Call for Films: Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance (FTP) 2024

Dear Colleagues and Friends of the Segal Center,

We are seeking nominations for films for the 8th edition of the Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance (FTP), co-curated by Frank Hentschker (Executive Director, The Martin E. Segal Theater Center) and Tomek Smolarski (Film and Performing Arts Curator at the Polish Cultural Institute NY). This year the shortlisted films will be presented free for the public over several days in May 2024 at the Segal Center. 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

The films should be:

• Work for the screen by theatre and performance artists
• Works produced and presented during the years 2022 and 2023
• Documentaries about theatre and performance artists.
• NO FILMED PERFORMANCES

SUBMISSION DETAILS

If you have been nominated by someone to submit a film to the Segal Film Festival, please send us the following details in an email to segalfilmfestival@gmail.com by Friday, March 22, 12:00 PM EST: 

Film Title: 

Film Short Description (max. 100 words):

Film Image (max 2mb): 

Film Link (YouTube/Vimeo/Drive etc. with password if applicable):

Nominating Individual / Organization:

Artist Name and Email: 

Producer Name and Email:

ABOUT THE FESTIVAL

The Segal Center Film Festival on Theatre and Performance (FTP) is an annual event showcasing films drawn from the world of theatre and performance. The festival presents experimental, emerging, and established theatre artists and filmmakers from around the world to audiences and industry professionals. 

From its inaugural edition in 2015 to its present-day digital avatar, The Segal Film Festival for Theatre and Performance (FTP) has served as a platform for recorded works that span the length and breadth of the performing arts.

Festival Founder and Executive Director of the Martin E. Segal Theater Center, Frank Hentschker shares his inspiration for creating the festival: “Film and digital media are an integral part of theatre and performance. I am surprised that there is not a film festival out there right now focusing on theatre and performance. I thought ‘why not create one’?”

In the time before Corona, the Segal Film Festival had evolved into the premier US event for new film and video work focusing on theatre and performance. Its mission was to invite experimental and established theatre makers to present work created for the screen – not filmed archival recordings – to audiences and industry professionals from around the world. Now, after a year and a half of digital and hybrid theatre offerings, the festival must take on a new meaning. The festival has held on to its mission of being a free and open-to-all event accessible to everyone. The 7th edition of the festival was held digitally in March 2022, and featured 80 films from 30 countries – you can access our archive here.