Press Release

DEBORAGH GABLER PRESENTS THE LEGACY AWARD AT THE VANCOUVER WOMEN IN FILM FESTIVAL

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Vancouver, British Columbia, March 9th, 2011—Deboragh Gabler, President & CEO of Legacy Filmworks attended the 6^th annual Women in Film Festival to present the Legacy Awards.

The festival showcases a line-up of short and feature films by established and emerging women filmmakers from around the world, including an Aboriginal Women Filmmakers shorts program. Films screened at the festival must have a woman in at least three key creative roles: a woman as Writer, Producer, Director, D.O.P., a woman as Lead Actor or a woman as Lead Animator/ Editor. Director of the festival Roslyn Muir says “We celebrate women filmmakers and offer them an opportunity for a professional screening of their art, networking opportunities and professional development.” The festival was to also commemorate International Womens Day on March 8^th, 2011.

Every year Ms.Gabler presents a cash award for outstanding achievement in film, to the top three BC filmmaking teams. Ana Valine, the director of “How Eunice Got Her Baby” was awarded 1^st place. Carolyn Combs came in 2^nd place with her film “Small Currents” and Julia Hutchings was awarded 3^rd place for her film “Irradiate”. “I was thrilled to have sponsored the WIFTV festival for its 6^th year; the festival was a huge success and the films were a joy to watch”, said Ms. Gabler.

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.

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For more information please contact:

Jimmy Nguyen
Marketing & Publicity
jnguyen@legacyfilmworks.com
604-906-6772
www.legacyfilmworks.com

Company Expansion

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2010

LEGACY FILMWORKS’ PRESIDENT & CEO ANNOUNCES COMPANY'S EXPANSION

VANCOUVER – Deboragh Gabler, President & CEO, announces expansion of Vancouver and Los Angeles-based film production company, Legacy Filmworks, into international film and television sales and distribution.

"I feel the timing is right”, said Ms. Gabler about the company’s growth. “Filmmakers are increasingly more involved in every aspect of the production process, from development through distribution. I’ve decided to take a pro-active approach with my films to see that they are given the attention they deserve”. Legacy is offering sales representation to filmmakers with completed work. “We are setting ourselves apart from the other sales agencies by going that extra mile. Our commitment to you as a fellow filmmaker, is to see that your film is successful in the international marketplace”.

Legacy Filmworks has produced and distributed many critically-acclaimed and award-winning movies over the past fourteen years. With 50 credits in theatrical features, TV movies and series, the company has recently embarked on their first animation, “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 has just completed production on their latest action film, “True Justice”, starring Steven Seagal.

"We’re very excited about the company’s new sales arm. We had a great experience at the American Film Market and we look forward to February’s film market in Berlin".

Producers looking for domestic and foreign sales representation are invited to submit their completed feature films, including information such as genre, synopsis, budget and cast particulars, to Legacy Filmworks by email to vpsales.marketing@legacyfilmworks.com.

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