HOOKED

Set against Atlantic Canada’s coastline, Order of Canada–recipient artist Deanne Fitzpatrick reflects on her creative journey and lifelong devotion to rug-hooking.

Hooked is an intimate portrait of rug-hooking artist Deanne Fitzpatrick and the journey that led her to embrace her identity as an artist. Through reflections on her beginnings, creative practice, and philosophy of making, the film offers a quiet meditation on art, courage, and the impulse to create.

Running Time: 20 minutes  

Featuring Deanne Fitzpatrick               

Directed by Catherine Bussiere

Produced by Catherine Bussiere

Director of Photography Catherine Bussiere   

Editor Catherine Bussiere    

Interview Sound Recordist Ron MacNutt       

Executive Producer Deanne Fitzpatrick Studio  

UPCOMING SCREENINGS

World Premiere /Atlantic International Film Festival - Sept 17, 5:45 PM

As part of AIFF we will be screening the film at Park Lane Cinema 5, with Q&A afterwards! JOIN US! TICKETS AND INFORMATION

Lunenburg Doc Fest - Sept 25, 3 PM

As part of Lunenburg Doc Fest we will be screening the film at the Ice House Theatre. JOIN US!
TICKETS AND INFORMATION

Featuring Deanne Fitzpatrick

Deanne Fitzpatrick is a Canadian artist based in Amherst, Nova Scotia. Born in Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, she started hooking rugs in 1990 and now operates a studio in Amherst where she sells and displays her work. 

Fitzpatrick's work is on display in permanent collections at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Canadian Museum of History, the Nova Scotia Art Bank, and the Art Gallery of Newfoundland and Labrador.  

In 2016, she was named Canadian Rug Hooking Artist of the Year by the Hooked Rug Museum of North America. 

She was awarded the Order of Canada in 2023 in recognition of her contributions to rug-hooking as an art form.

Director Catherine Bussiere

Catherine Bussiere is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker based in Nova Scotia. Her work, at once candid and thoughtful, explores home in all of its senses. Through her lens we steal a glimpse into the deferential intimacy of the everyday, and the surprise it holds.