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22/05/2024

Bayberryfilms is proud to announce, our docuseries, Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff, is an official selection of Hot Film in the Making.

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06/01/2024

Today is Emma's 38th Birthday. 💙 Thinking of Emma and all of her loved ones. 💕

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14/12/2023

NEWS - VictoriaNow
Nov 29, 2023
by Megan Trudeau

It’s been 11 years since the mysterious disappearance of 26-year-old Emma Fillipoff in Victoria.

“On the 11 year anniversary of Emma Fillipoff's disappearance, we are reminding the public that this file remains active with our Major Crimes Unit,” the VicPD said.

“Please contact us if you have any info on Emma's whereabouts. All it could take is one person to help bring Emma home.”

On the evening of Nov. 28, 2012, the VicPD was contacted about a woman acting oddly in front of the Empress Hotel. Officers located Emma and "spoke with her at length."

“After ensuring her well-being, Emma continued on her way. Emma was reported missing a few hours later. She has not been heard from or seen since,” said police.

To date, investigators have been unsuccessful in determining what may have happened to her.

A website was created to bring awareness to the case and hopefully see that she is found one day. www.helpfindemmafillipoff.com

According to the website, the night Emma was last seen near the Empress, her red Mazda MPV 1993 van was found in the Chateau Victoria parking lot with almost all her belongings in it, including her passport, library card, digital camera, clothes, a pillow, assorted ornaments, laptop, and recently-borrowed library books.

An upcoming docu-series was (is) also (being) created with the participation of Emma’s mother, Shelley Fillipoff.

Created by Bayberry Films, Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff, gives a behind-the-scenes look at the timeline, tips, sightings and witness accounts in the case. Several previews of the series are currently available to watch.
www.bayberryfilms.ca

“It chronicles Emma's life, her mysterious disappearance from Victoria, BC in 2012, and includes interviews with those close to Emma, those involved in the official investigation, and the many other persons linked to the case,” said Bayberry Films.
"It will highlight the efforts to crowd-source the investigation and reveal the myriad ways the public has continued to contribute to the search.”

Last year, detectives were able to make a request through the RCMP to have an age-progressed sketch done of Emma, but noted that these drawings are difficult because there are many unknown factors.
“For Emma specifically, we didn’t know if she may be unhoused, or if she is living a happy and healthy lifestyle in another location,” explained the VicPD.

“The artist spoke with Emma’s mother, and we supplied him with a number of different photos for reference. Emma had a youthful appearance and she has a very youthful air about her,” police said.

“Her energy comes through in the photos she took, which the artist was able to replicate in his image to better the odds that viewers may recognize that person and contact the police.”

Emma’s disappearance continues to be actively investigated, but while police say hundreds of tips have been received from across the country and from across the globe, none have proven to be confirmed sightings of her.

If you see Emma Fillipoff, or have any information about where she may be, please contact the VicPD non-emergency line at 250-995-7654, or your local police department.

09/12/2023

CHEK News
Upcoming docuseries gives ‘behind-the-scenes look’ at efforts to find Victoria’s Emma Fillipoff
Posted: Nov. 27, 2023

Filmmakers are releasing another preview of an upcoming docuseries they say will give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the efforts to find Emma Fillipoff, who has been missing from Victoria for more than a decade. https://vimeo.com/889038549

The official release date for the series Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff has yet to be announced, but preview three, The Man in the Green Shirt, is coming Nov. 28, according to Bayberry Films.

“Shelley Fillipoff has been searching for her daughter Emma for ten long, heartbreaking years,” reads the series’ synopsis on Bayberry Film’s website.

“Barefoot in the Night, a six-hour docuseries, is a behind-the-scenes look at the effort to find Emma, covering the timeline, tips, sightings, and witness accounts. This is Shelley’s story. She will not let Emma be forgotten.”
https://vimeo.com/774882074

Fillipoff was 26 years old when she was reported missing on Nov. 28, 2012.

Earlier that day, police were contacted about a woman “acting oddly” in front of the Empress Hotel, so officers responded, found Fillipoff and spoke with her “at length.” Then she was on her way. She was reported missing a few hours later and has not been seen or heard from since.

