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.
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,Regan Reid, "Daniel Cross receives Don Haig Award". Playback, May 1, 2017. Moore in 2020,Kelly Townsend, "EyeSteelFilm’s Bob Moore wins Hot Docs’ Don Haig Award". Playback, May 4, 2020. and Aung-Thwin in 2022.Sadaf Ahsan, "Jacquelyn Mills' 'Geographies of Solitude' wins Hot Docs' best Canadian film award". Canadian Press, May 8, 2022.
Notable collective members
Daniel Cross - producer and director Mila Aung-Thwin - producer and director Bob Moore - producer
Directors (past and present) Laura Bari - director Yung Chang - director Karina Garcia Casanova - director Eric "Roach" Denis - director Mia Donovan - director Lixin Fan - director Omar Majeed - director Peter Wintonick - director Ryan Mullins - director Brett Gaylor - director, interactive producer
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 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 Antoine Laura Bari 2009 Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk Islam Omar Majeed Last Train Home Lixin Fan () aka Guītú Lièchē / Gui tu lie che2011 The Vanishing Spring Light Xun Yu Inside Lara Roxx Mia Donovan Fortunate Son Tony Asimakopoulos The Frog Princes Ryan Mullins and Omar Majeed2012 China Heavyweight Yung Chang Chinese 千錘百煉 The Fruit Hunters Yung Chang 2015 Family Demolition (La démolition familiale) Patrick Damien-Roy I Am the Blues Daniel Cross 2017 Let There Be Light Mila 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 2026 The Ultra Runner Mila Aung-Thwin The Sandbox Kenya-Jade Pinto
Short films Date Film Director Notes 2007 The Colony Jeff Barnaby Short film 2008 Ali Shan Yung Chang Short film 2010 Mokhtar Halima Ouardiri 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), 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.RealScreen Global 100 list Montreal Mirror arts weekly chose the firm as one of the "Noisemaker"s of 2007.Montreal Mirror: From Street to screen -- Noisemaker 2007 EyeSteelFilm founder and president was one of five MIPDOC Trailblazers of 2008.Documentaristes du Canada - Quebec site about award to Daniel Cross
References
External links EyeSteelFilm official website EyeSteelFilm Facebook area EyeSteelFilm blip.tv channel EyeSteelFilm imdb page