Features / February 22, 2012

Reel Artists Film Festival 2012: Opening Night Screening Q & A with Ann Webb, Jeff Dupre, Matthew Akers and Marina Abramović

In this video, taped on the opening night of the 2012 Reel Artists Film Festival in Toronto, Ann Webb, Executive Director of the Canadian Art Foundation, speaks with Jeff Dupre, producer of Marina Abramović The Artist Is Present, Matthew Akers, director of Marina Abramović The Artist Is Present and Marina Abramović, artist. The Canadian premiere of Marina Abramović The Artist Is Present occurred at this Opening Night Screening and Celebration, which took place on February 22, 2012.

Legendary performance artist Marina Abramović has challenged the way people think about art for nearly 40 years. Marina Abramović The Artist Is Present looks back on Abramović’s prolific career, and it follows her as she prepares herself and a group of artists for a major retrospective of her work at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.

Reel Artists Film Festival 2012: Opening Night Screening Q & A with Ann Webb, Jeff Dupre, Matthew Akers and Marina Abramović from Canadian Art.

To learn more about the Reel Artists Film Festival, visit canadianart.ca/raff.