Our Works

Jan 17, 2018
1 min

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...

Dec 8, 2017
1 min

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...

Jan 20, 2017
1 min

The Superfood Chain

Every year, the western world is introduced to a new ‘superfood’ that boasts extraordinary nutritional features, and year after year we...

Oct 20, 2016
1 min

Smart Drugs

If popping a pill could make you smarter, wittier and increase your memory would you take it? If you were a surgeon working 20 hour days...

Oct 17, 2016
1 min

Sugar Sisters

Sugar Sisters is a one hour/feature length documentary following Hannah, a queer twenty-something filmmaker, and her two sisters as they...

Nov 17, 2015
1 min

“My Enemy, My Brother” Director Ann Shin on Breakfast Television, Frameline, and Regent

“My Enemy, My Brother” Producer/Director Ann Shin will be making several appearances in advance of the November 21st screening of the...

May 5, 2015
1 min

‘My Enemy, My Brother’ – Festival Runs, An Oscar Qualifying Campaign, & Web S

We’re very excited to continue the festival run of ‘My Enemy, My Brother’ with the European premiere this coming June at the Sheffield...

Apr 27, 2015
1 min

“My Enemy, My Brother”‘s Najah Aboud & Zahed Haftlang in Maclean’s

Nancy Macdonald of Maclean’s recently featured Najah Aboud and Zahed Haftlang in an excellent, in depth article about how these two...

Mar 31, 2015
2 min

Calling Illustrators & Graphic Designers: Join the “Not an Enemy” Campaign!

Fathom Film Group is looking for illustrators and graphic designers to create a logo for our upcoming ‘NOT AN ENEMY’ film campaign! We...

Mar 9, 2015
1 min

ANNOUNCING ‘SMART DRUGS’ IN DEVELOPMENT WITH CBC AND SCREEN AUSTRALIA!

Fathom Film Group is excited to announce our new feature documentary ‘Smart Drugs,’ a co-production in development with CBC and Screen...

Apr 21, 2014
1 min

Breaking Fast

More than 50% of secondary school boys and 67% of girls don’t eat breakfast every day. 1 out of 5 kids in America live in poverty. So why...

Nov 14, 2013
1 min

The Defector Interactive Nominated for a Digi Award!

The Defector Interactive has been nominated for a Digi Award for the Best in Cross-Platform Non-Fiction category! The Digi Awards are...

Oct 15, 2013
1 min

My Enemy, My Brother

Saving the Enemy A young soldier makes a split-second decision that will forever change the course of two men’s lives. Watch the trailer...

Sep 14, 2013
1 min

The Family China Tour

Released this past summer, The Family China has won the Anne Green Award for innovation in narrative form. Writer Ann Shin will be...

Mar 9, 2013
1 min

The Defector Selected into 7 World Festivals and Nominated for CSC Award

We’re also delighted to announce that our DP – Stephen Chung – has been nominated for Best Documentary Cinematography for the 56th Annual...

Feb 20, 2013
1 min

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:...

Dec 19, 2012
1 min

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...

Nov 25, 2012
1 min

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...

Oct 15, 2012
2 min

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...

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