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Canadian Screen Award Nomination: Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television announced the Nominees for the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards for film, television and Digital...
Jan 16, 20181 min read
Canadian Ambassador to Germany Stéphane Dion remarks on My Enemy, My Brother
At a powerful screening and discussion about integration and inclusion of refugees in an immigrant society titled: We are...
Dec 8, 20171 min read
My Enemy, My Brother featured in La Vanguardia
El gesto salvador del enemigo: dos soldados de la guerra Irán-Irak se reencuentran en Canadá 30 años después / The gesture of saving the...
Dec 8, 20171 min read
My Enemy, My Brother wins Grand Jury Prize in San Diego!
TORONTO, ON (November 14, 2017) – Canadian feature documentary, MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER wins the Grand Jury Award at the 18th Annual SDAFF...
Nov 14, 20172 min read
The Globe and Mail – ‘My Enemy, My Brother’ 3/4 stars
In the Toronto filmmaker Ann Shin’s poignant documentary, we meet Najah (an Iraqi) and Zahed (an Iranian), once young soldiers in the...
May 2, 20171 min read
NOW Magazine – ‘My Enemy, My Brother’ 4/5 stars
Zahed and Najah first encountered one another while fighting on opposite sides of the Iran-Iraq War. A quarter-century later, they met by...
May 2, 20171 min read
CTV News – Interview with ‘My Enemy, My Brother’ director Ann Shin
The emotional true story about two men, who fought on the opposite sides of the Iran-Iraq War, now have one main thing in common:...
May 2, 20171 min read
In the Seats review of ‘MY ENEMY MY BROTHER’- 4/5 stars
My Enemy My Brother is a great story of two friends. Borders separated them in the past, but they aren’t now. And both need each other as...
May 2, 20171 min read
Toronto Film Scene: HOT DOCS 2017 REVIEW – MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER
Director Ann Shin creates a meaningful portrait of what it means to be human in war. This film will strike a chord for viewers who are...
May 2, 20171 min read
Real Screen: From foe to friend in “My Enemy, My Brother”
The story of Zahed Haftlang, an Iranian child soldier, and Najah Aboud, an Iraqi conscript is now being told in the full-length feature...
May 2, 20171 min read
CTV news (April 28, 2017): Buzz grows for ‘My Enemy, My Brother’ at Hot Docs festival
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May 2, 20171 min read
CBC As it Happens (April 28): Featured Interview with director Ann Shin
During the Iran-Iraq war, they were on opposite sides. Now, they’re friends — and they owe their new relationship to a chance meeting in...
May 2, 20171 min read
POV Magazine (April 26, 2017): “An incredible story of humanity and chance.”
Ann Shin’s My Enemy, My Brother updates her acclaimed short film of the same name, which gained rare prominence when it was featured on...
May 2, 20171 min read
CP24 (April 26, 2017)
Director Ann Shin shares her new documentary at Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival. To watch the entire interview, click here.
May 2, 20171 min read
IndieWire exclusive: ‘My Enemy, My Brother’ Trailer
The documentary “My Enemy, My Brother” takes place 25 years after the Iran-Iraq war and its narrative centers around two friends (who...
May 2, 20171 min read
Women and Hollywood: Hot Docs 2017 Women Directors, Meet Ann Shin — “My Enemy, My Brother”
“There is a miracle at the heart of their story which compelled me to follow them for four years. Zahed was a child soldier when he...
May 2, 20171 min read
Northern Stars (May 1, 2017)
My Enemy, My Brother contains all the elements of a grand Shakespearian drama. It’s about how two men who once met on the battlefield...
May 2, 20171 min read
Seventh Row: Director Ann Shin on the making of My Enemy, My Brother
Director Ann Shin and producer Hannah Donegan discuss the making of My Enemy, My Brother, Shin’s poignant documentary about two men who...
May 2, 20171 min read
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