Elsash Productions Ltd. is an award-winning Canadian Documentary TV company. We have a reputation for high quality journalism, investigative documentaries and current affairs series productions.
PBS, NBC, Bloomberg TV, Wall Street Journal TV, HDNet's Dan Rather Reports, SKY, BBC, CNN, APTN , Canada's Global Television &Vision Television Networks, National Geographic, Discovery a NHK, SVT, Netherlands Public Television, Pro 7, TV-E are some of our clients .
Documentaries
Our documentaries cross the threshold into the closed society of North Korea, expose the plight of thousands of Russian children locked in closed, psycho-neurological wards, explore the rituals of the Akha tribe in northern Thailand and study the HIV epidemic in South Africa. We have infiltrated the European sex trade, followed the guerrilla fighters in Palestinian refugee camps and paratroopers in the Israeli Defense Force.
Awards
Winner - Special Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Worldfest Houston.
Winner- Best International Documentary, New York International Film and Video Festival.
Co Winner- Award for Best Current Affairs Program in the New York TV Festival
Current Affairs Series
Four Current Affairs series -over 73 x 30 min episodes - are currently distributed to numerous broadcasters throughout the world, from China to Canada.
Reporting News
Our news coverage included major stories such as the collapse of Eastern European Communism , the Gulf War . the Lebanon War, The Palestinian Uprising, The World Trade Center collapse, the Ukrainian Winter Revolt , the Balkan Wars and the Gaza Israel conflict .
We also provide exclusive footage from the Middle East spanning over thirty years of coverage.
Reporting Science
We are contributors to Discovery Channel Canada's highly-praised Daily Planet science series, which brings hard science to its viewers in a fresh and entertaining way. We contributed a large number of reports to Flight-line, the aviation series for Discovery Channel Europe and BBC2.
Our current affairs library is available for world distribution.
With over 30 years of experience, Elsash continues to discover the world around us, exploring each day anew.
MARTIN HIMEL:
TV HOST, CORRESPONDENT, PRODUCER, DIRECTOR
Martin Himel is an award winning Documentary Film-maker and Television Correspondent with over 25 years of experience in exposing and covering major issues throughout North America, Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa.
As a television correspondent he has covered major world events for CBC, CTV, Global Television Canada and Fox News USA.
His reports appear on PBS, NBC, SKY, BBC, CNN, DAN RATHER REPORTS, HD NET WORLD REPORT , and many other outlets
Martin Himel is Hosting, Producing, and Directing 'Twist of Faith' a 13 part television series investigating how religions affect world events. The series broadcasts in Canada on the Vision Television Network throughout 2009 & 2010.
Himel has produced Current Affairs documentary Series which have broadcast throughout the world on numerous television outlets- 360 degrees (39 x30 min) Foreign Correspondent ( 8 x30 min)
Himel has Produced, Directed, Narrated and Written several major documentaries which have broadcast internationally. Several of these productions have won awards.
In North Korea Desperate or Deceptive, Himel succeeded in exposing life within this closed Communist country as rarely seen before. The program broadcast in various versions on Global TV Canada, NBC, PBS , CNN , SKY UK, Swedish, Dutch, Austrian, Korean, Chinese, and other television networks.
Himel won the Grand Jury Award for Documentary Excellence at Houston's Worldfest for his film Jenin Massacring Truth.The documentary exposed how disinformation has become a powerful weapon in warfare. (Broadcast on Global Television Canada , SBS Australia, IBA Israel.)
Himel also won Best the International Documentary Award at the New York International Film & Video Festival for Confrontation at Concordia, which exposed the roles of anti American and anti Israel student movements on North American Campuses .(Broadcast on Global Television Canada and IBA Israel)
Himel was a co-winner for Best Current Affairs television Magazine Program at the New York Festival for a film on Siwa the Hidden Oasis of Egypt.
During his years as a film-maker and television correspondent Himel has covered major international wars and has a wealth of military journalist experience. Coverage includes the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the US Marine Beirut battles, the Lebanese Civil War , the 1st and 2nd Palestinian Uprisings, the revolution overthrowing Communist Romanian President Ceaucescau, the Gulf War, the Northern Ireland sectarian attacks, the US NATO invasion of Serbia and Kosovo, The Israeli Invasion of the West Bank, The Lebanese Israel war, the Gaza- Israel war.
Content
Twist of Faith: A new 13-part documentary series, veteran foreign correspondent Martin Himel embarks on an epic journey around the world to find out how religious faith is shaping current events - and how current events are affecting the nature of belief. He explores Islam in China, An Untouchable Caste Woman fighting for Sewage Workers in India, a Jesus Christ in Siberia, Polygamy in America and much more.
North Korea: Desperate or Deceptive (1x60min) probes into this closed society like never before to examine its changing social, political and economic landscape. Although fearful of change, North Korea is resigned to the fact that without adapting, change will ultimately invade and possibly defeat the regime. The documentary and its various versions, were broadcast on the Global Television Network, as well as PBS News hour, CNN International, NBC News, TV 2 Holland, Poland, Finland, and China and others
Archaeology Minefields (60 min) An investigative documentary following the highly controversial discovery of a tomb claimed to harbor the remains of Jesus Christ, his "wife" Mary Magdalene, and the family of Christ. VISION TV Canada and HDNet Dan Rather Reports.
In Search of (13x30 min - current affairs series ) examines the mysterious facets of Cyberspace Love, Traditional Healing., the battle to contain African AIDS, Poverty Fighters in South Africa, the dilemmas of Arranged Marriages and the Native People Protection, offering an intensive, visual look at international issues.
End of Days (1x60min) investigates the growing belief in apocalypse and redemption among Evangelical Christians. The belief in the Second Coming of Christ is shared by tens of million of Canadians and Americans. We also profile Jewish personalities who believe in the first coming of a Messiah. We follow the complex relationship between Christian movements and various Jewish streams. Vision TV Canada
360° (39x30min - current affairs series ) We have just completed a third series of our highly successful international current affairs program . 360° broadcasts around the world: Canada, China, South Africa, Hungary, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Mid East and other markets
Jenin - Massacring Truth (60 min ) follows the struggle of an Israeli reserve soldier, Jonathan Van Caspel, to rehabilitate the reputation of his 13 comrades who were killed in Jenin during the operation Defensive Shield. The world media alleged Israel had committed war crimes and a massacre in the refugee camp of Jenin. Jonathan goes out to battle the myth makers- and is faced with bigotry, hostility, and a blatant double standard of ethics. Global TV Canada, SBS Australia, IBA Israel. Received the Gold Special Jury Award Houston WorldFest.Film Festival.
Confrontation @ Concordia(1x60min) investigates the rise of anti American, anti Israel, and anti-Semitic student movements in North American Universities. Best International Documentary Award, New York Independent Film & TV Festival - broadcast on Global Television Canada. IBA Israel.
Angels with Broken Wings(1x60min) highlights the sad plight of thousands of children locked in closed, psycho-neurological wards within Russian hospitals. They are branded "small-brained" by the authorities. Broadcast in Canada, Holland, Denmark, Sweden, Spain and Israel. | 