Fathom Film Group will be embarking on a doc-filming journey with two war vets from the Iran-Iraq war. MY ENEMY, MY BROTHER follows the story of Zahed and Najah, former enemies who saved one another and became blood brothers. Now living in Vancouver, they plan to return to their home countries to search for missing loved ones. We will follow them on their journey and open out the documentary filmmaking process to viewers. Viewers are invited to participate in the search for Z

Fathom Film Group is pleased to announce The Defector: Escape from North Korea won three Canadian Screen Awards at last night’s Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television ceremony: Best Documentary Program, Best Direction in a Documentary Program and the Academy’s Diversity Award. A great team win! It’s a testament to the incredible talent that came together to make this film. Heartfelt congratulations to: Director of Photography – STEPHEN CHUNG Supervising Editor and Co-Writer

The Defector is the proud winner of the 2014 Diversity Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. The Defector is not an easy story to tell, and required a diverse and resourceful team to pull it off. We are very happy to be recognized for our unique team’s talents as a prime example of the Canadian film and television industry. Along with winning the Diversity Award, The Defector is nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards – Best Documentary Program and Best Dir

The Defector: Escape from North Korea has been nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards in the Television category – “Best Documentary Program” and “Best Direction in a Documentary Program.” The nominations follow The Defector: Interactive’s recent Digi Award win. As media attention is drawn towards the high profile celebrities currently venturing to North Korea, The Defector gets an inside perspective on those risking their lives to flee from the starvation and oppression of

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 like to thank everyone that came out, all those in the line-ups spanning around the block, and in the packed audiences. The amazing reception has made this our most successful premiere yet! We had lots of outstanding press from The CBC, CTV News Canada, Global News, The Toronto Star, and Random House as well as some great response from blog

We are very excited to announce that The Defector will officially be having its Canadian Premiere at Canada’s International Documentary Film Festival – Hot Docs – this April! We invite you to attend one of our three screenings: Sat, Apr 27 – 9:00 PM           Scotiabank Theatre, Cinema 4 Mon, Apr 29 – 3:30 PM        Scotiabank Theatre, Cinema 5 Sat, May 4 – 6:30 PM                                               The Regent For all of our Toronto supporters who missed the world

Check out Jordan Ginsberg’s interview with Ann Shin about North Korea’s “tourism,” latest provocative threats, and making The Defector. “Most defectors not only agree, they’re bitterly angry about it. I’ve heard many different defectors call Kim Jong-il the biggest “gangster thief” in the world, saying they’ve been robbed of their lives by their dictator.” -Ann Shin Read the full interview here! #northkorean #interactivedocumentary #kimjongil #annshin #fathomfilmgroup #doc #n

TORONTO, ON (October 15, 2012) – Toronto-based Fathom Film Group is pleased to announce its latest production, THE DEFECTOR: Escape from North Korea, will premiere at the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) The festival, now in its 25th year, runs from November 14-25. The feature-length documentary film was selected for the “Reflecting Images – Panorama” stream of films, which means it will be eligible for the IDFA Audience Award. IDFA selects

Produced by talents from the MTV and Spiderman animation teams, this short blends several techniques into a unique style. It’s a kickass cartoon about a Cow who narrowly misses the chopping block at Clown’s meat processing plant. Featured in festivals including a world premiere at the Montreal International Film Festival 2007 and the Planet in Focus Film Festival. #Featured