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LUBEN AND ELENA

Ellie Yonova
2019 | 75 min

Selections and Awards

  • Official SelectionFIN Atlantic International Film Festival, Halifax, Nova Scotia (2019)

  • Official SelectionSt. John’s International Women’s Film Festival, St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador (2019)


Synopses


About the film


Director's Statement

Trailer - 90 seconds


Trailer - 30 seconds


Team


Ellie Yonova
Director


Photo
Photo : NFB




Annette Clarke
Producer (NFB)


Photo
Photo : NFB



Poster

Images







Credits

WITH
Luben Boykov
Elena Popova

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY
Ellie Yonova

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Svetoslav Mihaylov

EDITOR
Hannele Halm

ORIGINAL MUSIC
Jeff Johnston

SOUND DESIGN
Mélanie Gauthier

PRODUCED BY
Annette Clarke

STORY CONSULTANT
Wanda Nolan

ADDITIONAL CINEMATOGRAPHY
Ellie Yonova

SOUND RECORDING
Mike Filippov
Mélanie Gauthier
Petar Kralev
Kyle Stanfield

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 & MUSIC RECORDING
Geoffrey Mitchell

FOLEY
Karla Baumgardner

MUSIC PRODUCED BY
Jeff Johnston

PERFORMED BY
Jeff Johnston – piano/keyboards
François Landry – kaval
Ali Omar El-Farouk – oud

With Quatuor Molinari:
Olga Ranzenhofer – first violin
Antoine Bareil (replaced by Valérie Belzile) – second violin
Frédéric Lambert – viola
Pierre-Alain Bouvrette – cello

MUSIC PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Erica Wong Ping Lun
KALIMANKOU DENKOU
By Krassimir Kurktchiyski
© Éditions Cellier
Courtesy of Productions Cellier
SOCAN

VISUAL ARCHIVES

Luben Boykov
Annette Clarke
Richard Edwards
Elena Popova
Glen Tilley

Evgeny Mihaylov Archives
NFB Archives
CBC Archives

Ellie Yonova
(excerpts from the documentary
Beyond Ursa Major, 2003)

PRODUCTION SUPERVISOR
Roz Power

TECHNICAL COORDINATORS
Daniel Lord
Christopher MacIntosh

DIGITAL EDITING TECHNICIANS
Isabelle Painchaud
Pierre Dupont
Patrick Trahan

SOUND TECHNICIAN
Bernard Belley

PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Cheryl Murgatroyd

SENIOR PRODUCTION COORDINATOR
Kelly Davis

STUDIO ADMINISTRATORS
Camila Blos
Leslie Anne Poyntz

MARKETING MANAGER
Johanna Lessard

PUBLICIST
Patricia Dillon-Moore

LEGAL COUNSEL
Dominique Aubry

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER, QUEBEC ATLANTIC STUDIO
Annette Clarke

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, ENGLISH PROGRAM
Michelle van Beusekom



Press Relations

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    Founded in 1939, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a one-of-a-kind producer, co-producer and distributor of distinctive, engaging, relevant and innovative documentary and animated films. As a talent incubator, it is one of the world’s leading creative centres. The NFB has enabled Canadians to tell and hear each other’s stories for over eight decades, and its films are a reliable and accessible educational resource. The NFB is also recognized around the world for its expertise in preservation and conservation, and for its rich and vibrant collection of works, which form a pillar of Canada’s cultural heritage. To date, the NFB has produced more than 14,000 works, 6,500 of which can be streamed free of charge at nfb.ca. The NFB and its productions and co-productions have earned over 7,000 awards, including 11 Oscars and an Honorary Academy Award for overall excellence in cinema.