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Canadian/U.S. screenings of award-winning NFB docudrama Paris 1919

Toronto, Ontario – As Remembrance Day approaches, the National Film Board of Canada announced the latest news for its award-winning film Paris 1919. Inspired by Margaret MacMillan’s best-selling book and narrated by R.H. Thomson, renowned filmmaker Paul Cowan’s docudrama skilfully merges remarkable archival footage with riveting re-enactments to depict the world-changing events of the Paris Peace Conference.

Cowan’s film offers an engrossing and innovative account of events at once global and intensely personal whose outcome still reverberates 90 years on; the Conference led to the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations and, some historians claim, the Second World War. Paris 1919 screened at film festivals around the world, including the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and Hot Docs, and won the Banff World Television Award in the category of History and Biography programs.

Screenings

Oct. 22: Toronto, ON – North York Public Library, 6:30 pm

Oct. 24: Stratford, ON – Docfest Stratford, 2 pm (director and NFB producer in attendance)

Oct. 24: Winnipeg – Winnipeg Film Group Cinematheque, 7 pm

Oct. 25: Antigonish, NS – Antigonish International Film Festival, 3:15 pm

Nov. 4 & 5: Waterloo, ON – Princess Cinema, 7 pm (NFB producer in attendance)

Nov. 5: Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Public Library Main Branch, 7 pm

Nov. 9: Okotoks, AB – Okotoks Public Library, 7 pm

Nov. 10: Thunder Bay, ON – Waverley Resource Library, 7 pm

Nov. 10: Halifax, NS – Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library, 7pm

Nov. 11: New York, NY – National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, 6:30 pm

Nov. 14: Calgary, AB – WR Castell Central Library, 1 pm

Nov. 17: New York, NY – National Arts Club, 7:45 pm (NFB producer in attendance)

Nov. 19: London, ON – London Central Public Library Central Branch, 7 pm

TV broadcasts

Canadian television premiere of Paris 1919:

TVOntario – Nov. 11 at 9 pm ET, repeats Nov. 15 at 9 pm ET

U.S. television premiere of Paris 1919:

Military Channel – Nov. 13 at 8 pm ET/PT, repeats Nov. 18 at 9 pm ET/PT

DVD release
Paris 1919 comes to DVD in Canada and the U.S. this week through BFS Entertainment. The disc includes English and French versions of the film, a “making of” documentary, and in-depth interviews with Margaret McMillan and R.H. Thomson. Available through NFB.ca and major retailers.

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Headline, Industry News

Canadian/U.S. screenings of award-winning NFB docudrama Paris 1919

Toronto, Ontario – As Remembrance Day approaches, the National Film Board of Canada announced the latest news for its award-winning film Paris 1919. Inspired by Margaret MacMillan’s best-selling book and narrated by R.H. Thomson, renowned filmmaker Paul Cowan’s docudrama skilfully merges remarkable archival footage with riveting re-enactments to depict the world-changing events of the Paris Peace Conference.

Cowan’s film offers an engrossing and innovative account of events at once global and intensely personal whose outcome still reverberates 90 years on; the Conference led to the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations and, some historians claim, the Second World War. Paris 1919 screened at film festivals around the world, including the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and Hot Docs, and won the Banff World Television Award in the category of History and Biography programs.

Screenings

Oct. 22: Toronto, ON – North York Public Library, 6:30 pm

Oct. 24: Stratford, ON – Docfest Stratford, 2 pm (director and NFB producer in attendance)

Oct. 24: Winnipeg – Winnipeg Film Group Cinematheque, 7 pm

Oct. 25: Antigonish, NS – Antigonish International Film Festival, 3:15 pm

Nov. 4 & 5: Waterloo, ON – Princess Cinema, 7 pm (NFB producer in attendance)

Nov. 5: Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Public Library Main Branch, 7 pm

Nov. 9: Okotoks, AB – Okotoks Public Library, 7 pm

Nov. 10: Thunder Bay, ON – Waverley Resource Library, 7 pm

Nov. 10: Halifax, NS – Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library, 7pm

Nov. 11: New York, NY – National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, 6:30 pm

Nov. 14: Calgary, AB – WR Castell Central Library, 1 pm

Nov. 17: New York, NY – National Arts Club, 7:45 pm (NFB producer in attendance)

Nov. 19: London, ON – London Central Public Library Central Branch, 7 pm

TV broadcasts

Canadian television premiere of Paris 1919:

TVOntario – Nov. 11 at 9 pm ET, repeats Nov. 15 at 9 pm ET

U.S. television premiere of Paris 1919:

Military Channel – Nov. 13 at 8 pm ET/PT, repeats Nov. 18 at 9 pm ET/PT

DVD release
Paris 1919 comes to DVD in Canada and the U.S. this week through BFS Entertainment. The disc includes English and French versions of the film, a “making of” documentary, and in-depth interviews with Margaret McMillan and R.H. Thomson. Available through NFB.ca and major retailers.

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Headline, Industry News

Canadian/U.S. screenings of award-winning NFB docudrama Paris 1919

Toronto, Ontario – As Remembrance Day approaches, the National Film Board of Canada announced the latest news for its award-winning film Paris 1919. Inspired by Margaret MacMillan’s best-selling book and narrated by R.H. Thomson, renowned filmmaker Paul Cowan’s docudrama skilfully merges remarkable archival footage with riveting re-enactments to depict the world-changing events of the Paris Peace Conference.

Cowan’s film offers an engrossing and innovative account of events at once global and intensely personal whose outcome still reverberates 90 years on; the Conference led to the Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations and, some historians claim, the Second World War. Paris 1919 screened at film festivals around the world, including the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and Hot Docs, and won the Banff World Television Award in the category of History and Biography programs.

Screenings

Oct. 22: Toronto, ON – North York Public Library, 6:30 pm

Oct. 24: Stratford, ON – Docfest Stratford, 2 pm (director and NFB producer in attendance)

Oct. 24: Winnipeg – Winnipeg Film Group Cinematheque, 7 pm

Oct. 25: Antigonish, NS – Antigonish International Film Festival, 3:15 pm

Nov. 4 & 5: Waterloo, ON – Princess Cinema, 7 pm (NFB producer in attendance)

Nov. 5: Ottawa, ON – Ottawa Public Library Main Branch, 7 pm

Nov. 9: Okotoks, AB – Okotoks Public Library, 7 pm

Nov. 10: Thunder Bay, ON – Waverley Resource Library, 7 pm

Nov. 10: Halifax, NS – Spring Garden Road Memorial Public Library, 7pm

Nov. 11: New York, NY – National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, 6:30 pm

Nov. 14: Calgary, AB – WR Castell Central Library, 1 pm

Nov. 17: New York, NY – National Arts Club, 7:45 pm (NFB producer in attendance)

Nov. 19: London, ON – London Central Public Library Central Branch, 7 pm

TV broadcasts

Canadian television premiere of Paris 1919:

TVOntario – Nov. 11 at 9 pm ET, repeats Nov. 15 at 9 pm ET

U.S. television premiere of Paris 1919:

Military Channel – Nov. 13 at 8 pm ET/PT, repeats Nov. 18 at 9 pm ET/PT

DVD release
Paris 1919 comes to DVD in Canada and the U.S. this week through BFS Entertainment. The disc includes English and French versions of the film, a “making of” documentary, and in-depth interviews with Margaret McMillan and R.H. Thomson. Available through NFB.ca and major retailers.

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