Regarding Sarah

Regarding Sarah
Directed byMichelle Porter
Written byMichelle Porter
Produced byAmy Belling
StarringGina Stockdale
Joy Coghill
Tom McBeath
CinematographyShannon Kohli
Edited byLauren Mainland
Production
company
Compact Films
Release date
  • August 24, 2006 (2006-08-24) (MWFF)
Running time
14 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Regarding Sarah is a Canadian short drama film, directed by Michelle Porter and released in 2006.[1] The film stars Gina Stockdale as Sarah, an elderly woman in the early stages of dementia who begins obsessively filming her daily life so that she will not forget it.[2]

The cast also includes Joy Coghill, Stephen E. Miller and Tom McBeath.

The film was inspired in part by Porter's father's own failing health in his final years of life.[2] It was shot in 2005,[2] and premiered at the Montreal World Film Festival in 2006.

The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 28th Genie Awards in 2008.[3] It was subsequently broadcast by CBC Television on the Canadian Reflections series in 2008.[4]

  1. ^ "Regarding Sarah up for Genie Award". Langley Times, February 15, 2008.
  2. ^ a b c Glen Schaefer, "Short-filmmaking a springboard to success; Genie-nominated drama Regarding Sarah got writer-director duo noticed". The Province, February 10, 2008.
  3. ^ Maria Kubacki, "Eastern and Devil lead with most nominations; Subjects range from mob to Alzheimer's". The Province, January 29, 2008.
  4. ^ Henrietta Walmark, "Tonight's Picks". The Globe and Mail, March 28, 2008.