EyeSteelFilm
Encyclopedia
EyeSteelFilm is a Montreal
-based Canadian
cinema
production company founded and co-owned by Daniel Cross
and Mila Aung-Thwin
, dedicated to socially engaged cinema, bringing social and political change through cinematic expression. Cross is president of the company and Aung-Thwin its vice-president.
Films presently in progress include Fortunate Son (by Tony Asimakopoulos), Inkulal (by Linda Vastrik), Inside Lara Roxx (by Mia Donovan), Inventing the Future (by Daniel Cross), Jingle Bell Rocks! (by Mitchell Kezin), Just A Click Away (by Laura Turek), Les Tickets (by Eric "Roach" Denis), Mokhtar (by Halima Ouardiri), Such Great Heights (by Richard Boyce), The Fruit Hunters (by Yung Chang), Turcot (by Daniel Cross)
Montreal
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-based Canadian
Canada
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cinema
Film
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production company founded and co-owned by Daniel Cross
Daniel Cross (filmmaker)
Daniel Cross a Canadian documentary filmmaker, producer and activist whose films deal with social justice.He is co-founder of EyeSteelFilm with fellow director/producer Mila Aung-Thwin. He is the president of the company...
and Mila Aung-Thwin
Mila Aung-Thwin
Mila Aung-Thwin is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, producer and activist whose films deal with social justice.He had a multi-disciplinary education in arts, journalism, and photography. In 1998, he met his fellow director/producer Daniel Cross and co-founded with him EyeSteelFilm specilaizing in...
, dedicated to socially engaged cinema, bringing social and political change through cinematic expression. Cross is president of the company and Aung-Thwin its vice-president.
The Collective
- Daniel CrossDaniel Cross (filmmaker)Daniel Cross a Canadian documentary filmmaker, producer and activist whose films deal with social justice.He is co-founder of EyeSteelFilm with fellow director/producer Mila Aung-Thwin. He is the president of the company...
is a founding co-owner of EyeSteelFilm and the present president of the company, and in addition to directing and producing is also an Assistant Professor in Film Production at Concordia University, Montreal. - Mila Aung-ThwinMila Aung-ThwinMila Aung-Thwin is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, producer and activist whose films deal with social justice.He had a multi-disciplinary education in arts, journalism, and photography. In 1998, he met his fellow director/producer Daniel Cross and co-founded with him EyeSteelFilm specilaizing in...
is a founding co-owner and present vice-president of the company - Brett GaylorBrett GaylorBrett Gaylor is a Canadian documentary filmmaker living in Montreal, Quebec. Born in 1977, he grew up on Galiano Island, British Columbia. He is a member director of EyeSteelFilm documentary production company and its Head of New Media....
is a director and Head of New Media- nno longer works for eyesteel - Anuj Khosla is head administrator
- Eric "Roach" DenisEric "Roach" DenisEric Denis better known as Eric "Roach" Denis is a Montreal-based Canadian documentary film maker and activist whose films deal with social justice, and particularly homelessness.-Earlier Life:...
is a director - Bob MooreBob MooreBob Loyce Moore is an American session musician, orchestra leader, and bassist who was a member of the legendary Nashville A-Team during the 1950s and 60s.-Biography:...
is producer and head of business and legal affairs - Halima Ouardiri is a director and producer
- Yung ChangYung Chang-Biography:Yung Chang is the director of Up the Yangtze. He is a Canadian filmmaker currently based in Montreal, where he earned a degree in film production in 1999 from Concordia University...
is a director - Jeff Barnaby is a director
- Laura BariLaura BariLaura Bari is Canadian film director and producer of Argentian origin and has been living in Montreal for more than 20 years. She studied pedagogy, specialized in psychopathology of the expression....
is a director - Lixin FanLixin FanLixin Fan is a Montreal, Canada-based documentary film director with the Canadian production company EyeSteelFilm and previously a producer/journalist at China’s state broadcaster CCTV.Lixin's debut feature documentary Last Train Home won several awards...
is a director - Omar MajeedOmar MajeedOmar Majeed is a Pakistani Canadian film director and producer who studied cinema at York University Film School and later on studied editing at the International Academy of Design in Toronto. He is the son of Musarrat Nazir. He went on to work as producer Toronto's CityTV and won a Gemini Award...
