Kay Armatage

Kay Armatage
Born1943
Saskatchewan
NationalityCanadian
EducationB.A. English Literature (Queen’s University) M.A., Ph.D. (English, University of Toronto)
Alma materUniversity of Toronto
Known forFilmmaking, Writing

Kay Armatage (born 1943)[1] is a Canadian filmmaker, former programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival[2] and Professor emerita at the University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute and Women & Gender Studies Institute.[3] Though she attained a B.A. in English Literature from Queen's University,[4] her name is generally linked with the University of Toronto.

Hailing from Saskatchewan,[2] Armatage now lives in Toronto, Ontario. During her time as an international programmer at TIFF, Armatage worked hard to introduce audiences to female filmmakers[5] and showed an affinity for risk-taking films.[6] This tendency plays out in her films; Armatage makes feminist pieces that realist and experimental in form,[7] usually documentaries. As a feminist filmmaker, Armatage makes observational films that speak to women's issues[5] and challenges conventional filmmaking.

  1. ^ "Kay Armatage". www.mediaqueer.ca. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  2. ^ a b "Armatage pushed from TIFF". Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  3. ^ "What Is the Female Gaze, and Can It Reshape Pop Culture?". FASHION Magazine. 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2019-10-16.
  4. ^ "Kay Armatage, Emerita - Women & Gender Studies InstituteWomen & Gender Studies Institute". wgsi.utoronto.ca. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  5. ^ a b McCormack, Thelma (2005). "The Girl From God's Country: Nell Shipman and the Silent Film. Kay Armatage". Atlantis: Critical Studies in Gender, Culture & Social Justice. 30 (1): 151. ISSN 1715-0698.
  6. ^ "The Film Festival Court of Controversy: How Festivals Moderate Discussions Before Films Reach Theaters". MovieMaker Magazine. 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2019-10-30.
  7. ^ "Building Toronto's Feminist Film Scene: A Collaborative Effort". Local Film Cultures: Toronto. 2014-11-11. Retrieved 2019-10-30.