Bio / Filmography Mila Aung-Thwin

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Bio / Filmography Mila Aung-Thwin

Mila Aung-Thwin
EyeSteelFilm 4475 St. Laurent Montreal, Quebec (514) 937-4893
mila@eyesteelfilm.com
www.eyesteelfilm.com

Mila Aung-Thwin is one of five filmmakers who are directing a 'Racism at Work' short. Mila's film, entitled Voice Job, began shooting in March 2006. It explores a company, Voice Job that uses alternative means to break the barriers to employment.

Based in Montreal, Mila is an accomplished young social filmmaker, director and producer. After a multi-disciplinary education in arts, journalism, and photography, he was fortunate enough to meet documentary maverick Daniel Cross (the Street: a film with the homeless) in 1998. Over the course of the next 3 years, he learned documentary cinema on the streets and gutters of Montreal and Toronto serving as cinematographer/producer on SPIT: Squeegee Punks in Traffic, a theatrically-released film about a squeegee punk named Roach.Together with Cross, Mila founded the production house EyeSteelFilm with Daniel Cross in 2001 in order to create, produce and distribute provocative moving pictures of all kinds.

Mila's other NFB productions include: Inuuvunga - I Am Inuk, I Am Alive and Music for a Blue Train.

Filmography:

Too Colourful for the League (2000) (director, cinematographer) about the history of black hockey players and racism in the NHL. Bronze plaque-Columbus festival; Gemini nomination; Banff nomination.

SPIT: Squeegee Punks in Traffic (2001) (cinematographer, producer) Life of a Montreal punk, from street kid to filmmaker over the course of 3 years. A top-10 theatrical release in Canada 2002-2003.

Roachtrip (2002) (producer) Roach directs his first film, a cross-Canada punk odyssey to the fruit orchards of B.C. trying to escape the urban drug life. FCMM festival (Montreal); Nemo Festival (France); Kinoglaz (Russia) 2nd place prize.

Music for A Blue Train (2003) (director) A lyrical journey through the Montreal subway's busker scene. Broadcast: Bravo!

Inuuvunga: I am Inuk, I am alive (2004) (co-director) follows 8 Inuit teenagers from Inukjuak, Nunavik (home of Nanook) during their final year of high school. Yorkton festival, Festival 3 Ameriques (Quebec).

Chairman George (2005) (cinematographer, co-director, producer) The life of George Sapounidis, a Greek-Canadian statistician who is also a folk singer...in China. Broadcast: BBC, CTV

BONE (2005) (cinematographer, director, producer) Follows the making of the first Canada/China modern dance project, BONE. The film profiles Canadian choreographer Nadine Thouin and the "father of modern dance in China, Willy Tsao and they work together in China and Canada. Broadcast: Bravo!

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Comments

About the film Voice Job i

by timon

Mon, 03/12/2012 - 13:18

About the film Voice Job i have to notice that many immigrants have a hard time getting a job, but in my opinion they can't really play the "race card". When you come to another country, you have to assume it will not be simple to find employement. You will have to adaptt to the culture and its going to take time. I believe your name plays a vital part in whether a company hires you or not, but that's something that's really not your fault.. At the end of the day, all you can really do is put your best forward and know that the right company will notice your potential and give you a job.

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Please show Canadian-made films on CBCTV

by Myrtle Macdonald

Mon, 02/04/2008 - 01:32

Please show Canadian-made films on CBCTV.

Only once have I seen a movie by Montreal-based EyesteelFilm shown on CBCTV, and that was many years ago "Too Colorful for the League", yet I watch CBC every day. For several years EyesteelFilm have won many awards in film festivals in Banff, Toronto, Montreal and in the USA. Their films are documentary but they always have an interesting plot, and their quality is top notch.

I was shocked when last Sunday night on the CBC news channel the American made documentary on ALS was shown. Granted, it is an excellent film, but so is "Up the Yangtze". Both won first or second place in Sundance recently. Then why not show the Canadian film? Did someone from the USA bribe the CBC to give preference to their film? Please give EyesteelFilms a break and give me a break, as a keenly interested fan.

"Chairman George" is about a Canadian Greek folk singer cum Ottawa statistian with a PhD. He helped carry the Olympic Torch. His family in Ottawa and Athens are featured and his popularity as a singer in China is beautifully shown. This movie is still timely because of the upcoming Olympic games in China.

Two years ago I saw "Chairman George" on BRAVO. Why not also show it on CBC?

I don't have the BRAVO channel on my TV, but I watch the TV timetable for EyesteelFilms so that I can make an effort to see them when they are shown, but I have not seen another listing.

I also want to see other Canadian-made films and other EyesteelFilms such as BONE, Inuuvunga: I am Inuk, Music for a Blue Train, S.P.I.T., Roachtrip, etc and another showing of Too Colorful for the League.

Please don't waste all this fabulous talent and
excellent effort.

Myrtle Macdonald,MSc.A (McGill U)
101 45875 Cheam Avenue
Chilliwack BC V2P 1N7