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The Defector to Screen at YWCA
The Defector will be screened at the YWCA Toronto on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2014 as part of their year-round program to promote and...
Apr 21, 20141 min read


Ann Shin Reading and Smashing at Scene and Heard
This week Ann Shin will be in Newfoundland for the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival Film Industry Conference for her book...
Mar 13, 20141 min read


The Defector Wins 3 Canadian Screen Awards!
Fathom Film Group is pleased to announce The Defector: Escape from North Korea won three Canadian Screen Awards at last night’s Academy...
Mar 5, 20142 min read


The Defector has WON the 2014 Diversity Award!
The Defector is the proud winner of the 2014 Diversity Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. The Defector is not an...
Jan 28, 20141 min read


THE DEFECTOR NOMINATED FOR TWO CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS
The Defector: Escape from North Korea has been nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards in the Television category – “Best Documentary...
Jan 13, 20141 min read
The Defector – One Of Canada’s Top Films of 2013
The Defector has been listed as one of the top Canadian films of 2013 by Huffington Post and MovieFone: “Director and centrepiece for the...
Jan 1, 20141 min read


Saving The Enemy is a BravoFact Award recipient!
BravoFact has announced the first round of award recipients for the BravoFactual Short Docs and it is good news for our doc-in-progress...
Dec 17, 20131 min read


The Defector Interactive Wins Digi Award!
Last night in Toronto, Next Media Events hosted their annual Digi Awards to celebrate the companies, products and people making waves in...
Dec 4, 20131 min read


The Defector on TVO and at ADC New York!
After months of touring the festival circuit, we are very excited for our TVO television broadcast premiere! Catch The Defector on TVO in...
Jun 25, 20131 min read


The Defector will air this June on TVO and ABC!
The Defector will be having its first broadcast this June in Canada and Australia, marking the 63rd anniversary of the Korean war....
Jun 14, 20131 min read


The Defector Op Doc on the Front Page of the New York Times!
The Defector is on the Front Page of the NYTimes today! An exclusive OpDocs piece was prepared for the NYTimes and it spent the morning...
Jun 6, 20131 min read
The Defector Nominated for Banff World Media Festival Award, following Success at HotDocs!
After three sold out screenings of The Defector: Escape from North Korea, our Canadian premiere at Hot Docs has come to a close. We would...
May 10, 20131 min read


Announcing The Defector’s Canadian Premiere at Hot Docs 2013!
We are very excited to announce that The Defector will officially be having its Canadian Premiere at Canada’s International Documentary...
Mar 21, 20131 min read


Come check out Fathom Film Group and Jam3 speak at SXSW!
10 Tips from Kim Jong-Il About Interactive Docs Tuesday, March 12, 2013 – 2pm Austin Convention Center Austin Suite 10 important tips you...
Mar 12, 20131 min read


The Defector Interactive Launch!
Fathom Film Group, in collaboration with digital production and design agency Jam3, is pleased to announce the launch of THE DEFECTOR:...
Feb 20, 20131 min read


Ann Shin Demystifies Forum Pitching
In an interview with ReelWorld Film Festival, director/producer Ann Shin talks about the experience she had pitching The Defector: Escape...
Dec 19, 20121 min read


Director Ann Shin on TVO’s DocStudio: Why I Needed to Make This Film
TVO continues to champion great documentaries and has created an online studio that takes you behind the scenes with featured...
Nov 25, 20121 min read


THE DEFECTOR to premiere at the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA)
TORONTO, ON (October 15, 2012) – Toronto-based Fathom Film Group is pleased to announce its latest production, THE DEFECTOR: Escape from...
Oct 15, 20122 min read


Online with Nat&Marie.com
We’ll be on the Nat&Marie show today at 9pm talking about the Kims (Jong-il and Jong-un) and the latest on our ongoing feature...
Feb 29, 20121 min read


Ann Shin speaking at Doc Toronto Conference on Alternative Film Financing
Producer/Director Ann Shin will be speaking at Doc Toronto’s Conference on Alternative Film Financing this Saturday, February 25, at the...
Feb 22, 20121 min read
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