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May 11, 2021
1 min

Instagram Live with Parnassus Book Store

Event Time: 1:00pm ET / 12:00pm CT Join Ann at one of her favourite independent bookstores @parnasussbooks (Nashville) for an insightful Instagram Live conversation about The Last Exiles. To attend go to Instagram and follow @Parnassusbooks #TheLastExiles #AnnShin #ParnassusBookStore #Book #BestSeller

May 11, 2021
1 min

The Last Exiles: Instagram Live with Ricepaper Magazine

Event: 4:00-4:30pm PT/7:00-7:30pm ET Join Ann as she does an Instagram live interview with Ricepaper Magazine - a Vancouver-based Canadian magazine which has showcased Asian Canadian literature, culture, and the arts since 1994. She will discuss how to turn storytelling into a career. See you there! To attend go to Instagram and follow @ricepapermag #TheLastExiles #AnnShin #RicepaperMagazine #Book #BestSeller

Apr 11, 2019
3 min

Q&A with Ann Shin and Rogers Group of Fund about filmmaking

Highlights from a Q&A session between Executive Producer Ann Shin and the Rogers Group of Funds about the filmmaking process: What makes a powerful documentary? My dad says more action scenes ;). Aside from action, which all docs need, I think a strong story makes a powerful documentary, and there are a few different types of strong stories. The two kinds of stories I’m drawn to are: 1) Heroic human stories about overcoming challenges, about resilience, surprising ingenuity.

Dec 31, 2018
1 min

The Superfood Chain kicks off 2019 at Halton Green Screens & One Earth Film Festival

Halton Green Screens shows environmental films in communities in the Halton Region (Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton, and Oakville, Ontario) followed by a discussion, a guest speaker, or a workshop. A Halton Environmental Network program, the goal is to raise awareness of environmental issues and inspire people to take individual and collective action for the environment. The Superfood Chain will screen on February 14, 2019 at Eco-Movie Night, Film.Ca Cinemas – 171 Speers Rd,

Nov 4, 2018
1 min

Fathom Distribution featured in The Hollywood Reporter

As AFM is ongoing in the US The Hollywood Reporter covered Fathom’s expansion into distribution. “Now Fathom Distribution can help independent projects get off the ground by triggering CMF financing as well,” says Hannah Donegan, Head of Production at Fathom, referring to the recent changes to CMF guidelines which now accept distribution advances as trigger financing for CMF funding. Fathom Distribution works to help secure licenses, pre-sales for projects, as well as market

Oct 31, 2018
1 min

Fathom Wins The Planet In Focus Green Pitch Award!

The Future is Sh*t! Hannah Donegan at the Planet In Focus Film Festival. Toronto, Canada Fathom is pleased to announce their documentary THE NEW BLACK GOLD, won Planet in Focus Film Festival’s Green Pitch Award. Six selected filmmakers pitched their documentaries to a panel of industry judges, and the prize was awarded to director Hannah Donegan. Valued at $30,000 in services & cash, The Green Pitch Award will go towards the production of The New Black Gold. “It is a film tha

Oct 23, 2018
1 min

The Ripple Effect of our Food choices VIDEO: The Superfood Chain Director Ann Shin on BTV

Ann Shin on BTV Director Ann Shin joins Dina Pugliese on Citytv’s Breakfast Television in Toronto to discuss the ripple effect our choices have on farmers and fishing families around the world. In ‘The Superfood Chain’, Fathom’s latest documentary, Ann Shin explores the stories behind foods such as quinoa, teff, coconuts, and wild salmon, revealing the superfood industry’s effect on the lives of farm families in Bolivia, Ethiopia, the Philippines, and Haida Gwaii. The Superfo

Oct 5, 2018
1 min

Superfood Benefits of Turmeric: Healthy or All Hype?

Ann Shin and Joy McCarthy at Sorauren Farmers’ Market Ann Shin and Joy McCarthy discuss anti-inflammatory benefits of turmeric, a superfood rich in curcumin Turmeric ginger latte recipe included Directed by Ann Shin, THE SUPERFOOD CHAIN is a Fathom Film Group production, presented by TVO with the participation of the TELUS FUND and the CANADA MEDIA FUND. The documentary explores how the global industry affects food security for farmers and fishers around the world. Shot in 4K

Oct 2, 2018
1 min

Food Trends With Deep Impact: Harrowsmith Magazine Features The Superfood Chain

Directed and narrated by Ann Shin, this important Canadian documentary had set out to examine the nutritional claims from marketers of so called superfoods, but ended up digging much deeper, into the sometimes heartbreaking impact our insatiable hunger for food purported to promote good health and and longevity have on farmers and fisherfolk around the world. Established in 1976, Harrowsmith revolves around sustainability and simplicity. We like to share everything that’s loc

Sep 20, 2018
2 min

THE SUPERFOOD CHAIN, a TVO Original documentary, World Premiere

www.thesuperfoodchain.com TRAILER THE SUPERFOOD CHAIN explores how the global industry affects food security for farmers and fishers around the world. Shot in 4K, this gorgeous documentary follows filmmaker Ann Shin as she meets families in Bolivia, Ethiopia, Philippines, and Haida Gwaii whose lives have changed since the superfood boom. Every year, the western world is introduced to new ‘superfoods’ that boast extraordinary nutritional benefits. The Superfood Chain explores