DLI Productions Inc Information

DLI Productions has been creating award-winning feature documentaries, one-offs and mini-series for over 25 years, gaining recognition across Canada and internationally as a leader in independent film and television production. Founders Abbey Neidik and Irene Angelico teamed up in 1980 to produce and direct their first feature, Dark Lullabies, a personal journey film that pioneered the point-of-view genre of documentary storytelling. Exploring the repercussions of the holocaust on children of Survivors and children of Nazis, this powerful film went on to receive numerous prestigious international awards and was screened and broadcast in over thirty countries. With a talent for telling informative and entertaining stories on compelling subjects, the filmmaking duo has gone on to produce, direct and write documentaries that have garnered awards and honours worldwide, including Genies, Geminis, Gémeaux and Best Documentary awards at festivals around the globe. Their films gain high audience ratings, are broadcast in multiple languages, and many are incorporated into university curriculum throughout the world. DLI Productions' films dive into diverse topics, ranging from the heart-wrenching stories of Romanian orphans after the fall of Ceausescu, to the trials of a women's pro tennis tour, to the intimate stories of people struggling with schizophrenia and depression. Often, their films look into the stories of some of the most pervasive elements of our lives, whose meanings are often overlooked. Series like The Cola Conquest explores coke as "the sublimated essence of all that America stands for", and Black Coffee looks at coffee's role in history, from its discovery in ancient Ethiopia to its place in contemporary society. Most recently DLI Productions released Inside the Great Magazines, a three-part special on the powerful influence of magazines on nearly every aspect of our lives - from our personal identities to our cultural values about race, gender and class.