Beetle Baby

by Asya Segalovich
Feature Screenplay

Nina, 13, a high-spirited girl who’s losing her hearing, forces her father Makar to help her search for "the lost Beatles song," which she believes her recently deceased mother would have wanted, as they leave northern Russia in an attempt to settle in the UK.

Asya Segalovich grew up between Russia and the United Kingdom. In her work, she explores themes of identity, loss, and the quest for humanity, finding humor and hope in the face of adversity. She attended Camberwell College of Arts and then Central Film School, London, for her Bachelor of Arts. She continued her education in St. Petersburg, attending Alexander Sokurov's workshop, and received her MFA from Columbia University in 2023. She was awarded the KOB Mentorship and Development Prize for her recently completed short film. Her screenplay Beetle Baby won Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival Screenwriting Discovery Grand Prize and was a semi-finalist in the Atlanta Film Festival Screenplay Competition.