divided time.

Aug 16 (6:15pm)

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

Married couple Daphne and Darcy Davenport are two musicians who moved from London to a cottage in Wales to complete their new album. By accident they record a mystical sound never heard before and gradually disconnect from reality.

Aug 16 (7pm)

Roxy Cinema (2 Avenue of the Americas, Manhattan)

A young man's perennial crush leads him into an unexpected threesome, he thinks it's his ultimate fantasy come true. When the fantasy ends, all three are left with sobering real-world consequences, to take responsibility for their actions.

Aug 16 (8pm)

Alamo Drafthouse Lower Manhattan (28 Liberty Street, Manhattan)

While searching for Nazi documents in an Austrian farmhouse, a team of experts uncovers a hidden secret buried in its bowels. American expatriate Gunner S. Holbrook becomes obsessed with solving the mystery, and as his sanity wanes, he must confront an insatiable evil. Can he find redemption before it drains the life out of him?

Aug 16 (9pm)

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

Following a tragic explosion in a port town outside Vilnius that leaves one sailor dead and another missing, city morgue worker Lina is unsettled by the comportment of the dead man's estranged wife when she comes to identify the body; soon, Lina has launched an informal investigation, hoping to make sense of her own suspicions.

Aug 16 (7:30pm), Aug 17 (7pm)

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 17 (1pm)

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

Over the course of a few hectic days, numerous interrelated people prepare for a political convention.

Aug 17 (6pm)

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

After a failed trans-Atlantic WR attempt, a woman washes ashore on a blood stained rowing boat. With all of her crew mates missing, presumed dead, she must try and piece together fractured memories of the ordeal to prove her innocence.

Aug 17 (9pm)

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

Follows a modest middle-aged man who's neighborhood's peace is disrupted when a gang of menacing neighbors take over the street.

Aug 18 (6:45pm)

Nitehawk Cinema Williamburg (136 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn)

When tragedy strikes, an unexpected bond forms between two migrants in the Chinese community of Queens. Far from home, their labor-filled lives intertwine as they grieve and search for familial connections.

Aug 18 (7pm)

IFC Center (323 6th Avenue, Manhattan)

Documentary about the American gospel music scene, focusing on two of the movement's pioneering forces, Thomas A. Dorsey and Willie May Ford Smith.

Aug 19 (6:30pm)

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

A loyal dog moves to a rural family home with his owner Todd, only to discover supernatural forces lurking in the shadows. As dark entities threaten his human companion, the brave pup must fight to protect the one he loves most.

Aug 20 (7pm)

Maysles Documentary Center (343 Malcolm X Boulevard, Harlem, Manhattan)

Paying homage to the tradition of the griot in West African culture, this original vision tells the story of a pickpocket, newly arrived at a correctional facility in the Ivorian capital of Abidjan, who, in order to stay alive, must keep his fellow inmates entertained with wild tales over the course of a night.

Aug 21 (6pm)

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

On a secluded farm in a nondescript rural town, a man is slowly dying. His family gathers to mourn, and soon a darkness grows, marked by waking nightmares and a growing sense that something evil is taking over the family.

Aug 21 (7pm, 7:45pm)

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

When Ashley asks for a divorce, the good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. Their secret to happiness is an open marriage; that is, until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.

Aug 22 (8pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

When Ashley asks for a divorce, the good-natured Carey runs to his friends, Julie and Paul, for support. Their secret to happiness is an open marriage; that is, until Carey crosses the line and throws all of their relationships into chaos.

Aug 22 (7:30pm)

Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street, Manhattan)

Set on the last day of camp, in the hot summer of 1981, a group of counselors try to complete their unfinished business before the day ends.

Aug 22 (8pm), Aug 23 (8pm)

Regal Union Square (850 Broadway, Manhattan)

A retail employee infiltrates the inner circle of an artist on the verge of stardom. As he gets closer to the budding music star, access and proximity become a matter of life and death.

Aug 23 (6pm)

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

Three girls are kidnapped by a man with a diagnosed 23 distinct personalities. They must try to escape before the apparent emergence of a frightful new 24th.

Aug 23 (6:15pm)

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

New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.

Aug 23 (7pm)

Firehouse Cinema DCTV (87 Lafayette Street, Manhattan)

Decades of industrial waste and raw sewage have turned Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal into one of the nation's most toxic bodies of water. The arrival of a billion dollar EPA cleanup and a massive city-led rezoning herald a new era, but what's of value in a neighborhood and who gets to decide?

Aug 25 (7pm)

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

Shallow, rich and socially successful Cher is at the top of her Beverly Hills high school's pecking scale. Seeing herself as a matchmaker, Cher first coaxes two teachers into dating each other.

Aug 27 (7:15pm, 8pm), Aug 28 (7:15pm, 8pm), 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 (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 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 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 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 (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 (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 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 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 17 (7pm)

Angelika NY (18 West Houston Street, Manhattan)

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

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 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 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 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.