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Ina Fichman
For more than twenty-five years, Ina Fichman, Intuitive Pictures, has been producing award-winning documentary and fiction films, and interactive projects. Many of her creative documentaries have been released in theatres in Canada and abroad and have played at festivals including Sundance, Berlin, Hot Docs, RIDM, CPHDOX, Venice, SXSW, Tribeca, TIFF and others. Recent productions include Fire of Love, which had its world premiere at Sundance 2022 and was sold to National Geographic Documentary Films, Stray, The Gig is Up, Once Upon a Sea, Blue Box, The Oslo Diaries, Inside Lehman Brothers, Gift and Laila at the Bridge. Award-winning productions include Amer Shomali’s The Wanted 18, Monsoon (Canada’s Top 10) and Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt. In 2018, Ina was the recipient of the Don Haig Award from Hot Docs, which recognizes the work of a Canadian independent producer. She is currently chair of the national board of the Documentary Association of Canada, sits on the board of the Quebec chapter of DOC, is on the board of Hot Docs, is one of the chairs of the Documentary Producers Alliance (DPA) and co-chairs the International Committee of the Canadian producers association, CMPA. For 7 years, Ina sat on the board of the CMPA where she chaired the Documentary Committee. She is one of the founding board members of Montreal Women in Film (FCTNM) and Women in Film and Television International (WIFTI). Ina is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.