EVENT DESCRIPTION
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.
Language: English
Duration: 110 minutes
In-venue Screening
17 January 2026 (Sat), 4:50pm
18 January 2026 (Sun), 4:50pm
Venue: Laundry Steps, Tai Kwun
Free Admission
Online Screening
30 March – 25 May 2026
Free screening on No Limits website
Details
- Start:
- 17 January
- End:
- 25 May
- Admission:
- Free
- Event Category:
- Cinema