The Perfect Story (2022)
October 1, 2022Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Ismael Abdulle
Self
Sahal Abdulle
Self / Associate Producer
Michelle Shephard
Director / Writer / Producer / Still Photographer
Anita Lee
Executive Producer
Linda Fong
Production Office Coordinator
Ohad Benchetrit
Original Music Composer
Nick Hector
Editor / Story Editor / Co-Producer
Kate Vollum
Associate Producer
Erin Chisholm
Researcher
Esmaeel Abofak
Musician
Laura Bates
Musician
Lea Marin
Producer
Jeff Hocken
Project Manager
Aj McLauchlin
Colorist
Justin Small
Original Music Composer
Wesley Legge
Cinematography
Christian Bielz
Additional Camera
Chandra Bulucon
Sound Recordist
Marcus Matyas
Production Supervisor
Jennifer Mair
Publicist
Nick Sewell
Graphic Designer
Alysha Baker
Assistant Editor
Jim Ursulak
Sound Recordist
Sasha Jordan Appler
Graphic Designer
Katie Murray
Production Coordinator
Laurel Toews
Transcriptions
Jack Madigan
Sound Effects Editor
Cory Johnson
Online Editor
Jane Jankovic
Executive Producer
Nuruddin Qorane
Transcriptions
Spencer Clerk
Sound Engineer
Dina Attalla
Assistant Camera
Patricia Bourgeois
Administration
Kevin Riley
Technical Supervisor
Andrew Martin-Smith
Administration
Bryn Hughes
Production Coordinator / Producer
Steve Russell
Additional Camera
Dania Kannan
Production Accountant
Astrid Larsen
Transcriptions
Dave Draper
Sound Recordist
Iris Ng
Additional Camera
Edwin Janzen
Post Production Supervisor
Eric Apps
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Peter Kallianiotis
Legal Services
Nelson Ferreira
Sound Supervisor
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The Perfect Story is a 2022 Canadian documentary film directed by Michelle Shephard. The film revisits Shephard's 2010 news story about Ismael Abdulle, a young Somali man who had his hand and foot amputated by Al-Shabaab militants. Her initial reportage sparked a campaign to get him transported to another country as a refugee. However, the documentary explores the ethical dilemmas Shephard faced when Abdulle later admitted he had lied about key details of the incident, revealing he was guilty of attempted theft as Al-Shabaab had claimed.
The film premiered at the 2022 Calgary International Film Festival, where it won the DGC Canadian Documentary Award. It was also screened at the Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema in Toronto as the opening film of the annual Doc Soup fall screening series, and had its television premiere on TVO on October 18.
The film received two nominations at the 11th Canadian Screen Awards in 2023, for Best Documentary Program and Best Original Music in a Documentary (Ohad Benchetrit, Justin Small).