IRENE LILIENHEIM ANGELICO Producer, Director, Writer
DLI Productions, Chair
CIFC-Montreal, Founding Chair

Irene Lilienheim Angelico began her career as a Director and Editor with the National Film Board of Canada. Her works have been selected to represent the best of the NFB's Studio D at retrospectives in London and France. She is also the founding chairperson of CIFC-Montreal, the Canadian Independent Film Caucus.

In 1980, Angelico and her partner Abbey Neidik formed DLI Productions. Together they produced and directed Dark Lullabies / Berceuses Sombres which has been shown in 26 countries around the world and won numerous first prizes and prestigious awards

Angelico went on to produce Entre Solitudes / Between The Solitudes, which was nominated for two Gémeaux for Best Documentary and Best Editing.

1998 saw the release of two highly successful DLI features. The Love Prophet and the Children of God is an inside look at one of today's most controversial religious cults and was awarded a Gold Plaque in Chicago. The Cola Conquest, which Angelico directed, co-produced and wrote, is a three-part documentary special that has garnered Best Documentary Series by an Independent at the Hot Docs Festival in Toronto, a Silver Hugo in Chicago, a Gold Apple in San Francisco, a Gemini nomination for Best Documentary Series, and a Gemini Award for Best Writing in a Documentary or Series.

Angelico went on to edit The Aftermath: A Survivor's Odyssey Through War-Torn Europe, a manuscript written by her father Henry Lilienheim and endorsed by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Elie Wiesel and the Dalai Lama. She also edited and published Friends, another poignant book by her father.

In 2000 Angelico co-produced and wrote The Journey Home: A Romanian Adoption, a tender and emotional film about Romanian orphans a decade after the fall of Ceausescu.

In 2003, Angelico co-produced She Got Game: Behind the Scenes of the Women's Tennis Tour, a unique, behind-the-scenes look at women's tennis that has already received four international awards.

Angelico recently produced Unbreakable Minds, a poignant film that aims to de-stigmatize and humanize mental illness, and Vendetta Song, which examines the tradition of honour killings of rural Kurdish tribes in Turkey. Current projects include, Inside the Great Magazines, a three-part special about the inner workings of the magazine industry and the people who create them and a three part series about coffee called Romancing The Bean.

2005 Quebec Film Critics Association Best Medium Length Documentary, Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois

2004 Gold Aurora Award, Best Documentary

2003 Chris Statuette - Columbus International Film Festival

Guirlande d`Honneur Award - FICTS (Federation Internationale Cinema Television Sportifs

Best Documentary - Temecula Valley International Film & Music Festival

2001 Finalist, Women in the Director's Chair - Banff Center for the Arts

1999 Gemini, Best Writing in a Documentary or Series

1999 Best Documentary Series by an Independent, Hot Docs!

1999 Gold Apple, National Education Media Network

1998 Silver Hugo, Chicago International Television Competition

1998 Gold Plaque, Chicago International Television Competition

1993 Les Prix Gémeaux Nominated in two categories, Montreal

1992 Best International Documentary, Cable Ace Awards, Los Angeles

1989 Most Memorable Film, World Television Festival, Tokyo

1986 Red Ribbon, American Film Festival

1985 First Prize, International Film Festival of Mannheim

Special Prize, Most Socially Politically Engaging Film,
International Film Festival of Mannheim

1985 Ecumenical Jury Award, International Film Festival of Mannheim

1980 Film Category Award, Dance Films Association

1979 Red Ribbon, American Film Festival

1978 Red Ribbon, American Film Festival

Romancing The Bean (2005 - In Post Production)
A tree-part series about coffee.
Director/Writer

Inside The Great Magazines (2005 - In Production)
A three-part special about the inner workings of the magazine industry and the people who create them.
Director/Producer/Writer

Vendetta Song (2005)
Examines the tradition of honour killings of rural Kurdish tribes in Turkey.
Producer

Unbreakable Minds (2004)
A poignant film that aims to de-stigmatize and humanize mental illness.
Director/Producer

