Stories We Tell

Stories We Tell
Theatrical release poster
Directed bySarah Polley
Written bySarah Polley
Produced byAnita Lee
Silva Basmajian
StarringRebecca Jenkins
CinematographyIris Ng
Edited byMike Munn
Music byJonathan Goldsmith
Production
company
Distributed byMongrel Media
Release dates
  • August 29, 2012 (2012-08-29) (Venice)
  • October 12, 2012 (2012-10-12) (Canada)
Running time
109 minutes[1]
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1.3 million[2]

Stories We Tell is a 2012 Canadian documentary film written and directed by Sarah Polley and produced by the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). The film explores her family's secrets—including one intimately related to Polley's own identity. Stories We Tell premiered August 29, 2012 at the 69th Venice International Film Festival, then played at the 39th Telluride Film Festival and the 37th Toronto International Film Festival.[3][4][5][6][7] In 2015, it was added to the Toronto International Film Festival's list of the top 10 Canadian films of all time, at number 10.[8] It was also named the 70th greatest film since 2000 in a 2016 critics' poll by BBC.[9]

  1. ^ "STORIES WE TELL (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 2013-05-21. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
  2. ^ Stories We Tell at Box Office Mojo
  3. ^ Leong, Melissa (29 August 2012). "Sarah Polley's new film, Stories We Tell, reveals family secret". National Post. Archived from the original on 30 January 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  4. ^ "Sarah Polley reveals secrets behind Stories We Tell". CBC News. 29 August 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  5. ^ Adam Benzine (23 July 2012). "Exclusive: TIFF to host Polley's "Stories," Kastner's "Disco"". Realscreen. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
  6. ^ Couch, Aaron (29 August 2012). "Toronto 2012: Sarah Polley's 'Stories We Tell' Trailer Teases Poignant Personal Tale". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
  7. ^ Fernandez, Jay A. (30 August 2012). "Michael Winterbottom, Noah Baumbach, Sally Potter, Sarah Polley & Ramin Bahrani Lead 39th Telluride Film Festival Program". Indiewire. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "The 21st Century's 100 greatest films". BBC. August 23, 2016. Retrieved October 31, 2016.