Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present

Seductive, fearless, and outrageous, Marina Abramovic has been redefining what art is for nearly 40 years. Using her own body as a vehicle, pushing herself beyond her limits and at times risking her life in the process she creates performances that challenge, shock, and move us.

This film follows Marina as she prepares for what may be the most important moment of her life: a major new retrospective of her work, taking place at The Museum of Modern Art. To be given a retrospective at one of the world's premier museums is the most exhilarating sort of milestone. For Marina, it is far more: it is the chance to finally silence the question she has been hearing over and over again for four decades: But why is this art?

Nominated for the Documentary Grand Jury Prize Nominee at the Sundance Film Festival. Winner of the Panorama Audience Award, Documentary Film at the Berlin International Film Festival.

"Breathtaking...Extraordinary. The movie's power as a potent secondhand art high is damned near peerless." - David Fear, Time Out New York