is a director - Richard Boyce is a director
- Shuibo Wang is a director
- Mitch Kezin is a director
- Mia Donovan is a director
- Tony Asimakopoulos is a director
- Laura Turek is a director
- Marie-Eve Tremblay is a director
- Han Yi is a director
- Mark Ellam is a director
- Bachir Boumediene is a director/producer
- Wang Shi Qing is a cinematographer
- Terryll Loffler is a cinematographer
- Zach Fay is a cinematographer
- Mike Wees is a cinematographer
- Gary Evans is post coordinator
- Max Chalifoux is an editor
- Hannele Halm is an editor
- Edmund Duff, is in production/post-production
- Geneviève Danforth is head of Educational Distribution
- Daniela Fiori is an administrator
- Chris Aung-Thwin
- Anjet Blinde
- Marco Luna
- Cody Skinner, web development
- MK Siu
- Peter WintonickPeter WintonickPeter Wintonick is an independent documentary filmmaker based in Montreal. A winner of the 2006 Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts, former Thinker in Residence for the Premier of South Australia, prolific award winning filmmaker, he is one of Canada's best known international...
Films
- 1997: The Street: A Film with the HomelessThe Street: A Film with the HomelessThe Street: A Film with the Homeless is a 78-minute 1997 documentary film about the Canadian homeless in Montreal. The film was directed by Daniel Cross and produced by him and Don Haig...
directed by Daniel CrossDaniel Cross (filmmaker)Daniel Cross a Canadian documentary filmmaker, producer and activist whose films deal with social justice.He is co-founder of EyeSteelFilm with fellow director/producer Mila Aung-Thwin. He is the president of the company... - 2001: Too Colourful for the LeagueToo Colourful for the LeagueToo Colourful for the League is a 52-minutes 2001 Canadian documentary film made for TV, directed by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin and produced by Diversus Productions and Daniel Cross....
directed by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-ThwinMila Aung-ThwinMila Aung-Thwin is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, producer and activist whose films deal with social justice.He had a multi-disciplinary education in arts, journalism, and photography. In 1998, he met his fellow director/producer Daniel Cross and co-founded with him EyeSteelFilm specilaizing in... - 2001: S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic directed by Daniel Cross
- 2002: Music for a Blue Train directed by Mila Aung-Thwin
- 2002: BoneBone (documentary)Bone is a 48-minute 2005 documentary about the first modern dance co-production between Canada and China, directed and choreographed by Nadine Thouin in collaboration with the Beijing Modern Dance Company. The film was directed by Mila Aung-Thwin of EyeSteelFilm production company and produced by...
directed by Mila Aung-Thwin - 2003: RoachTripRoachTripRoachTrip is a 46-minute 2003 Canadian documentary about two punks, Roach and his friend Smash down the invisible punk highway across Canada...
directed by Eric "Roach" DenisEric "Roach" DenisEric Denis better known as Eric "Roach" Denis is a Montreal-based Canadian documentary film maker and activist whose films deal with social justice, and particularly homelessness.-Earlier Life:... - 2004: Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am AliveInuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am AliveInuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive is a joint 58-minute 2004 documentary about Inuit high school students in Inukjuak, Quebec, Nunavik , documenting their final year in the high school....
directed by Daniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin, Brett Gaylor and the students of Inukjuak - Innalik SchoolInukjuak - Innalik SchoolInukjuak – Innalik School, part of the Kativik School Board, is a primary and secondary School in Inukjuak, Quebec, Nunavik with more than 400 students... - 2005: Chairman GeorgeChairman GeorgeChairman George is a 73-minute 2005 Canadian documentary film about the Greek Canadian musician / troubadour and statistician George Sapounidis. The documentary is directed by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin and produced by EyeSteelFilm in association with CTV, BBC's "Storyville" series and TV2...
directed by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin - 2006: Punk the Vote!Punk the Vote!Punk the Vote! is a 73-minute 2006 Canadian documentary about the Canadian elections, and a hilarious and at the same time a critical take on Canadian politics punk-rock style, when two punks decide to run as independent candidates for the Canadian elections. The film is directed by Eric "Roach"...
