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Ivan Kral

A prolific songwriter, Grammy Award winner Ivan Král has collaborated with David Bowie, Patti Smith, Iggy Pop and other great artists. When not producing his own solo work, Král also composes film soundtracks and original scores including underground greats such as The Foreigner and the more mainstream Diner.
Král will introduce a special screening of his films The Blank Generation and Patti Smith Group: Dancing Barefoot.

Marie Losier

Experimental filmmaker Marie Losier is the curator at the French Institute Alliance Française in New York City. She has shown her films and videos at museums, galleries, biennials and festivals. Losier’s films The Ontological Cowboy was featured in the 2006 Whitney Biennial. Her works have been shown at P.S. 1 (NYC), The Tate Modern (GB), The Lincoln Center (NYC), The Centre George Pompidou and the Cinematheque Francaise (France), at the Berlin, Rotterdam and Tribeca Film Festivals, and many other film festivals and institutions. She is currently working on her first feature film, a portrait of on the musical genius Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, and her partner Lady Jaye and her band Psychic TV.

Losier will also be introducing a selection of her short films, including Papal Broken-Dance, Tony Conrad: DreaMinimalist ,and others.

Martin Atkins

CIMMfest is pleased to welcome back Martin Atkins, winner of the 2009 Best Documentary Feature award for his film, 16 Days in China. A professional drummer, Atkins got his start with Public Image Ltd. before forming the group Pigface and later Murder Inc. When not recording, Atkins runs his own school, revolution number three, as well as giving guest lectures on the business of touring, the subject of his book Tour:Smart.