15
Thursday
Opening night
- Festival kickoff
Slam Row Film Festival, APRIL
15–18
NYC
2027 · NEW YORK CITY
Four days of sign language poetry, Visual Vernacular and handshape poetry, on screen and on stage. Submissions are open now.
Submit your film
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The festival
Poetry you watch
Slam Row Film Festival is a film festival for sign language artistry. The films are poems told with hands, face and body, made by Deaf artists and the people who sign with them.
It grew out of the ASL SLAM community, which has put signed poetry on New York stages since 2005.
About SRFF
CC
Every film is captioned. Nothing on this site depends on sound.
Submissions open
Six ways to enter
52 days
Regular deadline
Monday, January 4, 2027
Late deadline
Thursday, February 4, 2027
Program
Four days in New York
16
Friday
SRFF day
- All-day workshop
- SRFF performances
- SLAM Afterhours
17
Saturday
SignSlam day
- Workshop and panel
- Sign Slam performances
- SLAM Afterhours
18
Sunday
Closing
- Wrap-up and meet-up
Venues to be announced Times and venues go here once they are confirmed.
Bring a poem to the screen. Films in all six categories are open for entry until January 4.
Submit on FilmFreewayMade Deaf-first
See every word
Captions on every video, no audio-only content, strong contrast, and a pause button for all motion on the page.
Captions onNo sound neededPause all motion
Attend
Be in the room
Festival passes and single-night tickets for April 15 to 18, 2027.
Tickets on sale soon