Below is a complete list of documentaries we have edited.
2012
Fight Like Soldiers Die Like Children
82 min / 57 min – Documentary – Directed by Patrick Reed
When you’ve been to hell and back, how do you shake the memories?
- World Premier at International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA)
Inside The Murdoch Empire
PBS FRONTLINE / CBC DOCZONE Documentary – Directed by Neil Docherty
A look inside the phone hacking scandal that rocked a government and shook a media giant.
2011
West Wind: The Vision of Tom Thomson
95 min / 60 min / 47 min – Documentary – Co-Directed by Michèle Hozer & Peter Raymont
“As gorgeous as the iconic artist’s paintings…West Wind is a great story of a great artist”
– Ottawa Citizen.
- Canadian Cinema Editors Award | Best Editing In A Documentary
- Audience Award Best Feature Film | Domestic Arrivals Film Festival
- Best Editing Of A Documentary | Amsterdam Film Festival
- Directors Guild of Canada Allan King Award | Excellence In Documentary
2010
The Team
80 min – Documentary – Directed by Patrick Reed
“an absolute must-see” – E. Nina Rothe, HUFFINGTON POST
- Winner of the Best Documentary | Kenya International Film Festival
- Official Selection | Full Frame Documentary Film Festival
- Official Selection | International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA)
- Official Selection | AFI Silverdocs Documentary Film Festical
- Official Selection | Hot Docs
- Human Rights Watch Film Festical
2009
Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould
109 min – Documentary – Co-Directed by Michèle Hozer & Peter Raymont
“A scrupulous, candid and eye-opening account. A tour de force of archival research and dogged interviewing, the portrait it presents is remarkably complete.”
– A.O. Scott, THE NEW YORK TIMES
- Best Biographical Documentary | Gemini Awards
- Silver Lei Award | Honolulu International Film Festival
- Official Selection | Toronto International Film Festical
- Shortlisted for the Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature
2008
That’s My Time
67 min – Documentary – Directed by Adamm Liley
“Cancer has my body but not my spirit, and I’ll continue to make jokes, not so much about cancer, but in spite of it.” – Irwin Barker
- Best Canadian Documentary | Atlantic Film Festival
Triage: Dr. James Orbinski’s Humanitarian Dilemma
90 min / 46 min – Documentary – Directed by Patrick Reed
“One of the most intellectually complicated and compelling characters in any recent documentary.”
– Guy Dixon, GLOBE & MAIL
- Excellence in Filmmaking on International Development | Deborah Fletcher Award
- Gold Medal Audience Award | Vancouver Amnesty Festival
- Special Jury Prize (Outstanding Canadian Documentary) | CIFF
2007
A Promise To The Dead: The Exile of Journey of Ariel Dorfman
90 min / 52 min / 48 min – Documentary – Directed by Peter Raymont
A life changing experience…A profile in courage colored with the anxiety of a human rights activist faced with painful moral choices”
– Stephen Holden, NEW YORK TIMES
- Canada’s Top Ten | Toronto International Film Festival Group
- Best Social/Political Documentary | Gemini Award
- Official Selection | IDFA 2007
- Shortlisted for the Academy Awards Best Documentary Feature
Last Call at the Gladstone Hotel
65 min – Documentary – Directed by Derreck Roemer & Neil Graham
“…a riveting and extraordinary human portrait of the effects of urban renewal upon the poor and the unintentional roles artists play in the process of gentrification”
– Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival.
- Best Direction in a Documentary Series | Gemini Award
2006
Driving Dreams
Documentary – Directed by David Langer
Driving Dreams takes us on an exclusive trip inside today’s automotive industry. Our never-ending love affair with the car – how the car of our dreams is created and marketed – a tale of technology and psychology, hot design versus the bottom line.
Streets of Encounter
52 min – Documentary – Directed by Eileen Thalenberg
- Best Arts Documentary | Prix Gemeaux
- Silver Chris Award (Best in Category) | Ohio Film Festival
2005
China Rises: Episode 1 – Party Games
180 min – Documentary – Directed by Neil Docherty & Mark Starowicz
Driving Dreams takes us on an exclusive trip inside today’s automotive industry. Our never-ending love affair with the car – how the car of our dreams is created and marketed – a tale of technology and psychology, hot design versus the bottom line.
- Best Documentary Series | Gemini Award
Tsepong: A Clinic Called Hope
42 min / 44 min / 49 min – Documentary – Directed by Patrick Reed
“Tsepong: A Clinic Called Hope is a remarkable, hopeful story.”
