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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