Folk Art Found Me

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]

  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.