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DLI Productions is a Canadian production house for documentary films and TV series. Based in Montreal, the company was founded by Irene Lilienheim Angelico and Abbey Jack Neidik.

Irene Angelico and Abbey Neidik teamed up in 1980 to form DLI Productions and produce and direct the feature documentary, Dark Lullabies, about the effects of the Holocaust on children of Survivors and second-generation Germans. In the summer of 2013, it was selected as the inaugural feature documentary at the Stratford Festival Forum, {{Cite news|last=Cohen|first=Nike|date=2013|title=Canadian documentary about the Holocaust experiences a renaissance|work=The Jewish Tribune|url=http://dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/jewishtribune-darklullabies.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=August 15, 2020}} and continues to be screened, including a commemorative screening in Berlin {{Cite news|last=Peary|first=Gerald|date=February 27, 1986|title=Berlin toasts Pool's 'pearl'|work=The Globe and Mail|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/darklullabies-review-08.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=August 15, 2020}} {{Cite news|last=|first=|date=October 17, 1985|title=Bewegung zum Tode hin|work=Frankfurter Allemeine Zeitung|url=http://dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/darklullabies-review-36.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 15, 2020}} and Vilnius. {{Cite news|last=Garrick|first=Louis|date=December 14, 2016|title=Dark Lullaby: Irene Angelico's belated pilgrimage to Vilnius|work=|url=https://en.delfi.lt/world-lithuanians/dark-lullaby-irene-angelicos-belated-pilgrimage-to-vilnius.d?id=73165960|url-status=live|access-date=August 17, 2020}}

Angelico and Neidik went on to produce, direct and write documentary series The Cola Conquest, {{Cite news|last=Chidley|first=Joe|date=September 1985|title=The Cola Conquest|work=Macleans|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/colaconquest-review-18.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 22, 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Saunders|first=Doug|date=September 5, 1998|title=How Coke taught the world to sing its tune|work=The Globe and Mail|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/colaconquest-review-19.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 21, 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Blanchette|first=Josée|date=March 29, 1996|title=Le vrai de vrai|work=Le Devoir|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/films/the-cola-conquest/|url-status=live|access-date=August 21, 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Sibley|first=David|date=November 16, 1998|title=Manipulation of the Masses|work=The Canberra Times|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/colaconquest-review-11.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 22, 2020}} a metaphor for America and American influence worldwide; Black Coffee, {{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1990-2020|title=Black Coffee (2007)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0963976/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_12|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=IMDb}} a trilogy on the social political and revolutionary history of coffee; and Inside the Great Magazines {{Cite news|last=Cauchon|first=Paul|date=2008|title=Les grands magazines est-ils encore un avenir.|work=Le Devoir|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/magazines-review-01.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 22, 2020}}about the first international medium.

DLI's documentary one-offs include Between the Solitudes/Entre Solitudes,{{Cite journal|last=Kellett-Betsos|first=Kathleen|date=September 1994|title=Between the Solitudes|url=https://www.umanitoba.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol22no4/solitudes.html|journal=A Reviewing Journal of Canadian Materials for Young People|volume=22|pages=|via=The Manitoba Library}} about the Anglos of Quebec; A Song For Tibet {{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1990-2020|title=Song for Tibet|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0294464/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 15, 2020|website=IMDb}}about the Dalai Lama and Tibetans in exile; The Love Prophet and the Children of God {{Cite news|last=Brownstein|first=Bill|date=August 29, 1998|title=Couple turns lens on Pop Culture: From pop to cult life|work=The Gazette|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/colaconquest-review-04.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 22, 2020}}about a sex for salvation cult; The Journey Home: A Romanian Adoption; She Got Game {{Cite journal|last=Wertheim|first=Jon|date=April 28, 2003|title=Hewitt's lawsuit has little merit|url=http://dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/SI.pdf|journal=Sports Illustrated|volume=|pages=|via=SI.com}} {{Cite news|last=Tebbut|first=Tom|date=2003|title=Documentary shows life behind the game|work=The Globe and Mail|url=http://dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/GlobeAndMail041203.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 22, 2020}}about the women’s tennis tour; Unbreakable Minds, {{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1990-2020|title=Unbreakable Minds|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461411/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 15, 2020|website=IMDb}} to break the stigma of mental illness; Vendetta Song {{Cite news|last=Heinrich|first=Jeff|date=February 25, 2005|title=Focus on Deadly Custom|work=The Gazette|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/TheGazette02262005.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 22, 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Ozen|first=Omer|date=February 15, 2005|title=Ve Bir Kan Davasi Ezgisi ya da Guzide|work=bzim Anadolu|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/Turkish%20Interview.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 22, 2020}}about a Kurdish honour killing; Canadaville, USA {{Cite news|last=|first=|date=November 1, 2007|title=The town Frank Stronach built|work=The Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2007/11/01/the_town_frank_stronach_built.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 18, 2020}}, a safe haven for Hurricane Katrina victims; Big Wind{{Cite news|last=|first=|date=November 1, 2007|title=The town Frank Stronach built|work=The Star|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2007/11/01/the_town_frank_stronach_built.html|url-status=live|access-date=August 16, 2017}} about the detrimental effects of wind turbines; and Shekinah: the Intimate Life of Hasidic Women. {{Cite news|last=Ghert-Sand|first=Renee|date=October 29, 2013|title=New documentary opens a hermetically closed world.|work=The Times of Israel|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-documentary-opens-a-hermetically-closed-world/|url-status=live|access-date=August 22, 2020}} The team went on to produce Beyond Earth: the Beginning of NewSpace {{Cite web |last= |first= |date=1990-2020 |title=Beyond Earth: the Beginning of NewSpace |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6671928/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=August 15, 2020 |website=IMDb}} about the privatization of space and Shekinah Rising, {{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1990-2020|title=Shekinah Rising|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8971244/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 15, 2020|website=IMDb}} a follow up to the first Shekinah film. At the time of writing, DLI Productions is in production with the feature version of Reaching for Zion, {{Cite web|last=|first=|date=1990-2020|title=Reaching for Zion|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9307288/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 15, 2020|website=IMDb}} a film about racism, anti-Semitism and exile featuring Bob Marley’s granddaughter Donisha Pendergrast and in distribution with First to Stand {{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 18, 2019 |title=First to Stand demo" |url=https://vimeo.com/380591826 |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=August 22, 2020 |website=Vimeo}} about Irwin Cotler and the Raoul Wallenberg Centre’s for Human Rights. {{Cite web |last= |first= |date=December 18, 2019 |title=First to Stand Demo |url=https://vimeo.com/380591826 |url-status=live |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=August 18, 2020 |website=Vimeo}}

