Sarah Polley Sarah Polley is an Academy Award-nominated screenwriter, director, actor, and author. 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 […] Read more »
Run Towards Awards TIFA is delighted to welcome author and Oscar-winning director of Women Talking, Sarah Polley, to discuss her creative career and her memoir Run Towards the Danger, winner of the 2022 Toronto Book Award. In this fascinating conversation, Polley will discuss the role books, film and art have played shaping her life and work, how the […] Read more »
Run Towards The Danger […] As these stories found echoes in my adult life, and then went another, better way than they did in childhood, they became lighter and easier to carry. Sarah Polley’s work as an actor, screenwriter, and director is celebrated for its honesty, complexity, and deep humanity. She brings all of those qualities along with her exquisite […] Read more »