Just days before the 10th anniversary of her disappearance, VicPD, on Nov. 25, 2022, released an age-progressive sketch showing what Fillipoff may look like today.

When the sketch was released, she would have been 36 years old. Although the forensic artist tried to depict Fillipoff’s “youthful appearance,” VicPD noted that these types of drawings are “difficult because there are many unknown factors…”

VicPD officers have received hundreds of tips from across Canada and the globe, “but none have proven to be confirmed sightings of Emma,” the police department said in November 2022.

“There has been an extensive investigation into Emma’s disappearance ever since, but to date, investigators have been unsuccessful in determining what may have happened to her.”

Fast forward to April, Bayberry Films released the series’ second preview. The 10-minute video, Age Progression, includes the sketch VicPD produced as well as interviews with Fillipoff’s mother and a forensic artist. There are also flashback pictures and videos of Fillipoff.
https://vimeo.com/821902441

“I have a little experience with having a missing loved one, and in my case, it was my mom,” Kimberly Bordage, the series’ producer, told CHEK News last year.
Complete series in post-production
The complete series will chronicle Fillipoff’s life and disappearance and “includes interviews with those close to Emma, those involved in the official investigation, and the many other persons linked to the case…” said Bayberry.

The series is listed as in post-production on IMDb.

The upcoming preview, in particular, is 22 minutes long and “highlights the unresolved story of The Man in the Green Shirt, and a new initiative put forth in the hopes of breathing life into this old, yet compelling lead that is still a possible link in Emma’s case,” reads the synopsis.
https://vimeo.com/889038549

“I’ve been working with [Kimberly Bordage] for a few years now, and we’ve been connected through Emma since 2015, so seven years,” Fillipoff’s mother told CHEK News in November 2022. At the time, she said she was living in Ottawa and had no reason to believe her daughter was still in the Victoria area.

More information about the series and previews are online here, www.bayberryfilms.ca, while the website www.helpfindemmafillipoff.com and Help Find Emma Fillipoff page shares more details about her.

VicPD is asking anyone with information as to Fillipoff’s whereabouts to call 250-955-7654 or, to remain anonymous, Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

06/12/2023

NEWS - Victoria Buzz
Docu-series surrounding disappearance of barefooted Emma Fillipoff seeks answers

By Curtis Blandy
Monday, November 27th, 2023

To mark the 11th year of the disappearance of then 26-year-old Emma Fillipoff, an upcoming docu-series is releasing a third preview of what people can expect when the full show is released.
https://vimeo.com/889038549

The docu-series, Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff, seeks to highlight the strange circumstances surrounding Fillipoff’s disappearance and ultimately, to find the young woman and help her get home.

Backstory
According to VicPD, On November 28th, 2012, Fillipoff was acting strangely in front of the Empress Hotel on Government Street.

Police say officers located Fillipoff and spoke with her for a lengthy time. The officers ensured her well-being and let her go.

A few hours later, Emma was reported missing by her family and she has not been seen or heard from since then.

VicPD say there has been an extensive investigation into Emma’s disappearance which is still ongoing, but investigators have been unsuccessful in figuring out what happened to Fillipoff after those officers spoke with her.

Emma’s mother, who refuses to give up hope that her daughter is still out there somewhere, is and always has been at the centre of the search.

“I believe that re-visiting the story of the green t-shirt man will spark renewed interest in my daughter’s case,” said Shelley.

“I have long felt that this man could be a valuable source of information in Emma’s disappearance.

“I have always maintained that someone knows what happened to Emma and this initiative may very well be exactly what is needed to solve the mystery,” Fillipoff’s mother added.

The man in the green shirt

This year, the filmmakers of Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff are releasing a third 22-minute preview this week to mark the 11th anniversary of her going missing.

Over the last couple years, they have done the same, always highlighting a new aspect of that fateful night’s circumstances.
This latest preview is different from its predecessors because it is highlighting a previously dormant tip regarding a man in a green shirt.

