Stories We Tell

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Stories We Tell is a critically acclaimed Canadian documentary film by Sarah Polley that explores family secrets and the nature of memory and storytelling.

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instanceOf Canadian film ⓘ
documentary film ⓘ
awardReceived Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Documentary Film ⓘ
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film ⓘ
Toronto Film Critics Association Award for Best Canadian Film ⓘ
cinematographyBy Iris Ng ⓘ
countryOfFirstRelease Canada ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Canada ⓘ
criticalReception critically acclaimed ⓘ
director Sarah Polley ⓘ
distributor Mongrel Media ⓘ
editedBy Mike Munn ⓘ
filmingTechnique Super 8 reenactments ⓘ
archival footage ⓘ
talking-head interviews ⓘ
genre autobiographical documentary ⓘ
documentary ⓘ
hasCastMember Geoff Bowes ⓘ
Harry Gulkin ⓘ
Michael Polley ⓘ
Rebecca Jenkins ⓘ
Sarah Polley ⓘ
hasMetacriticScore high ⓘ
hasRottenTomatoesRating high ⓘ
hasTheme family identity ⓘ
subjectivity of memory ⓘ
truth and perspective ⓘ
unreliable narration ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainSubject family secrets ⓘ
memory ⓘ
storytelling ⓘ
musicBy Jonathan Goldsmith ⓘ
narrator Sarah Polley ⓘ
nominatedFor Canadian Screen Award for Best Feature Length Documentary ⓘ
notableFor exploration of the filmmaker’s own family history ⓘ
innovative blending of home movies and reenactments ⓘ
partOf Canadian cinema ⓘ
producer Anita Lee ⓘ
productionCompany National Film Board of Canada ⓘ
releaseDateCanada 2012-08-29 ⓘ
releaseYear 2012 ⓘ
runningTime 108 minutes ⓘ
screenedAt Telluride Film Festival ⓘ
Toronto International Film Festival ⓘ
Venice Film Festival ⓘ
subjectOf critical essays on documentary form ⓘ
writer Sarah Polley ⓘ

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