“Above all, GIFT honours the creative impulse, and asks us to reflect on what art has to offer humanity, regardless of its market value.”

“GIFT is a poetic outlook on gift economies through art and cultural practices. It follows four storylines linked by creativity, generosity, resistance and defiance.”

“I started thinking more about interior gifts, the openness involved in the creative process, the role of chance and accident, the gifts that come to us when we’re ready to receive them.”

“Inspired by The Gift, Lewis Hyde’s seminal work on creativity, culture, and art, McKenna’s film tells moving stories of remarkable generosity and sharing.”

“Art gives us a gift that can’t be measured. It has a transformational quality. The Gift links art with rituals, fairy tales and the world of dreams.”

“Hot tickets” selection at Montreal’s 36th Festival international du film sur l’art (FIFA)