Stories We Tell

STORIES WE TELL is out on DVD/iTunes. In this inspired, genre-twisting new film, @realSarahPolley discovers that the truth depends on who’s telling it.

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

Women Talking opens in theaters today in New York, LA, Toronto and Chicago. If you can safely make it out of your home to see it we would be most grateful! https://t.co/Xc5BG6t6As

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

I’ll be at @strandbookstore on 11/29 at 7PM ET to talk about my book, Run Towards the Danger! For more info and tickets, visit: https://t.co/c5MRgakoLK

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

Dear diary, Twitter verified me yesterday. Now I guess I can get really shouty on there.

[Stories We Tell @StoriesDoc]

Sarah Polley on Writing for the Screen vs. Writing for the Page https://t.co/ptwAPGEDz5 @lequincampe @VanityFair

[New York Times Arts @nytimesarts]

“We create these clean narratives to make sense of our basically bewildering lives,” said Sarah Polley, the author of the new essay collection “Run Towards the Danger.” “Hopefully, over time, we can loosen our iron grip and let other complexities in.” https://t.co/KPR3eE2xIi

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

The brilliant cinematographer Iris Ng on her work on Stories We Tell. Her strange and wonderful creative sensibility drove the film into being.

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

I am so honoured and excited to be publishing Run Towards the Danger with the amazing humans at @PenguinCanada and @penguinpress. On sale March 1,2022. You can pre-order now at https://t.co/pp1hTDT4My

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

I hope I’m remembered for the fact that my mom and grandmother were two of the Helens. https://t.co/ZNLYwZXL0b

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

So excited to be adapting Miriam Toews incredible novel and working with these amazing people.

[Penguin Books Canada @PenguinCanada]

Delighted to announce the acquisition of two books by Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor @realsarahpolley. The first, RUN TOWARDS THE DANGER, coming March 2022, explores memory and the ongoing dialogue between Polley’s past and her present. https://t.co/o4B0ybc40b

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

A great podcast interviewing one of the most talented humans I know. The genius cinematographer, Iris Ng.

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

If you had any idea what a fool I am you’d be happy for me that I made a “metatextual ending” by accident! Going to go look up metatextual now. Wheeee art! Also it’s on Amazon Prime which I also didn’t know! Thank you @pmiscove

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

What I like about this clip is knowing how ridiculous and funny the actors were being - and that without sound it comes across as a depiction of memory.... we had a ball being idiots and then others felt we were being profound. Satisfying on many levels!

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

An astonishing piece of writing on Stories We Tell which people seem to be watching today. This line made me weep: "She gave us her childhood and in return we supported her quietly, from afar."So grateful for @rhirschgarcia @BWDR #happymothersday https://t.co/1DaCVmlxD7

[agnès films @agnesfilms]

Happy Mother's Day weekend! Check out this list of films, shows, and documentaries you helped us make that tell the stories of mothers! https://t.co/rOb0SE9gt9 @Disney @CWJaneTheVirgin @BrooseMiller @danjlevy @Realeugenelevy @waadalkateab @watts_edward @StoriesDoc @sandsofsilence

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

@Errant_Dave The theme was a man enjoying doing things that were killing him. A kind of obliviousness in the way he lived. I think it was a metaphor for how mad I was at my Dad for smoking or some such immature nonsense...I've never been asked that. Embarrassing...#ARRAYNow

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

@DellavalleJoan @ARRAYNow @dianeparagas Directing advice: Someone told me once, at the end of each day, make sure to say thank you to each and every person you worked with. Also - be like a goalie. People are going to keep shooting the puck right at your head. Just. Keep. Stopping. The. Puck. #ARRAYNow

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@justinaforever I try to just stay ambitious for the project I am working on, not for some overall vision of a career which I can't control anyway. Strategy always ends up being bad strategy in my experience. #ARRAYNow

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

@elysseium Figure out what you can live with people knowing. Be brave. Show it to each family member alone, so they can tell you what they really think, before anyone else sees it. Know that you will be creating some fictions in order to protect people, and that's okay. #ARRAYNow

[@realSarahPolley (she/her) @realsarahpolley]

@amen_jafri I think it was an essential concept from the beginning, based on the debates in my family about truth and its nature. Also My Dad and harry had such conflicting positions on this. It provided a natural tension in ways of viewing the past. #ARRAYNow