According to the filmmakers, in May of 2014, Emma’s mother, Shelley Fillipoff, traveled from Ontario to British Columbia, to continue the search for her daughter in the downtown east side of Vancouver.
During that time, an agitated man wearing a green T-shirt, with a pronounced limp and sleeved tattoos, walked into a clothing boutique in downtown Vancouver, with a crumpled up missing person poster of Emma in his hand.

He allegedly told workers there, “It’s one of those missing person posters, but she’s not missing. She’s my girlfriend and she fu***ng hates her family.”

The owners of that boutique called the authorities to report the incident and submit camera footage of the man in the green shirt.

Despite efforts to locate him, to this day, he has yet to be identified.

04/12/2023

New initiative in our search for Emma, and new 22-min preview for my upcoming docuseries. News article by LJ Weir Perth Courier, who has been covering Emma's story from the beginning. This is a missing person’s case, the more publicity and awareness that can be raised the better. Please follow the Help Find Emma Fillipoff page and share this post.

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NEWS - 11 years later, it is raw’: Mother of missing Emma Fillipoff will never give up the search
New preview of documentary will drop on anniversary date.

By Laurie Weir
Perth Courier
Saturday, November 25, 2023

Shelley Fillipoff has been searching for her missing daughter, Emma, for more than a decade. Nov. 28 will mark 11 years that she has been missing without a trace.

Phone tips and messages that have led nowhere have been Shelley Fillipoff’s life for more than a decade.

Nov. 28 marks the 11th year since Emma Fillipoff vanished from the west coast of Victoria, BC.

When reached at her home near Perth just days before the anniversary, Shelley said she wasn’t feeling the best.“

Everything about November is crappy,” she said. “I don’t feel any different on the date. November is a bad month for me. I’ve always hated this month.”

Shelley said she’s not marking the anniversary date of her daughter's disappearance any differently than any other day of the week. Emma is still missing, and she’s still searching.

But she said she’s appreciative of those who have reached out to say they’re lighting a candle or offering a prayer of hope. “That means a lot to me,” she said.

“I believe she's still alive and I have to hold onto that.” — Shelley Fillipoff

Shelley said she gets messages of encouragement from around the world — people just reaching out to say they’re thinking of her. “I’ve had a few get in touch with me from Europe, which I find pretty odd and wonderful.”

It would be nice to know what happened to her daughter, she said, but in no way would that be a sign of closure.

“I believe she’s still alive, and I have to hold onto that,” she said. “I would rather keep hoping … 11 years later, it is raw.”

Memories of Emma swarm her.

“Emma is like a blanket,” she said. “She’s a blanket that’s wrapped around me all the time.”

DOCUMENTARY
Shelley has gone to every length possible to find her daughter, who will be 37 in January, including teaming up with Kimberly Bordage, a filmmaker and missing persons’ advocate, to create a six-part documentary. She now considers Bordage a good friend and confidant.

Last year, the Victoria Police Department released an age progression photo of Emma, marking the 10-year anniversary of her disappearance. Critics said it didn’t look anything like the striking brown-haired youthful woman. That’s when Hew Morrison came to the table to create his own rendition. This image, Shelley said, was more like her daughter.

Still, no tips came from either age progression photo.

Bordage (Bayberry Films) is set to release the third preview of “Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff” on the anniversary date. This piece will be titled “The Man in the Green Shirt.”
Link to watch: https://vimeo.com/889038549

This preview will highlight the film series’ initiative to breathe new life into a nine-year-old lead — the man in the green shirt. It will feature Shelley, Det. Bob Iles from the Victoria Police Department, criminologist Michael Arntfield, and the team’s work with Hew Morrison Forensic Art, the forensic artist.

“Our mission with this docuseries is to keep Emma's story alive and further the search,” Bordage said.

Some interviews have taken years to schedule and finalize, but Bordage promises it will be well worth the wait.

“This project has taken lots of time, focus and patience,” she said. “When I’m not spending time with family or working, my focus is Emma’s case; advocating for Emma and for Shelley, who is a good friend.”

The search for Emma is the focus. Secondary to that is the documentary film informing the public about the details of the case and of the search.

“We’re on that journey with Shelley,” Bordage said. “It’s her story; she’s really the heart of it — her love for Emma.”

