proud sponsor of the

VWIFF Legacy Awards

and VWIFF artists' fees

Since the inception of the Vancouver Women in Film Festival in 2006, LEGACY FILMWORKS has supported WIFTV and BC filmmakers through cash sponsorship of awards and artists fees.  The VWIFF Legacy Awards go to WIFTV members for their outstanding achievement in film and are presented annually to the top three BC filmmaking teams from the festival.  Every year, Deboragh Gabler, President & CEO of LEGACY FILMWORKS, presents these three cash awards at the Opening Night screening and reception.  On March 4, 2011 Ms. Gabler stated, “I was thrilled to have sponsored the Vancouver Women in Film Festival for its 6th year; the festival was a huge success and the films were a joy to watch.”

LEGACY FILMWORKS has produced and distributed many critically-acclaimed and award-winning movies over the past fifteen years. With 60 credits in theatrical features, TV movies and series, the company has recently embarked on their first animated film, The Clockwork Girl, partnering with Canada’s largest graphic novel publisher, Arcana Studios, and starring the voices of Alexa Vega, Jesse McCartney and Carrie Anne Moss. LEGACY is currently completing post-production on their latest action film, True Justice, starring Steven Seagal.

2011
Winners from the 6th Annual VWIFF

	1st Prize HOW EUNICE GOT HER BABY | Narrative | Bristish Columbia | 15:55 minutes Directed by Ana Valine Florence, a small town cashier with big dreams, has every intention of getting out of town until Darryl Dean Chipman wanders into the store, holds her at gunpoint and steals her heart. Their unlikely love burns fast and hard, and leads to Flo’s sister, Eunice, inheriting the progeny of these star-crossed lovers. Rated: Parental Guidance-Sexually Suggestive Scene; Violence; Coarse Language
	2nd Prize SMALL CURRENTS | Narrative | British Columbia | 19:00 minutes Directed by Carolyn Combs Caught between her upbringing and a desire for intimacy with Hassan, Tabitha turns to the insights of her six year old daughter to help determine their future. Rated: General
	3rd Prize IRRADIATE | Narrative | British Columbia | 11:35 minutes Directed by Julia Hutchings Amidst the isolation of windswept fields, Loretta confronts the oscillating nature of grief and loss as she moves through the formalities of her mother's death. Rated: General

Women In Film & Television Vancouver (WIFTV) is an internationally affiliated non-profit society committed to advancing and celebrating women in screen-based media.