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: 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

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 claiming the front-and-center space on the front page. The feature builds awareness about the Nine young North Korean defectors who were captured in Laos last week and repatriated back to North Korea through China. They range in age from 14 to 22, and are said to be orphaned Kotjebi. They are among tens of thousands of defectors living in hid

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

Following the successful launch of The Defector Interactive Experience on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, The Defector has been generating a lot of buzz. It was AdAge’s #1 Pick of the Day, and Fast Company’s Rae Ann Fera writes in her  Co.CREATE article: It’s in this need to build awareness–about human rights atrocities, abuse of power, and the plight of a suffering nation–where interactive storytelling conceived in tandem with a linear documentary can make a significant impact.

We’re getting ready to go to Sheffield Doc Fest to meet with broadcasters and distributors at the Meetmarket. Here’s the latest trailer for our ongoing film and interactive web project that follows the epic journey of ‘Kim’ and friends out of North Korea. This documentary shows the heroic work done by an underground network of aid workers who help North Korean refugees in a number of countries. It also follows Kim’s journey through several Asian countries as she finds her way

We’ve been busy – at Hotdocs, DocXchange, and finishing off 2 new trailers for Pyongyang Express. Here’s one of them for you to watch. This is the demo reel for the Interactive Website we’ve been developing, it’s related to the Pyongyang Express the film. The Pyongyang Express Interactive Website lets you find out what it’s like to try to escape from North Korea. You walk in the shoes of a North Korean refugee and try to find your way across China and into South-East Asia. Ho