Segal Center Film Festival On Theatre And Performance Announces Full Schedule

The fourth annual Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance (FTP) has announced its lineup. The program includes a roster of more than 35 features, shorts, and documentaries by artists from Argentina, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, The Netherlands, Poland, Serbia, The United Kingdom, and the United States. The festival takes place on Thursday, March 1; Friday, March 2; and Saturday, March 3 at The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, located at The Graduate Center, City University of New York, NYC, 365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th Street.

Featuring over 35 films from four continents by:
Günter Atteln/Accentus Music (Germany); Yael Bartana (Netherlands/Germany/US); Basav Biradar (India); Giulio Boato (France); Jacqueline Caux (France); Carlos Chahine/Autres Rivages (Lebanon); Jasmina Cibic (Serbia/UK); Billy Clark, Jason Trucco/CultureHub (US); Eleonora Comelli & Pablo Pintor (Argentina); Nina Conti (UK); Ergao Dance Production Group (China); Ayana Evans/African Body Snatchers-Collaborative (US); Graziano Graziani (Italy); Phil Griffin (Belgium); Rain Kencana (Germany); Rania Lee Khalil (US); Tania El Khoury (UK/Lebanon); Kathrin Krottenthaler, Frieder Schlaich/Filmgalerie 451 (Germany); Tiona Nekkia McClodden (US); Frances McElroy/Shirley Road Productions (US); Brian Mertes/Lake Lucille Chekhov Project (USA); Helina Metaferia (US); Ariane Mnouchkine (France); Avi Mograbi (France/Israel); Motus Theatre Company (Italy); Rima Najdi (Germany/Lebanon); Rithy Panh (Cambodia); Ruth Patir (Israel); Haydn Reiss/Zinc Films (US); robbinschilds + A.L. Steiner (US); Christoph Rüter (Germany); Cauleen Smith, Camille Turner & Jérôme Havre (Canda/US/France); Wim Vandekeybus/Ultima Vez (Belgium); Hu Xiaojiao (China)

Co-curated by Festival Founder Frank Hentschker (Executive Director and Director of Programming at MESTC) and Mike LoCicero (MESTC).

Festival Founding Producer: PALOMA Estevez

Assistant Curator & Festival Dramaturg: Amir Farjoun [Middle] Passage for Dreams

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FESTIVAL SCHEDULE AT A GLANCE

Thursday, March 1

10:30am Ariane Mnouchkine - The Castaways of the Fol Espoir France | 290 min.

11:30pm Christoph Rüter - The Time is out of Joint Germany | 100 min.

1:30pm Nina Conti - Her Master's Voice UK | 65 min.

3:00pm Cauleen Smith, Camille Turner, & Jérôme Havre - Triangle Trade Canada/US/France |15 min.

3:30pm Rithy Panh - Les artistes du Théâtre Brûlé Cambodia | 82 minutes

4:00pm
robbinschilds + A.L. Steiner - C.L.U.E. [Color Location Ultimate Experience] US | 11 min.
Rain Kencana - Send Me a Bigger Butterfly + Goldfish Germany | 6 minutes + 3 min.
Eleonora Comelli & Pablo Pintor - La Playa [The Beach] Argentina | 12 min.
Frances McElroy/Shirley Road Productions - Black Ballerina US | 53 min.

6:00pm
Tiona Nekkia McClodden - KILO | Iba se 99. US | 10 min.
Jasmina Cibic - The Pavilion Serbia/UK | 7 min.
Yael Bartana - Inferno Netherlands/Germany/US| 22 min.

6:30pm
Ultimate Vez - In Spite of Wishing and Wanting Belgium | 47 min.

7:00pm Phil Griffin - Surrender: the Art of Jan Fabre Belgium | 117 min.

Friday, March 2

10:30pm Jacqueline Caux - Out of Boundaries France | 20 min.

12:00pm
Motus Theatre Company - Your Whole Life is a Rehearsal Italy | 42 min.
Hu Xiao Jiao - Nuo·Fate China | 26 min.

2:00pm Basav Biradar - Before the Third Bell India | 63 min.

2:30pm Kathrin Krottenthaler/Filmgalerie 451 - CHANCE 2000 - Farewell to Germany Germany | 131 min.

3:30pm Carlos Chahine/Autres Rivages - Chekhov in Beirut Lebanon | 51 min.

5:00pm
Ayana Evans/African Body Snatchers-Collaborative - African Body Snatchers US | 17 min.
Helina Metaferia - [Middle] Passage for Dreams US | 18 min.
Ruth Patir - Sleepers Israel | 16 min.

6:00pm Billy Clark, Jason Trucco/CultureHub - All in the Mind US | 20 min.

6:30pm
*Avi Mograbi - Between Fences France/Israel | 84 min.
*Brian Mertes/Lake Lucille Chekhov Project - I Am a Seagull US | 93 min.

Saturday, March 3

12:00pm Günter Atteln/Accentus Music - The Lost Paradise: Arvo Pärt/Robert Wilson US | 56 min.

2:00pm *Haydn Reiss/Zinc Films - Robert Bly: A Thousand Years of Joy US | 80 min.

4:30pm
Rima Najdi - GRAPHIC WARNING: It is not ME it is YOU Germany/Lebanon | 2 min.
Ergao Dance Production Group - This is a Chicken Coop China | 17 min.
*Rania Lee Khalil - Palestinian Wildlife Series US | 30 min.

5:30pm Paolo and Vittorio Taviani - Caesar Must Die Italy | 77 min.

7:00pm Giulio Boato - Theatron France | 54 min.

All screenings are FREE and open to the public on a first come, first served basis at The Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, The Graduate Center, City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, at 34th Street.

www.thesegalcenter.org. Info: 212-817-1860.