Bordage said it’s their hope that this documentary will keep public interest in the case and “maybe even aid in the investigation in some way,” she said.

“Our mission is to keep Emma's story alive.” — Kimberly Bordage

The third preview highlights the unresolved story of the man in the green shirt, which may offer insight into this old yet compelling lead. This man was seen on video surveillance from a Vancouver clothing store with a crumpled missing person poster of Emma in his right hand. The store owner said the man was irritated, claiming Emma was his girlfriend and she wanted to be left alone.

These previews are snippets of the much larger documentary.

“Emma will not be forgotten,” Bordage said. “Ten years is no different than 10 days or 10 hours. Shelley’s commitment to finding her daughter is unshakable.”

Preview No. 3 drops on Nov. 28, the 11th anniversary date.

Preview No. 2, April 2023: Age Progression (10 min) https://vimeo.com/821902441

Preview No. 1, November 2022: Shelley's Hope (9 min) vimeo.com/774882074

For more information about the search, visit HelpFindEmmaFillipoff.com, which includes a timeline of Emma's disappearance.

29/11/2023

New search initiative. New poster. Please share everywhere.

Link to download posters & more information about Emma's disappearance:
www.helpfindemmafillipoff.com

To learn more about The Man in the Green Shirt, watch docuseries preview for Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff.
https://vimeo.com/889038549

28/11/2023

Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff
Docuseries preview #3 'The Man in the Green Shirt' (22 mins)
https://vimeo.com/889038549

This is the third preview of the upcoming docuseries and is only a snippet of a much larger story. This 22-minute preview highlights the unresolved story of The Man in the Green Shirt, and a new initiative put forth in the hopes of breathing life into this old, yet compelling lead that is still a possible link in Emma's case.

In May of 2014, eighteen months into Emma's disappearance, her mother Shelley Fillipoff traveled from Ontario to British Columbia, to continue the search for her daughter in the downtown east side of Vancouver.

On May 27, 2014, an agitated man wearing a green t-shirt, sporting a pronounced limp and sleeved tattoos, walked into a clothing boutique in downtown Vancouver, with a bad attitude, and a crumpled up missing person poster of Emma in his hand.

Store owners called 911 immediately to report the incident and pass along store camera footage.

The man was long gone by the time police arrived. Despite efforts to locate him, and the evidence of grainy surveillance circulating in the media, he has yet to be identified.

Bayberry Films enlisted forensic artist, Hew Morrison, to study the available surveillance footage, working alongside Kimberly Bordage and Shelley Fillipoff, to produce a digital composite image of The Man in the Green Shirt.

Featuring interviews with Shelley Fillipoff; Det/Cst Bob Iles; forensic artist, Hew Morrrison; and criminologist Dr. Michael Arntfield.

Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff is an upcoming six-hour documentary series, created by filmmaker, missing persons advocate, and friend of Shelley Fillipoff, Kimberly Bordage, who has been assisting in the search for Emma since 2015.

“I believe that re-visiting the story of the green t-shirt man will spark renewed interest in my daughter's case. I have long felt that this man could be a valuable source of information in Emma's disappearance.”
~ Shelley Fillipoff

GENRE: True Crime; Human Interest.

Help Find Emma Fillipoff
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This is the third preview of the upcoming docuseries and is only a snippet of a much larger story. This 22-minute preview highlights the unresolved story of The…

27/11/2023

Tomorrow will mark 11 years since Emma disappeared.

Keep an eye out for tomorrow's post where we will be sharing PREVIEW #3 of our upcoming 6-hour documentary film series, Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff Bayberryfilms

Help us spread the word by sharing this year's PRESS RELEASE highlighting our most recent SEARCH INITIATIVE in our documentary series preview #3: THE MAN IN THE GREEN SHIRT. Featuring Shelley Fillipoff; Cst/Det Bob Iles; criminologist, Dr. Michael Arntfield; and forensic artist, Hew Morrison.

Watch docuseries film previews at www.bayberryfilms.ca
Preview #1: Shelley's Hope
Preview #2: Age Progression
Preview #3: The Man in the Green Shirt

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26/11/2023

New article by Laurie Weir
About the continued search for Emma and our documentary series, Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff.

