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THE TRUE STORY OF TWO OF FORMULA 1®’s MOST CAPTIVATING STARS – GILLES VILLENEUVE AND DIDIER PIRONI ON SKY DOCUMENTARIES FROM 19 MARCHUK PREMIERE AT THE GLASGOW FILM FESTIVAL ON 5 MARCH

Featuring the Villeneuve and Pironi families including Joann Villeneuve, Melanie Villeneuve, Jacques Villeneuve, Catherine Goux, Didier Pironi and Gilles Pironi and Formula One World Champions Alain Prost and Sir Jackie Stewart

VIEW TRAILER&nbsp;<a href="https://youtu.be/ry3olVhTRJU" style="text-align: center;" target="_self">HERE</a>Sky Original documentary&nbsp;VILLENEUVE PIRONI:RACING’S UNTOLD TRAGEDY&nbsp;tells the astonishing true story of two supremely gifted Ferrari F1® drivers: Gilles Villeneuve and Didier Pironi, forever torn apart by a historic and hugely controversial moment in time.Through captivating archive footage, interviews with Formula One World Champions Jacques Villeneuve, Alain Prost and Sir Jackie Stewart, alongside the Villeneuve and Pironi families plus their F1 and Ferrari contemporaries the in-depth story of their rise to glory culminating in that infamous and tragic 1982 Formula One season is revealed.In the midst of modern racing’s most dangerous era, two daring Ferrari teammates were battling for the world championship, but at the San Marino Grand Prix, Pironi broke an unwritten team agreement, “stealing” victory from his teammate and close friend Villeneuve on the final lap.VILLENEUVE PIRONI: RACING’S UNTOLD TRAGEDY is the story of two of the fastest racers in history, their brief and violent intertwined lives, and the emotional scars still felt today by their closest loved ones.Above all it is a life-affirming film that explores love, loss, and legacy, in a sport where passion overcomes fear.The documentary film will receive its UK premiere at the Glasgow Film Festival on Sunday 5th March at Glasgow Film Theatre followed by a Q&A with director Torquil Jones and will air on Sky Documentaries on Sunday 19 MarchVILLENEUVE PIRONI: RACING’S UNTOLD TRAGEDY is produced by Noah media in association with Sky studios. It is directed by Torquil Jones (Netflix’s 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible) and produced by John McKenna (14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible , Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans) and former Formula 1® driver Mark Webber. The film is distributed by NBCUniversal Global Distribution on behalf of Sky Studios.VILLENEUVE PIRONI: RACING’S UNTOLD TRAGEDY ON SKY DOCUMENTARIESFROM 19 MARCH 2023Notes to editorsFor further information, please contact Organic<a href="Lisa.Richards@organic-publicity.com" target="_self">Lisa.Richards@organic-publicity.com</a><a href="Marie.Zeraati@organic-publicity.com" target="_self">Marie.Zeraati@organic-publicity.com</a>

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Noah Media Group is the award-winning, UK-based production and distribution company behind many critically acclaimed sports feature documentaries.Noah’s first Netflix Original feature documentary launched globally on the world-leading streaming platform in November 2021. 14 Peaks: Nothing Is Impossible follows fearless Nepali mountaineer Nimsdai (Nims) Purja as he embarks on a seemingly impossible quest to summit all 14 of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks in seven months. Released in more than 190 territories, 14 Peaks was a Top 10 watch across 50 territories in its first month of release. The film was recently nominated for a Grierson Award and a Primetime Emmy.Upcoming from Noah is the feature length documentary Villeneuve Pironi, which recently world premiered at DocNYC and charts the astonishing story of two supremely gifted Ferrari F1 drivers: Gilles Villeneuve & Didier Pironi, forever torn apart by a historic and hugely controversial moment in time. It is being produced by Noah Media Group and Sky Studios for Sky & NBCUniversal and is set for release later this year.Other recent global productions for the prestige documentary specialists have included Arsène Wenger: Invincible, a co-production with Federation Entertainment, the definitive documentary on the footballing pioneer who changed the landscape of the English Premier League. The film was released on Canal+ in France and Amazon Prime Video in the UK in 2022. The film recently received the Gold Medal for Best Documentary at the Venice TV Awards.In 2021, Noah Media Group and BT Sport Films partnered on the football docuseries South of the River, charting the rise to fame of some of Britain’s most talented young players – all of whom have emerged from a few square miles in South London. Broadcast to UK audiences via BT Sport in November 2021 and ITV and Netflix in 2022, the series is created by Gabriel Clarke, directed by Jay Gill and features Rio Ferdinand, who also serves as an executive producer.Previous Noah credits include the critically-acclaimed Finding Jack Charlton (2020) – a portrait of one of football’s most cherished heroes and his previously undocumented dementia diagnosis, which was launched in partnership with the BBC & Virgin Media Ireland. The film won the Broadcast Awards Best Documentary 2022, was Grierson nominated and received a Broadcast Sport Editor’s Choice award in 2021 with the glowing praise that it “…sets a new benchmark in high-quality, factual sports content and will be held in the highest esteem for years to come.”Also produced by Noah is The Edge (2019) – the story of the record-breaking England Test Cricket team of 2010 and the sport’s issues with mental health (BBC, Amazon Prime) and Steve McQueen: The Man & Le Mans – charting the Hollywood star’s quest to make the ultimate racing movie (Showtime, BBC and Official Selection, Cannes Film Festival 2015).Noah also produced and distributed Adam Hills: Take His Legs (Channel 4, Network 10 Australia), which was named the 2019 Sports Journalists’ Association Best TV/Film Documentary of the year and Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager (Netflix), winner of the same prestigious award in 2018.In addition to their celebrated feature film work, Noah boasts an industry-leading in-house production and graphics team, and the company has been recognised by BAFTA, Grierson, BIFA, IFTA and the Royal Television Society (RTS), amongst others.

Official trailer revealed for Villeneuve Pironi: Racing's Untold Tragedy

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