EyeSteelFilm is a

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production company co-founded by Daniel Cross and

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 Cros ...

, 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. All three of the principals in the firm have been winners of the Don Haig Award for independent documentary film production from the

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, with Cross winning in 2017,Regan Reid
"Daniel Cross receives Don Haig Award"
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"EyeSteelFilm’s Bob Moore wins Hot Docs’ Don Haig Award"
'' Playback'', May 4, 2020. and Aung-Thwin in 2022.

Notable collective members

* Daniel Cross - producer and director *

- producer and director *Bob Moore - producer ;Directors (past and present) * Laura Bari - director *

Yung Chang Yung Chang is a Chinese Canadian film director and was part of the collective member directors of Canadian film production firm EyeSteelFilm. Chang is a graduate of Concordia University's Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema in Montreal (BFA 99), the ...

- director *Karina Garcia Casanova - director * Eric "Roach" Denis - director * Mia Donovan - director *

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- director * Omar Majeed - director *

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- director * Ryan Mullins - director * Brett Gaylor - director, interactive producer

Films

;Full feature documentary films ;Short films Films presently in progress include: *''Rainforest: The Limit of Spleandor'' (by Richard Boyce), ''Inkulal'' (by Linda Vastrik), ''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), ''Such Great Heights'' (by Richard Boyce), ''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 Super Channel,

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, TV2 Denmark, ZDF ARTE, The Documentary Channel, SBS, etc. They have received support from the

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'' 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.Documentaristes du Canada - Quebec site about award to Daniel Cross
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References

External links

EyeSteelFilm official websiteEyeSteelFilm Facebook areaEyeSteelFilm blip.tv channelEyeSteelFilm imdb page
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