Segal Center Presents Festival On Theatre and Performance

The fourth annual Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance (FTP). 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.

In an FTP first, audiences are welcome to participant in a VR performance: Polish director Grzegorz Jarzyna brings one of the most exciting and inspiring contributions to new media theatre and performance. For his G.E.N VR project, the TR Warszawa theatre company invented a new visual language, while also discussing the current political situation in Poland and anticipating how we will experience performance in the future. Grzegorz Jarzyna's G.E.N. is only featured Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd.

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 Producer: Paloma EstevezAssistant Curator & Festival Dramaturg: Amir Farjoun Video still from G.E.N VR

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE DAY 1

Thursday, March 1 - Segal Theatre + Elebash Recital Hall
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 Canda/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.

5:00pm 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.
*Grzegorz Jarzyna - G.E.N. is only featured Friday 2nd & Saturday 3rd
Friday, March 2 full schedule HERESaturday, March 3 full schedule HERE.

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. Subway: Herald Square, lines B/D/F/M/N/Q/R
www.thesegalcenter.org. Info: 212-817-1860.