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Luben and Elena
20191 h 15 min 15 secFilm: Documentary
Direction: Ellie Yonova
Production: Annette Clarke
Script: Ellie Yonova
Luben and Elena is a modern-day love story about renowned artists Luben Boykov and Elena Popova, who escape repressive communist Bulgaria and find refuge on the island of Newfoundland. Embracing the love of art and the art of love, they remind us that the greatest risk of all is to take either for granted.
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Subject categories
- Arts > Arts and Artists
- Visual Arts > Carving and SculpturePainting
- Social Issues > Cultural Communities and ImmigrationImmigrant Experience
- Families > Interpersonal Relationships
Credits
- featuring
- Luben Boykov
- Elena Popova
- writer
- Ellie Yonova
- director
- Ellie Yonova
- director of photography
- Svetoslav Mihaylov
- editor
- Hannele Halm
- original music
- Jeff Johnston
- sound design
- Mélanie Gauthier
- producer
- Annette Clarke
- story consultant
- Wanda Nolan
- additional cinematography
- Ellie Yonova
- sound recording
- Mike Filippov
- Mélanie Gauthier
- Kyle Stanfield
- Petar Kralev
- stills photography
- Dimitar Katsarov
- researcher
- Milena Mihaylova
- translation
- Luben Boykov
- Ellie Yonova
- transcription
- Lori Heath
- Willow Kean
- online editor
- Serge Verreault
- title design
- Cynthia Ouellet
- motion effects
- Aaron Elliott
- sound editor
- Marie-Claude Gagné
- re-recording
- Jean Paul Vialard
- foley recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- music recording
- Geoffrey Mitchell
- foley
- Karla Baumgardner
- music production
- Jeff Johnston
- musician
- Jeff Johnston
- François Landry
- Olga Ranzenhofer
- Ali Omar El-Farouk
- Antoine Bareil
- Valérie Belzile
- Frédéric Lambert
- Pierre-Alain Bouvrette
- music production assistant
- Erica Wong Ping Lun
- production supervisor
- Roz Power
- technical coordinator
- Daniel Lord
- Christopher MacIntosh
- digital editing technician
- Pierre Dupont
- Isabelle Painchaud
- Patrick Trahan
- sound technician
- Bernard Belley
- production coordinator
- Cheryl Murgatroyd
- senior production coordinator
- Kelly Davis
- studio administrator
- Camila Blos
- Leslie Anne Poyntz
- marketing manager
- Johanna Lessard
- publicist
- Patricia Dillon-Moore
- legal counsel
- Dominique Aubry
- executive producer
- Annette Clarke
- executive director
- Michelle van Beusekom