EyeSteelFilm


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, Moore in 2020, and Aung-Thwin in 2022.

Notable collective members

  • Daniel Cross - producer and director
  • Mila Aung-Thwin - producer and director
  • Bob Moore - producer
;Directors
  • 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
DateFilmDirectorNotes
1997The Street: A Film with the HomelessDaniel Cross
2001Too Colourful for the LeagueDaniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin
2001S.P.I.T.: Squeegee Punks in TrafficDaniel Cross
2001Music for a Blue TrainMila Aung-Thwin
2002BoneMila Aung-Thwin
2003RoachTripEric "Roach" Denis
2004Inuuvunga: I Am Inuk, I Am AliveDaniel Cross, Mila Aung-Thwin,
Brett Gaylor and the students of
Inukjuak - Innalik School
2005Chairman GeorgeDaniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin
2006Punk the Vote!Eric "Roach" DenisPunk le vote!
2007Up the YangtzeYung Chang
2008RiP!: A Remix ManifestoBrett Gaylor
2008AntoineLaura Bari
2009Taqwacore: The Birth of Punk IslamOmar Majeed
2009Last Train HomeLixin Fan
aka Guītú Lièchē / Gui tu lie che
2011The Vanishing Spring LightXun Yu
2011Inside Lara RoxxMia Donovan
2011Fortunate SonTony Asimakopoulos
2011The Frog PrincesRyan Mullins and Omar Majeed
2012China HeavyweightYung ChangChinese 千錘百煉
2012The Fruit HuntersYung Chang
2015Family Demolition Patrick Damien-Roy
2015I Am the BluesDaniel Cross
2017Let There Be LightMila Aung-Thwin and Van Royko
2018Anote's ArkMatthieu Rytz
2019WintopiaMira Burt-Wintonick
2023Twice ColonizedLin Alluna
2024YintahJennifer Wickham, Brenda Michell, Michael Toledano

;Short films
DateFilmDirectorNotes
2007The ColonyJeff BarnabyShort film
2008Ali ShanYung ChangShort film
2010MokhtarHalima OuardiriShort film

Films presently in progress include:
  • Rainforest: The Limit of Spleandor, Inkulal, Inventing the Future, Jingle Bell Rocks!, Just A Click Away, Les Tickets, Such Great Heights, ''Turcot''

    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.
  • Montreal Mirror 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.