Folk Art Found Me

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]

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

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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