Oscar winner Paul Haggis will be at the Banff World Television Festival in June, taking part in the fest’s one-on-one ‘In Conversation With…’ series of interviews. The Canadian-born writer and director of Crash will talk about his new project, The Black Donnellys, now in development at NBC.

Haggis will also be presented a special award of distinction at Banff on June 12, day two of the three-day fest.

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