– John Doyle, GLOBE & MAIL
- Excellence of Filmmaking in International Development | Deborah Fletcher Award
- United Nations Association UNAFF
- Vues D’Afrique Pan-Africa International Film Festival
Sorefet: A Special Scribe
54 min – Documentary – Directed by Daniel Zuckerbot & Donna Zuckerbot
“Sorefet is a thought-provoking documentary that is well worth watching.”
– Joseph Serge, CANADIAN JEWISH NEWS
2004
Shake Hands With The Devil: The Journey of Roméo Dallaire
90 min / 56 min / 52 min – Documentary – Directed by Peter Raymont
“The film is part therapeutic personal exorcism and part passionate humanitarian indictment. Raymont’s documentary uses the lingering trauma of one man as a way of opening on larger questions of global indifference and responsibility”
– Geoff Pevere, TORONTO STAR
- Winner of Best Documentary | Emmy Award
- Audience Award, World Cinema Documentary | Sundance Film Festival
- Best Feature Length Documentary | World Congress of History Producer’s Award
- Best Canadian Program | Playback Magazine
The Passionate Eye: Return To Sender
Television Special (Canadian Broadcast Corporation) – Directed by Mary Anne Alton
Return to Sender is the emotionally charged story of a 9-year old girl named Alexandra whose life is turned upside down after her Canadian adoptive parents send her back to Romania. – CBC
2003
The Baby Human II
3-part Series – Television Special (Discovery Health) – Directed by Elleen Thalenberg & Ellis Vision
- The Chris Award | Columbus International Film Festival
Into The Light
46 min – Television Special (Discovery Health) – Directed by Peter Raymont
“The documentary is powerful in its depiction of the poor villagers who are helped by the doctors.”
– Tony Lofaro, OTTAWA CITIZEN
The Making of The Gospel John
180 min – Feature Film – Directed by Philip Saville
“…a spectacular, well-directed, well-acted, word for word version of The Gospel of John”
– Dr. Ted Baehr, MOVIEGUIDE
Class Queers
40 min – Documentary – Directed by Melissa Levin & Roxana Spicer
“Class Queers is an intimate and compelling documentary about three teenagers and how the homophobia they encounter in the high-school educational system has had an impact on their lives in the classroom and at home.”
– TELEFILM CANADA
Arctic Dreamer: The Lonely Quest Of Viljhalmur Stefansson
72 min – Documentary – Directed by Peter Raymont
“Does not shy away from the darker chapters of Stefansson’s career…confirms his status as a visionary”
– Brian Bergman, MACLEAN’S MAGAZINE
- Best Biographical Documentary Program | Gemini Award
- Chris Award (Best Social Issues Documentary) | Columbus International Film Festival
- Montreal World Film Festival
2002
The Undefended Border
3-part Series – Television Documentary Series – Directed by Peter Raymont
“An excellent three-part documentary series…it’s compelling and a little frightening…it’s more dramatic and captivating than any of the so-called dramas airing tonight.”
– John Doyle, GLOBE & MAIL
Bronze Plaque Award (Social Issues) | Columbus International Film Festival
The Baby Human I
3-part Series – Television Special (Discovery Health) – Directed by Elleen Thalenberg & Ellis Vision
- Gold Camera Award in Sciences, Research & Exploration | U.S. International Film Festival
- Gold Plaque | TVFest Chicago International Television Competition
2001
Witness: Diet Wars
Television Special (CBC) – Directed by Marrin Cannell and Ted Remerowski
Suroît
Television Special (VisionTV) – Directed by E. Thalenberg
Graveyard Shift
6-part Series – 46 min – Television Special (Life Network) – Directed by Lindalee Tracey & Peter Raymont
“Graveyard Shift is prettier than many a reality series, and less fevered in its content and pacing skillfully intercut so no one subject is on the screen for anymore than a few minutes at a time. The new series is a step back to a more civilized age of film-making.” – Tony Atherton, OTTAWA CITIZEN
- Best Photography in a Documentary Film | Gemini Award
2000
Circus
13-part Series – Television Special (Life Network) – Directed by Daniel Zuckerbot
Turning Points of History: Yom Kippur War
Television Special (History Channel) – Directed by Nadine Péqueneza
Naked In New York
29 min – Documentary Short – Directed by Stefan Randström
Safe Kids, Safe Streets
Television Documentary (CTV) – Directed by Ann Kennard
1999
Northrop Frye: A Love Story
Faces Biography Series (History Channel) – Directed by Daniel Zuckerbot
The Nature of Things: Races For The Future
Television Documentary – Directed by Michael Allder
- Best Picture Editing in an Information Program or Series | Gemini Award
Dai Vernon: Spirit of Magic
Canadians Biography Series – Television Documentary (History Channel) – Directed by Daniel Zuckerbot
A Scattering of Seeds: Ma Vlast, My Home
22 min – Television Documentary Series (History Channel) – Directed by Tom Radford