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When The Monuments Speak

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ECG Productions has finished work on the documentary film “When the Monuments Speak”. The documentary is dedicated to the history of the Polish community in Canada. According to the Canadian Encyclopedia: “The first Polish immigrant on record, was Dominik Barcz, came to Canada in 1752. He was a fur merchant from Gdańsk who settled in Montreal.…

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Magic Sounds of Korean Drums

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A famous choreographer and drum player Mi Young Kim is one of the leading figures in the Korean-Canadian cultural world. She founded the Mi Young Kim Folk Dance Institute in Toronto in 1979. In 1987 the company was renamed to the Korean Dance Studies Society of Canada. In 2019, Mi Young Kim and her ensemble…

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Flipping Through The Pages of Canadian History

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Our film crew continues to work on the documentary “Taiko – the Music of the Strong” that tells about the famous taiko drummer from Toronto Kiyoshi Nagata, and also raises the difficult topic of Internment camps, where 22,000 Japanese Canadians were forcibly exiled during the Second World War. At the end of June, the ECG…

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Ballerina Anna Pavlova in Canada

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ECG Productions is working on a project dedicated to the tour of famous ballerina Anna PAVLOVA in Canada. Anna Pavlova was a Russian prima ballerina during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. After attending the Imperial Ballet School, she made her company debut in 1899 and quickly became one of the most famous and…

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Japanese Taiko and Flute in Toronto

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This last weekend was especially eventful for our team, we were attending and filming a special event – Nagata Shachu Japanese Taiko performing on the stage of the Japanese-Canadian Cultural Centre. This special program is called “KAZE”, which means wind in Japanese and features master bamboo flutist from Japan, Toki Tatara (pictured). Nagata Shachu collaborated…

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Steve Santini in Crazy Canuck Collections episodes

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Did you know that ЕCG Productions is one of the largest producers of ethnic content in Canada? Over the years, we have made dozens of documentaries in various languages including English, French, Arabic, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Russian, Vietnamese, Hindi and Japanese. Not so long ago we finished a documentary project called “Crazy Canuck Collections” dedicated to…

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To Each His Own Crusade

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When the film Director Olga Antimony and the film crew were working on To Each His Own Crusade documentary nobody could have imagined how relevant it would become in Spring 2022. To Each His Own Crusade is a documentary about Ukraine War Amps and hundreds of caring people around the world who support disabled Ukrainian…

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GULAG. Witnesses: Preserving the Memory for Posterity

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Film Director Olga Antimony continues shooting the documentary project GULAG. Witnesses. Olga and the ECG Productions team are currently working on the second season and looking forward to releasing it this year! As the project dives deeper into this complex topic, the concept of the film evolves and develops. The film will feature unique interviews…

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Mama Canada, Season Two

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In 2019, we began filming Mama Canada, a puppet show for pre-school children (2-6 years old). There are 18 episodes in total where each episode tells a story about an important and interesting fact about Canadian history, geography, science, culture, sport, celebrations and traditions. In Season Two, along with the already known characters – Alex,…

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Russian Muses Captivating Canada

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Last year, ECG Productions won a grant to produce a new documentary – Russian Muses Captivating Canada. The film is dedicated to the tour of the outstanding Russian artists in Canada such as composer Sergey Rachmaninov, ballerina Anna Pavlova, opera singer Fyodor Chaliapin and their influence on Canadian culture. Our film crew had a chance…

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