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,[1] Moore in 2020,[2] and Aung-Thwin in 2022.[3]
| Date | Film | Director | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Daniel Cross | |||
| 2001 | Too Colourful for the League | Daniel Cross and Mila Aung-Thwin | ||
| 2001 | Daniel Cross | |||
| Music for a Blue Train | Mila Aung-Thwin | |||
| 2002 | Bone | Mila Aung-Thwin | ||
| 2003 | RoachTrip | Eric "Roach" Denis | ||
| 2004 | 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 | 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 che | ||
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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:
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.