2015 FTP Film Festival Comes to Segal Center This Weekend

The FTP Film Festival will present works by or about Reza Abdoh, Marina Abramovic, Back to Back Theatre, Big Art Group, The Builders Association, Romeo Castellucci, Lucinda Childs, Gabri Christa, Chiara Clemente, The Cockettes, Mathieu Copeland, Christine Cynn, Zeina Daccache, Jonathan Demme, Thierry de Mey, Elevator Repair Service, Tim Etchells, Jan Fabre, Free Theatre of Belarus, Richard Foreman, William Forsythe, Philip Glass, Arnon Goldfinger, Half Straddle, Shaun Irons, John Jesurun, Joan Jonas, Chiemi Karasawa, William Kentridge, Ken Kobland, Elizabeth LeCompte, Sol LeWitt, The Living Theatre,Richard Maxwell, Meredith Monk,Nature Theatre of Oklahoma, Paul Poet, Sam Pollard, Rimini Protokoll, The Public Theater, David Roussève, Madeleine Sackler, Christoph Schlingensief, Adam Soch, Elaine Stritch, Babeth VanLoo, John Walter, David Weissman, Bert Williams, August Wilson, Robert Wilson, The Wooster Group, and Hu Xiangqian. Represented countries include Australia, Belgium, Bonaire, China, Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, and the UK.

The FTP (Film Theatre Performance) Festival will be an annual US event for films that deal directly with the themes of theatre and performance. The mission is to present experimental, emerging, and established theatre artists and filmmakers to audiences and industry professionals from around the world. The festival program includes feature films, short films, documentaries, advance screenings, meet-the-filmmaker Q&A sessions, and panels with leading artists in the field.

This event is co-curated by festival founder Frank Hentschker and film producer/theater artist Tanya Selvaratnam.

Festival Producer: Joy Arab Festival advisors are Christopher Hibma, Lisa Dent, Claire Bishop, and Bonnie Marranca.

For more information, including film descriptions, visit the Film Festival page HERE.

SCHEDULE:

Thursday, January 29th:

11:00am: Arnon Goldfinger - The Komediant (Segal Theatre) 85 minutes
11:30am: Bert Williams - *Lime Kiln Club Field Day (Elebash Recital Hall) 20 minute excerpt
12:00pm: David Weissman & Bill Weber - The Cockettes (Elebash Recital Hall) 99 minutes
12:30pm: Babeth M. VanLoo - Meredith Monk: Inner Voice (Segal Theatre) 30 minute excerpt
1:00pm: Zeina Daccache - 12 Angry Lebanese (Segal Theatre) 78 minutes
2:00pm: Chiemi Karasawa - Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (Elebash Recital Hall) 81 minutes
2:30pm: Paul Poet - FOREIGNERS OUT! Schlingensief's Container (Segal Theatre) 90 minutes
3:30pm: John Walter - Theater of War + *Documenting Einstein on the Beach (Elebash Recital Hall) 95 minutes
4:00pm: Tim Etchells -Mark Does Lear + 100 People (Segal Theatre) 50 minutes
6:30pm: PANEL:Documentary Films on Theatre
6:30pm: Lucinda Childs, Phillip Glass, and Sol Le Witt - Dance (Elebash Recital Hall) 59 minutes
7:30pm: Mathieu Copeland - *The Exhibition of a Film/L'Exposition d'un film (Segal Theatre) 100 minutes
7:30pm: Madeleine Sackler - Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus (Elebash Recital Hall) 76 minutes

Friday, January 30th:

10:30am: Jonathan Demme - A Master Builder (Segal Theatre) 127 minutes
12:30pm: Richard Foreman - Once Every Day (Elebash Recital Hall) 66 minutes
1:00pm: Karin Kaper & Dirk Szuszies - RESIST with the Living Theatre (Segal Theatre) 90 minutes
2:00pm: William Kentridge - Ubu Tells the Truth + Tango for Page Turning + Zeno Writing (Elebash Recital Hall) 22 minutes
2:30pm: Back to Back Theatre - The Democratic Set (Segal Theatre) 4 and 11 minutes
2:30pm: Chiara Clemente - Our City Dreams [Marina Abramovic Excerpt] (Elebash Recital Hall) 20 minutes
3:00pm: Pavol Liska & Kelly Copper/Nature Theatre of Oklahoma - Silent Movie Screen Tests + Episode 7 - Behind the Scenes (Segal Theatre) 15 minutes
3:00pm: Christine Cynn - *The Space Between [Rimini Protokoll] (Elebash Recital Hall) 15 minute excerpt
3:30pm: Thierry de Mey - William Forsythe: One Flat Thing, Reproduced (Segal Theatre) 30 minutes
4:00pm: Richard Maxwell/New York City Players - THE FEUD OTHER (Segal Theatre) 23 minutes
4:00pm: Jan Fabre - Do We Feel with Our Brain and Think with Our Heart? + The Problem (Elebash Recital Hall) 45 minutes
4:30pm: Hu Xiangqian - Sun (Segal Theatre) 8 minutes
4:40pm: Gabri Chirsta - Kasita (Segal Theatre) 21 minutes
5:00pm: David Roussève - Two Seconds After Laughter (Segal Theatre) 16 minutes
5:00pm: Romeo Castellucci - Brentano (Elebash Recital Hall) 25 minutes
5:30pm: Joan Jonas - Reanimation (Segal Theatre) 19 minutes
5:30pm: Tina Satter/Half Straddle - *Half Straddle Web Series (Elebash Recital Hall) 7 minute excerpt
5:45pm: The Builders Association/motiroti - ALLADEEN (Elebash Recital Hall) 20 minutes
6:00pm: Shaun Irons -Standing By: Gatz Backstage (Elebash Recital Hall ) 30 minute excerpt
6:00pm: John Jesurun - Shadowland 2: Monkey With Purple Flower (Segal Theatre ) 25 minutes
6:30pm: PANEL: Theatre Artists as Filmmakers (Segal Theatre)
6:30pm: Big Art Group - The Imitation (Elebash Recital Hall) 32 minutes
7:00pm: Elizabeth LeCompte & Ken Kobland/The Wooster Group - Rumstick Road (Elebash Recital Hall) 77 minutes
7:30pm: Sam Pollard - *American Masters - August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand (Segal Theatre) 90 minutes
8:30pm: Adam Soch - *Excerpts from Reza Abdoh: Theatre Visionary (Elebash Recital Hall) 12 minute excerpt

It all takes place at The Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th Street. FREE - First come, first served. For more about the Segal, visit www.theSegalCenter.org.

Pictured: Reanimation by Joan Jonas, photo courtesy of the artist.