 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 .Principal production of Ivan & Ivana occurred between 2006–2010 in San Diego, Belgrade, Serbia, and Montenegro.