"We Decided to Make a Film in Which We Would Overcome the Narrative of Our Own Preconceptions": Renato Borrayo Serrano on His CPH:DOX/Hot Docs Co-Debut Life of Ivanna

World-premiering at the hybrid CPH:DOX (April 21-May 12), and co-presented with the all-digital Hot Docs (April 29-May 9), Life of Ivanna is one preconceived-notion-upending film. The story of an Arctic woman struggling to raise five young children as her often abusive husband spends more time drinking than working is a situation sure to strike concern in the hearts of many — alhough the chain-smoking, no-nonsense protagonist at the heart of this particular tale would likely scoff at anyone's ...