directed by Eric "Roach" Denis - 2007: Up the YangtzeUp the YangtzeUp the Yangtze is a 2007 documentary film directed by Chinese-Canadian director Yung Chang. The film focuses on people affected by the building of the Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze river in Hubei, China. The theme of the film is the transition towards consumer capitalism from a farming,...
directed by Yung ChangYung Chang-Biography:Yung Chang is the director of Up the Yangtze. He is a Canadian filmmaker currently based in Montreal, where he earned a degree in film production in 1999 from Concordia University... - 2007: The Colony, a short directed by Jeff Barnaby
- 2008: RiP!: A Remix ManifestoRiP!: A Remix ManifestoRiP!: A Remix Manifesto is a 2008 open source documentary film about "the changing concept of copyright"directed by Brett Gaylor.Created over a period of six years, the documentary film features the collaborative remix work of hundreds of people who have contributed to the Open Source Cinema...
directed by Brett GaylorBrett GaylorBrett Gaylor is a Canadian documentary filmmaker living in Montreal, Quebec. Born in 1977, he grew up on Galiano Island, British Columbia. He is a member director of EyeSteelFilm documentary production company and its Head of New Media.... - 2008: AntoineAntoine (film)Antoine is an 82-minutes 2008 Canadian documentary film directed by Laura Bari. The film features a young 5-year old blind kid named Antoine Houang....
directed by Laura BariLaura BariLaura Bari is Canadian film director and producer of Argentian origin and has been living in Montreal for more than 20 years. She studied pedagogy, specialized in psychopathology of the expression.... - 2008: Ali Shan, a short directed by Yung Chang
- 2009: TaqwacoreTaqwacore (film)The documentary Taqwacore is one of two films based on on Michael Muhammad Knight's book The Taqwacores. In 2008, the book had been made into a feature film by director Eyad Zahra starring actress Noureen DeWulf as Rabeya, actress Rasika Mathur as Fatima, and actor Bobby Naderi as Yusef.The film...
directed by Omar MajeedOmar MajeedOmar Majeed is a Pakistani Canadian film director and producer who studied cinema at York University Film School and later on studied editing at the International Academy of Design in Toronto. He is the son of Musarrat Nazir. He went on to work as producer Toronto's CityTV and won a Gemini Award... - 2009: Last Train HomeLast Train Home (film)Last Train Home is a 2009 documentary film directed by Lixin Fan and produced by Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin of EyeSteelFilm. Last Train Home won the Best Documentary Feature at 2009 IDFA and will be distributed by Zeitgeist Films in the US territory.-Synopsis:Every spring, China's cities are...
by Lixin FanLixin FanLixin Fan is a Montreal, Canada-based documentary film director with the Canadian production company EyeSteelFilm and previously a producer/journalist at China’s state broadcaster CCTV.Lixin's debut feature documentary Last Train Home won several awards...
Films presently in progress include Fortunate Son (by Tony Asimakopoulos), Inkulal (by Linda Vastrik), Inside Lara Roxx (by Mia Donovan), Inventing the Future (by Daniel Cross), Jingle Bell Rocks! (by Mitchell Kezin), Just A Click Away (by Laura Turek), Les Tickets (by Eric "Roach" Denis), Mokhtar (by Halima Ouardiri), Such Great Heights (by Richard Boyce), The Fruit Hunters (by Yung Chang), Turcot (by Daniel Cross)
Recognition
EyeSteelFilm has received numerous awards from international film festivals and annual television and film awards. EyeSteelFilm has collaborated with international broadcasters including Superchannel, PBS, CBC, National Geographic, The History Channel, BBC, YLE, TV2 Denmark, ZDF ARTE, Tbe Documentary Channel, YLE, SBS, etc. They have received support from the Canada Council for the Arts, SODEC, CALQ, and National Film Board of Canada.- EyeSteelFilm is a Realscreen Magazine Global 100 Company.
- "Montreal MirrorMontreal MirrorMontreal Mirror is a free English language alternative newsweekly based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada with a circulation of 70,000, and reaches a quarter of a million readers per week. It is published by Communications Gratte-Ciel Ltée....
" arts weekly chose the firm as one of the "Noisemaker"s of 2007. - EyeSteelFilm founder and president was one of five MIPDOC Trailblazers of 2008.