The Defector Wins 3 Canadian Screen Awards!
Fathom Film Group is pleased to announce The Defector: Escape from North Korea won three Canadian Screen Awards at last night’s Academy...
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Jan 28, 20141 min read
The Defector has WON the 2014 Diversity Award!
The Defector is the proud winner of the 2014 Diversity Award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. The Defector is not an...
Jan 13, 20141 min read
THE DEFECTOR NOMINATED FOR TWO CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS
The Defector: Escape from North Korea has been nominated for two Canadian Screen Awards in the Television category – “Best Documentary...
Jan 1, 20141 min read
The Defector – One Of Canada’s Top Films of 2013
The Defector has been listed as one of the top Canadian films of 2013 by Huffington Post and MovieFone: “Director and centrepiece for the...
Dec 4, 20131 min read
The Defector Interactive Wins Digi Award!
Last night in Toronto, Next Media Events hosted their annual Digi Awards to celebrate the companies, products and people making waves in...
Jun 25, 20131 min read
The Defector on TVO and at ADC New York!
After months of touring the festival circuit, we are very excited for our TVO television broadcast premiere! Catch The Defector on TVO in...
Jun 6, 20131 min read
The Defector Op Doc on the Front Page of the New York Times!
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...
May 10, 20131 min read
The Defector Nominated for Banff World Media Festival Award, following Success at HotDocs!
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...
Mar 21, 20131 min read
Announcing The Defector’s Canadian Premiere at Hot Docs 2013!
We are very excited to announce that The Defector will officially be having its Canadian Premiere at Canada’s International Documentary...
Mar 18, 20131 min read
Inside the Gangster Thief’s Kingdom: “The Defector” Director Ann Shin on North Korea
Check out Jordan Ginsberg’s interview with Ann Shin about North Korea’s “tourism,” latest provocative threats, and making The Defector....
Mar 12, 20131 min read
Come check out Fathom Film Group and Jam3 speak at SXSW!
10 Tips from Kim Jong-Il About Interactive Docs Tuesday, March 12, 2013 – 2pm Austin Convention Center Austin Suite 10 important tips you...
Mar 9, 20131 min read
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 21, 20131 min read
The Defector Interactive – #1 Pick of the Day, and other press
Following the successful launch of The Defector Interactive Experience on Tuesday, February 19, 2013, The Defector has been generating a...
Feb 20, 20131 min read
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, 20121 min read
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, 20121 min read
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, 20122 min read
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...
Dec 9, 20111 min read
Interview on AM 770, Saturday, Dec 10 at 4PM
Avoiding CCTV cameras and meeting a ‘snakehead’ – some of the things Director Ann Shin will be talking about on AM770 in Toronto, 4pm,...
Oct 24, 20111 min read
Fathom Film Group welcomes CMPA Telefilm Producer Trainee
Fathom Film Group welcomes Heidi Tao Yang to THE DEFECTOR as a producer trainee, thanks to the latest mentoring effort by the Canadian...
Oct 21, 20111 min read
Rogers Documentary Fund backs THE DEFECTOR
The Rogers Documentary Fund, operated by Rogers Documentary and Cable Network Fund, has awarded $1.6 million in grants to 25 doc...
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