REEL WOMEN. REAL LIFE.

5th ANNUAL

WIFTV WOMEN IN FILM FESTIVAL 2010

April 17 - 18, 2010 at the Vancity Theatre

Vancouver, BC CANADA

filmfestival@womeninfilm.ca

The Legacy Awards

Winners from the 4th Annual WIFF in March 2009 were: 

1st Prize: NO BIKINI, Claudia Morgado Escanilla

Born in Santiago, Chile. Claudia Morgado Escanilla graduated from Montreal’s Concordia University in 1991 with an award for outstanding achievement in the film program.  Since then she has produced, written and directed a number of award winning short films. Her awards include The Berlin Teddy for her film Unbound in 1996.  In 2000 she completed the Director’s in Residency program at The Canadian Film Centre where she directed Maritirio. Claudia resides in Vancouver where she works professionally in the local film industry.  She is currently in development of her first feature film.

2nd Prize: YOUR MOTHER SHOULD KNOW, Peg Campbell

Peg Campbell has been directing and producing award winning documentaries and narrative films since 1975.  Her films have received international acclaim, winning awards at the Genie's, Banff International Television Festival, Melbourne Film Festival, Yorkton Short Film Festival, Northwest Film and Video Festival and the Information Film Producers of America. They have been broadcast on CBC, PBS, WTN, A&E, The Movie Channel and educational networks.

She is Head of Film, Video + Integrated Media, Academic Administration and an Associate Professor for Film, Video + Integrated Media and First Year Foundation as well as Coordinator of Ungergrad Advising and Academic Administration at Emily Carr University of Art  and Design. She has been teaching film and video production and script writing at ECU since 1986, and has taught numerous film workshops across Canada.

Her latest film, Your Mother Should Know, is a personal documentary on mother daughter relationships. It premiered at the Vancouver International Film Festival in 2008. As well as making films, Peg directs theatre on Bowen Island.

3rd Prize: AMMA, Aparna Kapur

Aparna Kapur originally from New Delhi, India, has completed her undergraduate studies in 3 different countries over the last four years.

After completing her foundation year in Bangalore, India, she studied Sculpture in Atlanta, Georgia. Her love for story telling led her to pursue film and animation in Vancouver, Canada.

CONGRATULATIONS TO THE 2009 LEGACY AWARD WINNERS!