EyeSteelFilm

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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.

Notable Collective Members

Founders

Daniel Cross - founding co-owner and president
Mila Aung-Thwin - founding co-owner and vice-president

Directors / producers

Laura Bari - director
Yung Chang - director
Eric "Roach" Denis - director
Mia Donovan - director
Lixin Fan - director
Omar Majeed - director
Peter Wintonick - director

Films

Full feature documentary films

Date	Film	Director	Notes
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
2001	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" Denis	Punk le vote!
2007	Up the Yangtze	Yung Chang
2008	RiP!: A Remix Manifesto	Brett Gaylor
2008	Antoine	Laura Bari
2009	Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam	Omar Majeed
2009	Last Train Home	Lixin Fan	(simplified Chinese: 归途列车; traditional Chinese: 歸途列車) aka Guītú Lièchē / Gui tu lie cheby
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 Chang	Chinese 千錘百煉
2012	The Fruit Hunters	Yung Chang

Short films

Date	Film	Director	Notes
2007	The Colony	Jeff Barnaby	Short film
2008	Ali Shan	Yung Chang	Short film

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), Mokhtar (by Halima Ouardiri), 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, 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.

EyeSteelFilm is a RealScreen Magazine Global 100 Company.^[1]
Montreal Mirror arts weekly chose the firm as one of the "Noisemaker"s of 2007.^[2]
EyeSteelFilm founder and president was one of five MIPDOC Trailblazers of 2008.^[3]

References

External links

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Founders	Daniel Cross Mila Aung-Thwin

Directors	Tony Asimakopoulos Mila Aung-Thwin Laura Bari Richard Boyce Yung Chang Daniel Cross Mia Donovan Eric "Roach" Denis Lixin Fan Brett Gaylor Mitchell Kezin Omar Majeed Ryan Mullins Halima Ouardiri

Documentaries	The Street: A Film with the Homeless (1997) Too Colourful for the League (2001) S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in Traffic (2001) Music for a Blue Train (2002) Bone (2002) RoachTrip (2003) Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am Alive (2004) Chairman George (2005) Punk the Vote! (2006) Up the Yangtze (2007) RiP!: A Remix Manifesto (2008) Antoine (2008) Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam (2009) Last Train Home (2009) The Frog Princes (2010) The Vanishing Spring Light (2011) Inside Lara Roxx (2011) China Heavyweight (2012) Fortunate Son (2012) The Fruit Hunters (2012)

Shorts	The Colony (2007) Ali Shan (2008)

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