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Ann Shin

A young woman sits at a computer playing the game Roblox. She is wearing a black t-shrt, has dark brown hair, and is wearing glasses. Her room is lit by pink lights.

Dangerous Games Explores How Gamers Fight to Keep the Metaverse Safe from Predators

by Pat Mullen
May 24, 2025
Features/Interviews

An interview with Dangerous Games: Roblox and the Metaverse director Ann Shin and participant Alex Farrugia about youth activists in the gaming world from predators.

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22 Documentaries to Receive Funding from Telefilm Canada

by Pat Mullen
August 18, 2022August 20, 2022
Industry

Telefilm Canada funds new documentaries from Ann Shin, Chelsea McMullan, Yuqi Kang, Mila Aung-Thwin, Jean-Francois Lesage, and other talents.

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The Human Factor: Ann Shin’s A.rtificial I.mmortality

by Jason Gorber
April 28, 2021October 3, 2023
Features/Hot Docs/Interviews

It was the late, great Freddie Mercury who famously asked, “Who wants to live forever?” Ann Shin’s A.rtificial I.mmortality provocatively tries to answer this quandary and asks questions of her own.

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What’s Hot at Hot Docs

by Pat Mullen
April 27, 2021August 9, 2021
Festivals/Hot Docs

This year’s edition of Hot Docs is again virtual, but it looks like the characteristically robust line-up the festival usually offers. With 220 documentaries, the scale of this year’s event isn’t far

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Ann Shin’s Eye of the Beholder Finds Empathy with the ‘Other’

by Pat Mullen
December 2, 2020August 11, 2021
Interviews

VR experience complements her acclaimed short and feature My Enemy, My Brother

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Global Lenses

by Daniel Glassman
April 26, 2017January 9, 2022
Features/Hot Docs

François Jacob’s A Moon of Nickel and Ice, Ann Shin’s My Enemy, My Brother and Mila Aung-Thwin and Van Royko’s Let There Be Light offer global perspectives

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The Defector: Lessons Learned Undercover

by Ann Shin
May 1, 2013February 20, 2022
Features/Hot Docs

Director Ann Shin recounts her experience making The Defector: Escape from North Korea and learning new ways to see the world.

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