Folk Art Found Me is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Alex Busby and released in 1993.Lindsay Brown, "Lots to like in Folk Art Found Me". Halifax Daily News, September 29, 1993. The film is a portrait of folk artists in Nova Scotia.Ian Johnston, "Out of the ashes: NFB fire changed focus of folk art film". Halifax Daily News, September 28, 1993.
The film premiered at the 1993 Atlantic Film Festival, where it won the award for Best Atlantic Documentary."Atlantic Film Festival bestows awards". Edmonton Journal, October 3, 1993. It received a Genie Award nomination for Best Documentary at the 15th Genie Awards in 1994,John Griffin, "Exotica dominates Genie nominations". Montreal Gazette, October 20, 1994. 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."Films share top Yorkton prize". Toronto Star, May 31, 1994.
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Folk Art Found Me at the National Film Board of Canada catalog