We are thrilled to announce that Sarah Polley will be joining us this summer as our festival's first-ever Oscar nominated guest!
Sarah is a true Canadian icon and she's in the running for Best Picture, as well as Best Adapted Screenplay for her incredible screenwriting and direction of the film adaptation of Women Talking based on Miriam Toews' equally incredible novel.
During our festival this August, Sarah will read from her remarkable memoir, Run Towards the Danger. Let's all keep our fingers crossed for an Oscar win for Sarah this Sunday!
Sarah Polley is an Oscar-nominated screenwriter, director, and actor. After making short films, Polley made her feature-length directorial debut with the drama film Away from Her in 2006. Polley received an Oscar nomination for the screenplay, which she adapted from the Alice Munro story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain.” Her other projects include the documentary film Stories We Tell (2012), which won the New York Film Critics Circle prize and the National Board of Review award for best documentary; the miniseries adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s novel Alias Grace (2017); and the romantic comedy Take This Waltz (2011). Polley’s film adaptation of Women Talking by Miriam Toews received Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay in 2023. Polley began her acting career as a child, starring in many productions for film and television.