Along with their work in film, DLI has published books and articles. The Aftermath: A Survivor's Odyssey Through War-Torn Europe by Henry Lilienheim{{Cite news|last=Leblanc|first=Benjamin|date=April 25, 1995|title=the Aftermath: un temoinage inestimable|work=Le Quartier Libre|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/aftermath-review-08.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 15, 2020}} {{Cite news|last=Schwartz|first=Susan|date=December 22, 1994|title='We did not perish'|work=The Gazette|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/aftermath-review-06.pdf|url-status=live|access-date=August 15, 2020}}{{Cite news|last=Pearson|first=Dan|date=|title=Survival Story|work=Daily Southtown|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/assets/reviews/aftermath-review-04.pdf|url-status=dead|access-date=August 15, 2020}} the inspiration for Dark Lullabies, which was endorsed by Nobel Peace Prize Laureates Elie Wiesel and the Dalai Lama. Angelico also edited The Third Seder: A Haggadah for Yom HaShoah, {{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2013|title=The Third Seder: a Haggadah for Yom Hashoah|url=https://www.vehiculepress.com/q.php?EAN=9781550652895|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 18, 2020|website=Vehicule Press}} to commemorate the Liberation from the Holocaust. The Aftermath: Grandpa's Search for Grandma after the War is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Toben Neidik based on his grandfather's search for his grandmother.{{Cite web|last=Neidik|first=Toben|date=2005|title=The Aftermath: Grandpa's Search for Grandma after the War|url=http://www.dliproductions.ca/books/the-aftermath-graphic-novel/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=August 15, 2020|website=DLI Productions}}

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 - Audience Pick

Torino International Festival of Young Cinema, Prize of the City of Torino - Best Feature Film Nominee

World Television Festival, Tokyo - Most Memorable Film

American Film Festival - Red Ribbon

National Film Board of Canada, A Salute to the Documentary - Prix du Public

Entre Solitudes / Between Solitudes (1992)

Les Prix Gémeaux- Best Documentary Nomination

Les Prix Gémeaux Best Editing Nomination

FIPA, Cannes, Les Grands Reportages Faits de Societé

Earth Peace International Festival – Certificate of Apeciation

Genie – Best Documentary of the Year

Yorkton – Best Documentary of the Year

Hawaii – Best Documentary of the Year

American Film Festival - Blue Ribbon

Hot Docs - Best Documentary Series - Independent

Chicago international Television Competition, Silver Hugo - Best Series

Gemini Awards - Best Writing in a Documentary or Series

National Education Media Network - Gold Apple

Encounter Internacionais de Cinema Documentale, Vila Franca de Xira

Gemini Awards - Best Documentary Nomination

Chicago International Television Competition, Gold Plaque - Best Biography of the Year

Yorktown Short Film and Video Festival - Golden Sheaf Award,

Hot Docs - Best Biography Nominee

Sports Movies & TV International Festival, Milan - Guirlande d'Honneur

Temecula Valley Int. Film and Music Festival, California - Best Documentary

Columbus International Film Festival - Chris Statuette

Aurora Awards - Gold Award Winner

Peabody Award Nomination

Willpower Board of Directors Grateful Appreciation Award

Hot Docs CIDA Prize - Best Canadian Documentary on International Development

Hot Docs Audience Pick Top Ten  

Rendez-vous du Cinéma Québécois - Best Documentary

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

Female Eye Film Festival - Best Documentary

Calgary International Festival- Best Documentary

International Women’s Festival Cinema Delle Donne, Italy - 3^rd prize

Unbreakable Minds (2005)

Peabody Award Nomination

Willpower Board of Directors Grateful Appreciation AwardBlack Coffee (2007)

Gemini Awards - “Gold In Your Cup" - Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

Best Original Music Score for a Documentary Program or Series

Chicago Film Festival - Merit Prize for Social Political Documentary

Crown Heights Film Festival – Best Documentary

Hollywood Independent Documentary Awards - Award Winner

Beyond Earth Film Festival - Jury’s Special Mention.

DLI Productions official website http://www.dliproductions.ca/

IMDb https://www.imdb.com/search/title/?companies=co0146328