EyeSteelFilm

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EyeSteelFilm is a Montreal-based Canadian cinema production company co-founded by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin, dedicated to socially engaged cinema, bringing social and political change through cinematic expression. Today the studio is run by co-presidents Mila Aung-Thwin and Bob Moore.

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All three of the principals in the firm have been winners of the Don Haig Award for independent documentary film production from the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival, with Cross winning in 2017, [1] Moore in 2020, [2] and Aung-Thwin in 2022. [3]

Notable collective members

Directors (past and present)

Films

Full feature documentary films
DateFilmDirectorNotes
1997 The Street: A Film with the Homeless Daniel Cross
2001 Too Colourful for the League Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin
2001 S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic Daniel Cross
Music for a Blue Train Mila Aung-Thwin
2002 Bone Mila Aung-Thwin
2003 RoachTrip Eric "Roach" Denis
2004 Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin,
Brett Gaylor and the students of
Inukjuak - Innalik School
2005 Chairman George Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin
2006 Punk the Vote! Eric "Roach" DenisPunk le vote!
2007 Up the Yangtze Yung Chang
2008 RiP!: A Remix Manifesto Brett Gaylor
Antoine Laura Bari
2009 Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam Omar Majeed
Last Train Home Lixin Fan (simplified Chinese :归途列车; traditional Chinese :歸途列車)
aka Guītú Lièchē / Gui tu lie che
2011 The Vanishing Spring Light Xun Yu
Inside Lara Roxx Mia Donovan
Fortunate Son Tony Asimakopoulos
The Frog Princes Ryan Mullins and Omar Majeed
2012 China Heavyweight Yung ChangChinese 千錘百煉
The Fruit Hunters Yung Chang
2015 Family Demolition (La démolition familiale)Patrick Damien-Roy
I Am the Blues Daniel Cross
2017Let There Be LightMila Aung-Thwin and Van Royko
2018 Anote's Ark Matthieu Rytz
2019 Wintopia Mira Burt-Wintonick
2023 Twice Colonized Lin Alluna
2024 Yintah Jennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano
Short films
DateFilmDirectorNotes
2007 The Colony Jeff Barnaby Short film
2008Ali Shan Yung Chang Short film
2010 Mokhtar Halima Ouardiri Short film

Films presently in progress include:

Recognition

EyeSteelFilm has received numerous awards from international film festivals and annual television and film awards. EyeSteelFilm has collaborated with international broadcasters including Super Channel, PBS, CBC, National Geographic Channel, The History Channel, BBC, YLE, TV2 Denmark, ZDF ARTE, The Documentary Channel, SBS, etc. They have received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, SODEC, CALQ, and National Film Board of Canada.

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