The film was edited and partially shot at the Sensory Ethnography Lab at Harvard while Silva was teaching the core Sensory Ethnography course with Lucien Castaing-Taylor from 2006-2009 . Filming for the project began in 2000 in Kosovo , where Silva first met Ivan , whilst recording interviews for Balkan Rhapsodies : 78 Measures of War . Principal production of Ivan & Ivana occurred between 2006-2010 in San Diego , Belgrade , Serbia , and Montenegro . After 10 years of production the film premiered at Visions du Rèel Documentary Film Festival in Nyon , Switzerland
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Ivan & Ivana