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Sarah Polley
In Brief: Canadians kids shows earn int’l awards
Canadian kids shows shine at the TCA and Cablefax awards and other news briefs of the week.
CBC, Netflix commission Alias Grace
The adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s 1996 novel of the same name will be produced by Sarah Polley (pictured) and Halfire Entertainment.
CMF distributes $5M across 17 projects
Docs about boxer Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, explorer Jeff Fuchs and mermaids are among 17 docs to receive support from the Canada Media Fund.
CFC, NFB relaunch Creative Doc Lab
The documentary program, which has supported films such as Stories We Tell by Sarah Polley (pictured), will begin its third installment in September.
Khan nets another $25K for domestic violence doc
The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation is the latest investor after an initial Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign (A Better Man pictured).
Who got their films off the ground via Indiegogo in 2014?
Ann Marie Fleming, Attiya Khan and Jeremy Lalonde surpassed their fund-raising goals to get their film projects out of the starting blocks. (Khan doc A Better Man pictured)
Sarah Polley, Feist back doc on violence against women
Attiya Khan has launched a crowdfunding campaign for A Better Man, which is inspired by her own experiences.
Stories We Tell wins at WGAs
Sarah Polley’s first feature-length documentary is awarded the doc screenplay prize by the Writers Guild of America.
Stories We Tell nominated for DGA doc prize
The Sarah Polley-directed film will vie for the Directors Guild of America’s documentary award.
Sarah Polley nominated for Writers Guild of America award
The Toronto-based filmmaker was also recently appointed to the Order of Canada for her achievements in film and television.
National Board of Review lauds acclaimed Polley doc
America’s National Board of Review (NBR) has named Sarah Polley’s Stories We Tell (pictured) as the best documentary of 2013.
NYFCC hails Stories We Tell as Best Documentary
The New York Film Critics Circle has chosen Stories We Tell, from Canadian director Sarah Polley (pictured), as its best documentary of the year.
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