Fathom Film Group
About FFG
Fathom Film Group produces innovative cross-platform digital projects, films and series that are critical and thought-provoking, often with a satirical edge. Our work has been broadcast, screened and downloaded around the world, garnering numerous awards at festivals. Look out for us, you’ll never know when we’ll pop up on your screen next.
Our Work
-
The Defector
-
The Defector Interactive
-
Standup Dads
-
Paint Your Faith
-
Almost Real: Connecting in a Wired World
-
Fall of an Asian Tiger
-
Four Seasons: A Mosaic
-
Incident at Roswell
-
Cow vs Clown
The Defector
Dragon smuggles North Korean defectors across borders for a living, and his latest undercover trip with Sook-Ja and Yong-hee takes an unexpected turn when they are left stranded in China. This is only the beginning of an extraordinary 5,000 km journey.Their story reflects the reality of tens of thousands of North Koreans currently in hiding in China. Filmed undercover by a Korean-Canadian filmmaker, Ann gets intimate access with these 3 individuals in this dramatic POV film. Beautifully shot, with a compelling high-stakes story, THE DEFECTOR poses broad questions around human smuggling and the pursuit of freedom.
The Defector Interactive
The Defector Interactive is a cinematic journey into what it’s like to be a North Korean who tries to escape. It begins inside North Korea and allows the user to take a POV journey across the Tumen River into China and South-East Asia. There are decision-making points and 360° interactive locations with hotspots which the user can explore for more video, information, stills. This animatic gives a brief overview of the interactive experience which runs about 5-10 minutes. This project is a collaboration with Jam3 and Psyop and was featured at SXSW Interactive Festival 2013.
Paint Your Faith
Take 4 artists, a minister and 10 days in an empty lot and you have the makings of a project that transforms a neighborhood. We followed Faith47 (S Africa), Indigo (Canada), Titi Freak (Brazil) and Peeta (Italy) as they painted a 130ft mural in one of the worst neighbourhoods of Vancouver’s downtown east side. The project sparked off a series of surprising events and the neighbourhood rallied together around the abandoned lot.
Almost Real: Connecting in a Wired World
Obsession and the Internet, this film follows 4 people obsessed with life online, featuring William Gibson, Pico Iyer, and others. This documentary explores Shot in New Mexico, Sealand, Dakota, New York and Winnipeg. Produced with the National Film Board of Canada. Directed by Ann Shin.
Fall of an Asian Tiger
This film documents the lives of 3 very different people trying to survive the financial crisis in Asia. A former South Korea CEO turns into a waiter, a Canadian entrepreneur tries to launch a magazine in Seoul, and in the thick of it and a labour activist organizes rallies of thousands of people who take over the streets of Seoul.
Four Seasons: A Mosaic
A music video documentary with the gorgeous sounds of Inuit throat singers, musicians from China, India and the Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra. perform Mychael Danna’s re-interpretation of Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. This film screened in festivals around the world and received a Gemini nomination for Best Performance Documentary. Ann Shin was the Director for this Media Headquarters production.
Incident at Roswell
This documentary probes into the myths and mystique of the Roswell UFO sighting, uncovering some surprising things. It was featured in festivals around the world and won Bronze Medal at the Columbus International Film & Video Festival. Ann Shin co-directed this Barna Alpers Production with Alan Mendelsohn.
Cow vs Clown
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.
Who We Are
Fathom Film Group
is a dedicated group of mediamakers who want to provoke, surprise and turn social issues on their head. Our innovative approaches to narrative result in cross-platform projects that tell the story across a broad spectrum of media. Our films and series are critical and thought-provoking, with related properties such as immersive interactive websites, social issue games, experiential educational packages and other digital and mobile applications. Our work has been broadcast, screened and downloaded around the world, garnering numerous awards at festivals.
Our Team
-
View Full BioAnn ShinAnn Shin is an award-winning filmmaker and new media producer whose projects have screened and won awards at festivals including: the San Francisco Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA), SXSW, New York Festivals.
Ann Shin is an award-winning filmmaker and new media producer whose projects have screened and won awards at festivals including: the San Francisco Film Festival, Montreal World Film Festival, International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam (IDFA), SXSW, New York Festivals. Ann has produced and directed programs and series for CBC, Discovery Channel, HGTV, History Channel, W Network, PBS, and Fine Living Network. Her film credits include The Defector: Escape from North Korea, Gemini nominee for Best Performance Doc, Four Seasons Mosaic (CBC), Chris Award-winning The Roswell Incident, Planet in Focus Film Festival winning Cow vs Clown and National Film Board Reel Diversity winner Western Eyes.
-
View Full BioHeidi Tao YangHeidi Tao Yang has produced over nine globe traveling, award winning short films, has worked on feature films, television series, and has supervised over 30 hours of documentary television. She is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Producer Lab program.
Heidi Tao Yang has produced over nine globe traveling, award winning short films, has worked on feature films, television series, and has supervised over 30 hours of documentary television. Heidi is a recipient of the WIFT-CBC Business of Broadcasting Mentorship award, the CMPA Telefilm Producer Trainee award, the Bell Media National Fellowship, and named as one of the Trailblazers by the ReelWorld Film Festival. She is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre’s Producer Lab program.
-
View Full BioMelanie HorkanMelanie Horkan is a producer who works across drama and documentary productions in Europe, Canada and Australia. Her most recent credit was as Associate Producer with Polar Star Films on Google and the World Brain, which premiered at Sundance 2013.
Melanie Horkan is a producer who works across drama and documentary productions in Europe, Canada and Australia. Her most recent credit was as Associate Producer with Polar Star Films on Google and the World Brain, which premiered at Sundance 2013. Melanie is motivated by a passion for creative storytelling and so works across both traditional broadcast and cross-platform delivery of both drama and documentary films. She also has years of experience working in commercials and advertising and brings a saavy approach to producing factual and dramatic content. Her film, Redskin won the 2003 Cinevex Best Narrative Script Award and the Ian Potter Emerging Artists Award.
-
View Full BioHannah DoneganHannah is a social media expert and has produced crowd-funding campaigns for independent projects, such as The Defector, All Out War, and The Choco Jungle Project.
Hannah is a social media expert and has produced crowd-funding campaigns for independent projects, such as The Defector, All Out War, and The Choco Jungle Project. Her work in managing and cultivating social media communities is strongly focused on documentary and social justice films. Equally adept on the set as well as off the set, Hannah is also a production coordinator and manages public relations.
Contact
If we do not develop adequate images we will die out like dinosaurs