Abina Manning
Director

Abina has worked to promote artists' film and video for many years, in both Europe and the United States. Prior to coming to the VDB in 1999, she worked with a number of arts organizations in the U.K., including the LUX Center, the London Film Maker's Co-op, London
Electronic Arts, and Cinema of Women. She was Director of the inaugural Pandæmonium Festival of Moving Images, a major European exhibition
presented by the Institute for Contemporary Arts in London that showcased film, video, gallery
commissions, and multi-media works. The Guardian called the Pandæmonium Festival, "A rich lucky-dip of the sublime and the startling."

Abina has participated in many international film and video festivals and conferences as a juror, panel member, curator, and advisor, and has
worked on collaborative projects with arts venues worldwide.

Abina has a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Philosophy from Middlesex University and a Post
Graduate Diploma in Film and Television from the University of Westminster (London)