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Boris
Ivanov,
is Interfilm’s “hands on” producer in charge
of development and production as well as marketing for the slate
of documentaries. His producing credits include the documentaries Family
Portrait in Black and White, Love Translated, True
Love or Marriage Fraud?, Fatherhood Dreams, From Russia, For Love,
Moscow Freestyle. Other
credits include theatrical recreations director/producer for
CBS/History channel’s Beyond Top Secret,
which has earned two News and Documentary Emmy® nominations
in 2007; the unit manager for the TV series
Battlestar Gallactica Season III . As well,
he has produced, directed, and written several narrative films
including Seven
Storeys and Princess Castle which
have earned multiple awards on the film festival circuit. His theatrical
recreations directing & producing includes Investigation
Discovery’s
series
Deranged, WeTV’s Secret
Lives of Women, and TLC's special Jaycee Duggard
Story.
Boris is a Director member of the Directors Guild of Canada. Demo
reel
is
available HERE.
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Julia Ivanova, a Canadian documentary film director
and editor, grew up in Moscow and was trained at the Russian Film
Institute (VGIK). After immigrating to Canada in 1995,
Julia together with her brother Boris Ivanov self-produced their
first documentary which has been televised in 26 countries.
In the decade that followed Julia felt a deep commitment
to making films that break individual and societal perceptions. She
directed a number of intimate
films on the topics of minorities, orphanhood and search
for love. These films have been shown on PBS, Discovery, TV channels
in Canada, Asia and Europe. Her recent titles include Fatherhood
Dreams (2007)
- a film about gay fathers and their children; Love
Translated (2010)
- a journey into the world of Dating Tours to Eastern
Europe; and Family Portrait in Black and White (2011),
a story of black Ukrainian orphans and their foster mother, which
premiered at Sundance Film Festival and won at Hot Docs
Film Festival. Julia is actively involved with the work of the Documentary
Organization of Canada,
and she is a Board Member of Hot Docs Film Festival.
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