Since filmmakers have been making films, they have often felt the need to document important aspects of events in their lives. The reasons for this are many and varied, especially for autobiographical films. These films are often based on a collection of episodes that hold significance in an individual's life. They include a combination of personal encounters that an individual experienced at a specific time and in a specific place. They can include individual people, events and objects that are of importance to the filmmaker and that he or she feels the need to document. The following essay will examine the relationship between subject matter and the importance of locations in autobiographical films. The films this essay will explore are My Winnipeg († Guy Maddin 2007) and Caro Diario († Nanni Moretti 1993). As the term autobiographical suggests, the subject of these films is essentially the self. These films include personal stories and are subjective, first-person narratives. As Brooks says, “An autobiographical film occurs when a director directly or indirectly depicts himself on screen.” p In the case of My Winnipeg, the central character of Maddin is played by actor Darcy Fehr and this is a fictionalization or self-projection of Maddin. . The film is, however, narrated by Maddin. In Caro Diario, the main protagonist is played by director Moretti. The subject of these two films is to give the viewer an insight into the private world of the protagonist by also objectively recording the historical and cultural world in which he lives. This can be seen in the documentary style of these two films, as Lane states. “At the heart of this exploration is a tension that revolves around the middle of paper......Everett, Wendy. (ed.). (1996). European identity in cinema Exeter: Intellect BooksLane, Jim (2002) The autobiographical documentary in America. Madison: The University of Wisconsin Press McNeill, Isabelle. (2010) Memory and the Moving Image: French Cinema in the Digital Age (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press) Pike, Nora. (1996) “From places of memory to kingdoms of memory” in Nora, P. and LD Kritzman (eds.) (1996) Kingdoms of memory: rethinking the French past. Flight. 1: conflicts and divisions. New York and Chichester: Columbia University Press. Rascaroli, Laura. (2004) Caro diario, in Bertellini, Giorgio (ed.) (2004) Italian cinema. London: Wallflower Richardson, Michael. (2006) Surrealism and Cinema, London: Bloomsbury AcademicWilson, Emma. (1999) French cinema since 1950: Personal stories, University of Michigan: Duckworth