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In this inspired, genre-twisting new film, Oscar®-nominated writer/director Sarah Polley discovers that the truth depends on who’s telling it. Polley is both filmmaker and detective as she investigates the secrets kept by a family of storytellers. She playfully interviews and interrogates a cast of characters of varying reliability, eliciting refreshingly candid, yet mostly contradictory, answers to the same questions. As each relates their version of the family mythology, present-day recollections shift into nostalgia-tinged glimpses of their mother, who departed too soon, leaving a trail of unanswered questions. Polley unravels the paradoxes to reveal the essence of family: always complicated, warmly messy and fiercely loving. Stories We Tell explores the elusive nature of truth and memory, but at its core is a deeply personal film about how our narratives shape and define us as individuals and families, all interconnecting to paint a profound, funny and poignant picture of the larger human story.

2012, 108 min 37 s

Les histoires qu'on raconte

Stories We Tell - DVD/Les histoires qu'on raconte - DVD

International Women's Film Festival
May 24 to 30 2013, Seoul, Korea

Stefan Jarl International Documentary Award
TEMPO Documentary Festival
March 5 to 10 2013, Stockholm - Sweden

Ted Rogers Best Feature Length Documentary Award
Canadian Screen Awards
March 3 2013, Toronto - Canada

Rogers Best Canadian Film Award
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
January 8 2013, Toronto - Canada

Allan King Documentary Award
Toronto Film Critics Association Awards
December 16 2012, Toronto - Canada

Special Jury Prize- with a $50 000 cash prize
Film Festival
October 11 to 20 2012, Abu Dhabi - United Arab Emirates

Focus Grand Prize- with a cash prize of $5000 and $2500 worth of plane tickets from Air France
Festival du nouveau cinéma
October 10 to 21 2012, Montréal - Canada