The Canadian Art Foundation’s Reel Artists Film Festival is being presented free of charge by the Illingworth Kerr Gallery and its sponsors for the second year in a row. We’re pleased to feature some of the most exciting documentary films available today. Each provides an in-depth profile of an artist, designer or legendary art dealer to highlight the remarkable creative process. Reel Artists reveals not only formative ideas behind the creative process, but also broader insights into trends in art and design that constantly shape and redefine us as viewers. You’ll find that every individual profiled in this festival makes a unique and often surprising contribution to art and design history.
For more information, call 403-284-7633 or see www.acad.ab.ca/raff.html

THURSDAY, MARCH 25
7:00 pm Pretend Not to See Me
Introduced by Director Katherine Knight, followed by a Q & A
9:15 pm Traveling with Yoshitomo Nara
With short film Machine with Wishbone
 
FRIDAY, MARCH 26
5:00 pm LIVE CINEMA: Public Performance by Mia Makela
Illingworth Kerr Gallery, ACAD
7:00 pm Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine
9:15 pm Yayoi Kusama: I Love Me
With short film The Man Who Built My Childhood: Joseph Pettick
 
SATURDAY, MARCH 27
1:00 pm Si Sullivan m’était contée
3:00 pm Ernst Beyeler: Art Dealer
4:30 pm Takao Tanabe: A Work of Art
Introduced by Director Catharine Chesterman and Jeffrey Spalding,
followed by a Q & A
7:00 pm Guy Maddin: Waiting for Twilight
Introduced by Director Noam Gonick, followed by a Q & A
 
SUNDAY, MARCH 28
1:00 pm Two Artists: Andrea Zittel and Monika Sosnowska 1:1
2:30 pm Chuck Close
4:45 pm Antony Gormley and the 4th Plinth
 
In conjunction with the second annual Reel Artists Film Festival in Calgary, filmmakers Noam Gonick and Joshua Wade will present an invaluable workshop to help participants develop narrative skills. Their current project is AMBER, a feature-length screenplay based loosely on a child abduction case. Incorporating improvisational dramaturgy, the collaborators will workshop their first draft script for AMBER with participants.  They will also discuss approaches to the research and writing process when creating a film about the case.
 
To register, please call 403-284-7633