SPECIAL EVENTS
SPRING 2010

MARCH

VIP RECEPTION WITH SHIRIN NESHAT
Saturday, 27 March, 6 PM
The Royal Cinema, 608 College Street
$50 VIP tickets
Limited VIP tickets available at www.imagesfestival.com/store
To purchase VIP tickets through The Power Plant, please contact Membership and Development Associate Angela Grabham at agrabham@harbourfrontcentre.com or 416.973.4926.

Join acclaimed Iranian artist Shirin Neshat for an exclusive reception in advance of the screening of her prize-winning feature, Women Without Men. VIP guests will enjoy reserved seating, refreshments and gift bags, and share a chance to hear remarks from the filmmaker about the experience of making her first feature film. Advance booking is strongly recommended as places are limited. Shirin Neshat (born in 1957, Qazvin) has exhibited internationally in group and solo exhibitions since the early 1990s. Recent solo exhibitions have been held at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens (2009), National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavik (2008), Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2006), and Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (2005).

Special thanks to Mongrel Media.
Co-presented with the Images Festival.

FILM SCREENING AND ARTIST Q&A
Shirin Neshat
Women Without Men
Saturday, 27 March, 7 PM
The Royal Cinema, 608 College Street
$15 advance tickets, $18 at the door, $50 VIP tickets
Advance tickets available at www.imagesfestival.com/store or in person at Queen Video (412 Queen West), Soundscapes (572 College) and The Power Plant (cash only). Same-day tickets available at the Royal from 6:30 PM (cash only).

The Power Plant and the Images Festival are pleased to present a benefit screening of internationally renowned contemporary artist Shirin Neshat’s first feature film Women Without Men (in collaboration with Shoja Azari, 2009, 97min.) Winner of the Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, Women Without Men expands the New York-based Iranian artist’s photography and video practice – visually stunning meditations on gender and power in the Muslim world – to the big screen. Adapting Shahrnush Parsipur’s novella and set against the backdrop of the politically tumultuous early 1950s, Neshat creates a multifaceted narrative detailing the harrowing experiences of four Tehran women from all walks of life. Neshat captures each woman’s struggles for independence with a sumptuous and potent visual language. Following the film, Jian Ghomeshi, host of the CBC Radio One national arts and entertainment program, Q, leads a Q&A with the artist.