Julia Ivanova is a

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n-born

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documentary filmmaker based in

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. She is most noted for her films '' Family Portrait in Black and White'', which won the award for Best Canadian Feature Documentary at the 2011

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and was a shortlisted

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nominee for Best Feature Length Documentary at the

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in 2012, and '' Limit Is the Sky'', which won the

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at the 2017

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. She was the subject of a special retrospective program at Hot Docs in 2019.Norman Wilner
"Hot Docs announces retrospectives, country spotlight for 2019 festival"
'' Now'', January 23, 2019.

Filmography

*''From Russia, for Love'' - 2000 *''I Want a Woman'' - 2003 *''Moscow Freestyle'' - 2006 *'' Fatherhood Dreams'' - 2007 *''Love Translated'' - 2010 *'' Family Portrait in Black and White'' - 2011 *''Loving a Stranger'' - 2012 *''High Five: A Suburban Adoption Saga'' - 2012 *''Ash and Oil'' - 2016 *'' Limit Is the Sky'' - 2016 *''My Dads, My Moms and Me'' - 2019 *''Pipeline in Paradise'' - 2020

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