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Artist on Fire

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Artist on Fire
Directed byKay Armatage
Produced byBarbara Tranter
StarringJoyce Wieland
CinematographyBabette Mangolte
Peter Mettler
Edited byPetra Valier
Production
company
Dominion Pictures
Distributed byCanadian Filmmakers' Distribution Centre
Release date
  • June 1987 (1987-06)
Running time
54 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Artist on Fire (also known as Artist on Fire: Joyce Wieland or Artist on Fire: The Work of Joyce Wieland) is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Kay Armatage and released in 1987.[1] The film is a portrait of Canadian feminist artist and filmmaker Joyce Wieland.[2]

The film premiered in June 1987 at the International Women's Festival of Film and Video in Montreal,[3] and was later screened in the Perspectives Canada stream at the 1987 Toronto International Film Festival.[4]

At TIFF, the film received an honorable mention from the jury for the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Film.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Cameron Bailey (July–August 1987). "Kay Armatage's Artist on Fire". Cinema Canada: 28–29 – via Online.
  2. ^ Carole Corbeil, "Capturing power of Wieland's art". The Globe and Mail, September 18, 1987.
  3. ^ Ina Warren, "Gentle spoofs, biting satire surface in productions by women: Films that tickle the funny bone". The Globe and Mail, June 6, 1987.
  4. ^ Jay Scott, "Perspective Canada lineup announced: 90 Days sequel picked for festival". The Globe and Mail, July 23, 1987.
  5. ^ Jay Scott, "No attendance figures released; Critics laud Zoo as best film". The Globe and Mail, September 21, 1987.
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