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X-WR-CALDESC:Join us for an engaging discussion with Canadian filmmaker Adr
 ian Wills about his film\, 'A Quiet Girl.' The film link will be sent to p
 articipants upon registration. To make the most of the event\, we encourag
 e everyone to watch the film beforehand. Adrian will join us to share insi
 ghts into his journey with the film and participate in a Q&A session. \n\n
 In A Quiet Girl\, adopted Montreal filmmaker Adrian Wills commits\, on cam
 era and in real time\, to unravelling the mystery of his complex beginning
 s in Newfoundland. Spurred on by a meager clue in his adoption documents\,
  Wills spends two years travelling from the wild beauty of Canada’s most e
 astern coastline to the red heat of Arizona in search of answers. What Wil
 ls finally uncovers pierces into the meaning of family\, revealing disquie
 ting parallels between his own life and that of the birth mother he never 
 knew.\n\nThis moving feature documentary combines 16mm footage and contemp
 orary images with deeply personal conversations\, transforming an urgent s
 earch for identity into a quest to give a quiet girl her voice. Ultimately
 \, Wills honours his birth mother’s resilience and\, in doing so\, reveals
  his own. The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has provided a private\,
  commercial-free Vimeo link for registrants to view the film before this p
 resentation.\n\nAbout Adrian\nAdrian Wills is an award-winning director\, 
 series co-creator and showrunner with a passion for character-driven story
 telling across various genres. His projects range from the co-created spor
 ts drama series 21 Thunder (CBC/Netflix) to All Together Now: The Beatles 
 Love\, winner of the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video. A Quiet 
 Girl is Wills’ first film with the National Film Board of Canada and his m
 ost personal one yet—a POV feature documentary that begins as a mystery ab
 out his adoption in Newfoundland. In 2023\, Wills will be releasing a new 
 feature music documentary entitled Leonard Cohen: Tower of Song.\n\nA citi
 zen of both Canada and Australia\, Wills studied Media at the Royal Melbou
 rne Institute of Technology in Australia and Film Production at Concordia 
 University’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal\, Canada.
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for an engaging discussion with Canadian filmmaker Adri
 an Wills about his film\, 'A Quiet Girl.' The film link will be sent to pa
 rticipants upon registration. To make the most of the event\, we encourage
  everyone to watch the film beforehand. Adrian will join us to share insig
 hts into his journey with the film and participate in a Q&A session. \n\nI
 n A Quiet Girl\, adopted Montreal filmmaker Adrian Wills commits\, on came
 ra and in real time\, to unravelling the mystery of his complex beginnings
  in Newfoundland. Spurred on by a meager clue in his adoption documents\, 
 Wills spends two years travelling from the wild beauty of Canada’s most ea
 stern coastline to the red heat of Arizona in search of answers. What Will
 s finally uncovers pierces into the meaning of family\, revealing disquiet
 ing parallels between his own life and that of the birth mother he never k
 new.\n\nThis moving feature documentary combines 16mm footage and contempo
 rary images with deeply personal conversations\, transforming an urgent se
 arch for identity into a quest to give a quiet girl her voice. Ultimately\
 , Wills honours his birth mother’s resilience and\, in doing so\, reveals 
 his own. The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) has provided a private\, 
 commercial-free Vimeo link for registrants to view the film before this pr
 esentation.\n\nAbout Adrian\nAdrian Wills is an award-winning director\, s
 eries co-creator and showrunner with a passion for character-driven storyt
 elling across various genres. His projects range from the co-created sport
 s drama series 21 Thunder (CBC/Netflix) to All Together Now: The Beatles L
 ove\, winner of the Grammy Award for Best Long Form Music Video. A Quiet G
 irl is Wills’ first film with the National Film Board of Canada and his mo
 st personal one yet—a POV feature documentary that begins as a mystery abo
 ut his adoption in Newfoundland. In 2023\, Wills will be releasing a new f
 eature music documentary entitled Leonard Cohen: Tower of Song.\n\nA citiz
 en of both Canada and Australia\, Wills studied Media at the Royal Melbour
 ne Institute of Technology in Australia and Film Production at Concordia U
 niversity’s Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal\, Canada.
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SUMMARY:VIRTUAL - A Conversation with Canadian filmmaker Adrian Wills on hi
 s film 'A Quiet Girl'
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