She Got Game (2003)
90 minute documentary on behind the scenes look at the Women's Professional Tennis Tour.
Awards:
Chris Statuette, Columbus International Film Festival
Producer

Mockstars (2002)
A bittersweet documentary portrait about tribute artists in the music business.
Director

The Journey Home: A Romanian Adoption (2000)
A one-hour documentary following an adoptive family back to Romania ten years after Ceausescu.
Producer/Writer
Broadcasts: CBC (Canada),VRT(Belgium), DEC (Canada), YLE 2 (Finland), SVT (Sweden)

The Cola Conquest: A Trilogy (1998)
A three-part documentary special about the Coca-Cola company and the Americanization of global culture.
Director/Co-producer/Co-writer/Co-editor
Awards:
Best Documentary Series by an Independent - Hot Docs
Gold Apple - National Education Media Network
Silver Hugo - Chicago international Television Competition
Best Writing in a Documentary or Series - Gemini Awards
Best Documentary Series - Gemini Nominee
Broadcasts:
Canal Plus France (Africa), ABC (Australia), Ronin Films (Australia), Telepool (Austria), VRT (Belgium), Canal Plus France (Belgium), TV Max/HBO (Czech Republic), Denmark Radio (Denmark), Channel 4 (England), YLE 2( Finland), Canal Plus France (France), Telepool (Germany), Spektrum TV (Hungary), Noga Communications LTD (Israel), American Movie Classics (Latin America), Canal 22 Television Metropolitain (Mexico), Ronin Films (New Zealand), NRK (Norway), Canal Plus Poland (Poland) Sogecable (Spain), SVT (Sweden), Telepool (DRS) (Switzerland), Canal Plus France (Switzerland), Chinese Network Television (Taiwan), American Movie Classics (USA), NPS (Netherlands).

The Love Prophet and the Children of God (1998)
A one-hour documentary about a new religious movement known as "The Family."
Producer
Awards:
Gold Plaque - Chicago International Television Competition
Broadcasts:
SBS (Australia), MTV3 (Finland) France 2(France) Noga Communications (Israel), Globosat (Brazil)

Stolen Moments (1998)
A brief history of lesbians.
Developing Producer

Entre Solitudes / Between The Solitudes (1992)
An hour documentary directed by Abbey Neidik about Josh Freed's quest to discover the future of Anglos in the new Québec.
Producer/Editor
Awards:
Nominated in two categories - Les Prix Gémeaux, Montréal

Mile Zero: The Sage Tour / La Mille Zero: La Tournage Sage (1989)
Four high school students take off a year to fight nuclear weapons.
Executive Producer/Producer

Forward Together: Beyond Sex and Colour (1987).
A video of Bell Hooks speaking as a Black woman and a feminist.
Director

The Burning Times (1986).
A feature documentary about the persecution of women as witches.
Associate Producer
Awards:
Best International Documentary - Cable Ace Awards Los Angeles

Dark Lullabies / Berceuse pour des Ombres (1985)
A documentary feature on the effects of the Holocaust on the next generation.
Co-director/Co-producer/Co-editor/Writer
Awards:
Most Memorable Film - World Television Festival, Tokyo
Red Ribbon - American Film Festival
First Prize - International Film Festival of Mannheim
Special Prize, Most socially-Politically Engaging Film - International Film Festival of Mannheim
Ecumenical Jury award - International film Festival of Mannheim

Not a Love Story / C'est Surtout pas de l'Amour (1981)
A feature documentary about pornography.
Researcher

Skier (1979).
Kathy Kriner's pursuit of the Olympic gold medal.
Director/Editor

You Got the Power (1979).
A series of ads for a TV campaign on fitness.
Director

Meditation in Motion (1978)
A film poem about Tai Chi.
Director/Writer/Editor
Awards:
Film Category Award - Dance Films Association
Red Ribbon - American Film Festival

And They Lived Happily Ever (1975)
A documentary about marriage and motherhood.
Co-director
Awards:
Red Ribbon - American Film Festival