Folk Art Found Me

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Folk Art Found Me
Directed byAlex Busby
Produced by
  • Marilyn Belec
  • Alex Busby
  • Tricia Fish
  • Mike Mahoney
Cinematography
  • Les Krizsan
  • Mark Van Alstyne
Edited byAngela Baker
Music by
  • Sandy Moore
  • Tom Roach
  • Paul Simons
Production
companies
National Film Board of Canada
Wisdom Teeth Productions
Release date
  • September 15, 1993 (1993-09-15)(AFF)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Folk Art Found Me is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Alex Busby and released in 1993. [1] The film is a portrait of folk artists in Nova Scotia. [2]

The film premiered at the 1993 Atlantic Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Atlantic Documentary. [3] It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Documentary at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994, [4] and was co-winner with Frédéric Back's The Mighty River of the Golden Sheaf Award for Best of Festival at the 1994 Yorkton Film Festival. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Lindsay Brown, "Lots to like in Folk Art Found Me". Halifax Daily News , September 29, 1993.
  2. ↑ Ian Johnston, "Out of the ashes: NFB fire changed focus of folk art film". Halifax Daily News , September 28, 1993.
  3. ↑ "Atlantic Film Festival bestows awards". Edmonton Journal , October 3, 1993.
  4. ↑ John Griffin, "Exotica dominates Genie nominations". Montreal Gazette , October 20, 1994.
  5. ↑ "Films share top Yorkton prize". Toronto Star , May 31, 1994.
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