Ina Fichman

{{Short description|Canadian film producer}}

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Ina Fichman is a Canadian film producer and president of Intuitive Pictures, based in Montreal.{{citation |url=https://www.intuitivepictures.ca/about/|title=Intuitive Pictures }} She is best known for the 2022 film Fire of Love.{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2022/09/fire-of-love-neon-national-geographic-documentary-1235106780/ |author= Jill Goldsmith|title='Fire Of Love' To Pass $1 Million At Global Box Office, Becoming Year's Top-Grossing Documentary| newspaper = Deadline }}{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/neon-nat-geo-release-fire-of-love-documentary-1235132747/ |author= Etan Vlessing|title=Neon, Nat Geo to Release Sundance Opener 'Fire of Love'| newspaper = The Hollywood Reporter }}{{cite web |last1=Kelly |first1=Brendan |title=Montrealer Ina Fichman on the Oscar campaign trail with Fire of Love |url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/montreal-producer-ina-fichmans-fire-of-love-nominated-for-an-oscar |website=montrealgazette |language=en-CA}}

She won the Gemini Award for Best History Documentary Program for Undying Love in 2003.{{cite news |title=CBC wins 18 awards at Gemini presentations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/116805521/cbc-wins-18-awards-at-gemini/ |work=Nanaimo Daily News |agency=The Canadian Press |date=20 October 2003 |pages=18 |via=Newspapers.com}} She has been nominated for the 34th Producers Guild of America Awards, British Academy Film Awards, Emmy, Critics Choice Awards and Canadian Screen Awards. Fichman was the recipient of the Don Haig Award at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival in 2018.{{cite news |url=https://realscreen.com/2018/04/30/hot-docs-18-honors-ina-fichman-with-don-haig-award/ |author= Daniele Alcinii|title=Hot Docs '18 honors Ina Fichman with Don Haig Award| newspaper = Realscreen }}

She is on the DOC Canada board of directors chair,{{cite news |url=https://realscreen.com/2020/05/20/intuitive-pictures-president-ina-fichman-named-doc-board-of-directors-chair/ |author= Jillian Morgan|title=Intuitive Pictures president Ina Fichman named DOC board of directors chair| newspaper = Realscreen }} a board member of the International Documentary Association{{cite news |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/ida-appoints-new-board-members-director-of-development-news-1235038721/ |author= Matthew Carey|title=IDA Names Three New Board Members, Appoints Director Of Development| newspaper = Deadline }} and a member of The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.{{cite news |url=https://www.oscars.org/news/academy-invites-819-membership/ |title=ACADEMY INVITES 819 TO MEMBERSHIP| newspaper = Oscars.org }}

She was a producer for the film Fire of Love{{cite news |url=https://povmagazine.com/oscar-nominations-2023|author= Pat Mullen|title=Canucks Daniel Roher, Ina Fichman Among Oscar Nominees| magazine = POV }}{{cite news |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/oscar-nominations-2023-nominees-list-1235307974/ |author= Hilary Lewis|title='Oscars: Full List of Nominations| newspaper = The Hollywood Reporter }}{{cite web |last1=Mike |first1=Fleming |title=Searchlight Lands Theatrical Remake Rights To Oscar-Nominated National Geographic Docu 'Fire Of Love', Lava Love Story Of French Volcanologists |url=https://deadline.com/2023/03/fire-of-love-searchlight-pictures-theatrical-remake-oscar-nominated-national-geographic-documentary-love-story-french-volcanologists-1235277089/ |website=Deadline |language=en |date=2 March 2023}} which was nominated in 2023 for an Oscar at the 95th Academy Awards for Best Documentary Feature.

Filmography

Awards and nominations

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1995

| Donald Brittain Award

| Gemini Awards

| The Last Trip

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2002

| Best History Documentary Program

| Gemini Awards

| Undying Love

| {{won}}

2005

| Best Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series (producer)

| Gemini Awards

| My Brand New Life

| {{nom}}

2005

| Multiculture Award (producer)

| Gémeaux Awards

| My Brand New Life

| {{win}}

2011

| Best Children's Feature Film

| Asian Pacific Screen Awards

| The Flood (Mabul)

| {{nom}}

2018

| Dalia Sigan Award, Best Script

| Jerusalem Film Festival

| The Oslo Diaries

| {{win}}

2019

| Outstanding Historical Documentary

| Emmy Awards

| The Oslo Diaries

| {{nom}}

2021

| Old Oak Audience Choice Award

| Forest City Film Festival

| The Gig Is Up

| {{win}}

2023

| Best Documentary

| British Academy Film Awards

| Fire of Love

| {{nominated}}

2023

| Best Documentary Film

| Chicago Indie Critics Award

| Fire of Love

| {{win}}

2023

| Outstanding Nonfiction Feature

| Cinema Eye Honors

| Fire of Love

| {{nominated}}

2023

| Documentary Feature

| 95th Academy Awards

| Fire of Love

| {{nominated}}

2023

| Documentary

| Peabody Awards

| Fire of Love

| {{won}}

References

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