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URL:https://events.nfb.ca/events/a-return-to-memory-westmount-public-libra
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SUMMARY:A Return to Memory - Westmount Public Library
DESCRIPTION:As part of THE NFB IN LIBRARIES programming\, the Westmount Pub
 lic Library will present A Return to Memory to highlight International Wom
 en's Day.\n\nA Return to Memory  a film by Donald McWilliams (2024 | 116 m
 inutes)\n\n\nWhen Canada entered World War II\, the National Film Board su
 ddenly had an urgent new mission—and hundreds of women stepped forward\,
  helping to create Canadian cinema as we now know it.\n\nAfter the screeni
 ng there will be a Q&amp\;A with the filmmaker\, Don McWilliams whose work
  makes use of both live-action and animation techniques. He was inspired t
 o become a filmmaker after meeting Norman McLaren in 1968.\n\nMcWilliams w
 ould later work with McLaren\, and this led him to make two films about th
 e acclaimed NFB animator: Creative Process: Norman McLaren (1990) and N
 orman McLaren: Animated Musician (2014). McWilliams’ other films includ
 e a trilogy of historical film essays: The Passerby (1995)\, awarded Bes
 t Cultural Documentary at the 1997 Hot Docs festival and selected as one o
 f the 50 best filmic essays by the Vienna Film Festival in 2007\, The Fif
 th Province (2003)\, and A Time There Was: Stories from the Last Days of
  Kenya Colony (2009). McWilliams also produced and edited Sunrise Over 
 Tiananmen Square\, which was nominated for the 1999 Oscar® for Best Docum
 entary Short.\n\nThe Writers Guild of Canada has nominated his work twice 
 for a best documentary script award. McWilliams has been a part of the NFB
  Animation Studio for close to four decades and was named Honorary Preside
 nt of the 2016 Ottawa International Animation Festival\, a testament to hi
 s influence in animation circles.\n\nMore information on the film: A Retur
 n to Memory - Media Space : Media Space (nfb.ca)\n\n\n----------\nFREE SCR
 EENING\nFor more information on this event and to register\, visit the lib
 rary's page event. 
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CATEGORIES:Free Event,NFB IN LIBRARIES,Screenings
LOCATION:Westmount Public Library\, 4574 Sherbrooke Street Ouest\, Westmoun
 t\, Quebec\, Canada
GEO:45.4811466;-73.5990534
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