L'ATELIER DE MON PÈRE
Genre
Documentary
Language
VOSTF
Duration
73
Rating
Synopsis
Special screening in collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts
Directed by Jennifer Alleyn, the film — winner of the Best Canadian Work Award at FIFA 2008 — retraces the career and works of her father, Edmund Alleyn, a key figure in the history of Canadian contemporary art.
This screening, organized to mark the 20th anniversary of the artist’s passing, coincides with the reinstallation of his work Invitation to the voyage at the MMFA.
The screening will be followed by a conversation between Anne-Marie Saint-Jean Aubre, Curator of Quebec and Canadian Contemporary Art at the MMFA, and Jennifer Alleyn, the artist’s daughter. To open the evening, storyteller Paul Bradley will present a short performance inspired by the artist’s work.
Full 20th-anniversary program available at www.edmundalleyn.com
Synopsis
An insider’s look on how art impacts life.
Inheriting her father's studio in 2005, Montreal-based filmmaker Jennifer Alleyn awakes after the funeral to find herself drawn to this intimate space, still exuding the artist’s imagination. She shifts through the work in an attempt to prolong the dialogue, to find the missing fragments of her father’s life and understand this free thinker’s mind. Edmund Alleyn was an intense and complex man of integrety who left his mark on Canadian art history.
BIO Jennifer Alleyn
Born in Switzerland, Jennifer Alleyn is a multidisciplinary artist whose poetic and cinematic explorations focus on themes of loss, legacy, and uprooting. Her creative process often incorporates autofiction. A Concordia University graduate, she exhibits and presents her work in Canada and internationally. Her practice, which combines film, photography, and installation, has earned numerous awards.
BIO Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre
Anne-Marie St-Jean Aubre is a curator of contemporary Quebec and Canadian art (from 1945 to today) and holds the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair at the MBAM. As curator of contemporary art at the Musée d’art de Joliette, where she worked from 2017 to 2023, she organized numerous solo and group exhibitions highlighting, among others, women and Indigenous artists.
BIO Paul Bradley
Paul Bradley is a multidisciplinary artist who primarily identifies as a storyteller. Since 1998, he has explored folk tales—marvelous, anecdotal, and autobiographical—blurring the lines between reality and fiction. Coming from a visual arts background, he composes his stories like paintings, an approach informed by his training and gallery experience. He is currently working on a solo project La fin de l’histoire (CALQ grant) and has just published the poetry collection Bleu Noyade.
Release year
2008
Release date
December 08, 2025
Directed by
Jennifer Alleyn
Country
Canada (Québec)