Away From Her by Sarah Polley
In-venue Screening
Date
18 January 2026 (Sun), 4:50pm
Venue
Language: English
Duration: 110 minutes
Subtitles in Chinese and English, dubbing in Cantonese, audio description in Cantonese, house programme in audio format available; guide dogs welcome
Online Screening
Date
30 March – 25 May 2026
Language: English
Duration: 110 minutes
Subtitles and accessible captions in Chinese, dubbing in Cantonese, audio description in Cantonese and English; house programme in audio format available
A surprising, heart-wrenching film about love, loss and dementia
An award-winning feature film about love, loss and dementia set in remote rural Ontario, written and directed by Canadian director Sarah Polley, and starring Julie Christie, Gordon Pinsent and Olympia Dukakis.
Unsentimental, heart-wrenching and superbly acted, Away From Her tells the story of married couple Grant and Fiona. Together for over 40 years, they are adjusting to the effects of Fiona’s advancing early-onset Alzheimer’s disease as it erodes her memory and sense of self. Weaving in and out of the past, just as Fiona’s memory glimmers and fails, the film quietly reveals the complexities of their marriage and the situation they face. After Fiona insists that Grant move her to a retirement home, their relationship changes in surprising and poignant ways.
Away from Her is the critically acclaimed first feature film of Canadian actor-director Sarah Polley. Adapted from Alice Munro’s story “The Bear Came Over the Mountain” it debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture and Achievement in Direction, and was nominated for the 2007 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Sarah Polley (Director)
Sarah Polley is an award-winning Canadian actor, writer, director and producer. She has directed the dramatic features “Away Her” (2006), “Take This Waltz” (2011) and “Women Talking” (2022, Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay). Her autobiographical “Stories We Tell” (2012) was awarded Best Documentary by the Toronto Film Critics Association, the New York Film Critics Circle, the National Board of Review and the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, and was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