Docuseries preview #3 will be released on November 28, 2023.
Highlighting the unresolved lead of the Man in the Green Shirt, with a new initiative to find him.

https://www.insideottawavalley.com/news/11-years-later-it-is-raw-mother-of-missing-emma-fillipoff-will-never-give-up/article_2180845c-32eb-52b8-96c7-cb28b9d7382b.html

26/11/2023

New article by Laurie Weir
About the continued search for Emma and our documentary series, Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff.

Docuseries preview #3 will be released on November 28, 2023.
Highlighting the unresolved lead of the Man in the Green Shirt, with a new initiative to find him.

https://www.insideottawavalley.com/news/11-years-later-it-is-raw-mother-of-missing-emma-fillipoff-will-never-give-up/article_2180845c-32eb-52b8-96c7-cb28b9d7382b.html

27/09/2023

DOCUMENTARY UPDATE
In November we will be sharing another preview of our upcoming docuseries, Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff.

This third preview entitled 'Green Shirt Guy', will highlight an individual that law enforcement is still trying to identify and speak with.

Our goal with this third preview is to breathe new life into a very old lead.

Here are links to watch the first two previews.

Nov 2022
Preview #1: Shelley's Hope (9 min)
vimeo.com/774882074

April 2023
Preview #2: Age Progression (10 min)
https://vimeo.com/821902441

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Kimberly & Shelley

04/05/2023

Emma Fillipoff has been missing since the 28th of November, 2012, when at the time she was 26 years of age.

More details about the case are available in my previous post and also on the Help Find Emma Fillipoff page.

The new appeal poster can be downloaded here: http://www.helpfindemmafillipoff.com/posters.php?fbclid=IwAR3sXbKfnkTkgeASUtrm47k6qysmENU6qNHmcbHuOV8V3V2uwxEeVsTA7Jo

Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff
Docuseries preview #2
'Age Progression' (10 mins)
https://vimeo.com/821902441
Produced by Bayberryfilms

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29/04/2023

28/04/2023

Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff
Docuseries preview #2
Age Progression' (10 mins)

https://vimeo.com/821902441

This is a second preview of the upcoming docuseries and is only a snippet of a much larger story. This 10-minute preview highlights the age progression images of Emma that have been produced since November 2022, following the 10 year anniversary of her disappearance.

Shelley Fillipoff has been searching for her daughter Emma for ten long, heartbreaking years.

Barefoot in the Night, a six-hour docuseries, is a behind-the-scenes look at the effort to find Emma, covering the timeline, tips, sightings, and witness accounts. It chronicles Emma's life, her mysterious disappearance from Victoria, BC in 2012, and includes interviews with those close to Emma, those involved in the official investigation, and the many other persons linked to the case. It will highlight the efforts to crowd-source the investigation and reveal the myriad ways the public has continued to contribute to the search.

This is Shelley's story. She will not let Emma be forgotten.

As production continues, additional material will be shared in anticipation of the eventual release of six one-hour episodes.

Filmmaker Kimberly Bordage is a friend and advocate assisting Shelley since 2015, documenting the decade-long search.

Help Find Emma Fillipoff Bayberryfilms Hew Morrison Forensic Art




GENRE: True Crime; Human Interest.

06/01/2023

Today is Emma's 37th Birthday.💗
Thinking of Emma and all of her loved ones. 💕

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08/12/2022

CTV News

An age-progression sketch of what Emma Fillipoff could look like today is reigniting awareness around the former Perth, Ont. resident's disappearance in Victoria, B.C. 10 years ago.

02/12/2022

Aired this morning, December 2, 2022 on Global News

New docuseries in production to help find missing Emma Fillipoff.

Watch New docuseries in production to help find missing Emma Fillipoff Video Online, on GlobalNews.ca

29/11/2022

New documentary series (preview) on the search for Victoria’s missing Emma Fillipoff premieres today (VIDEO)

[Note from Bayberryfilms] This article from Canada Today has a misleading headline. It is in the fact the PREVIEW for our docuseries was released, NOT the entire series, which is still in production.

(VicPD)

29/11/2022

Ten years ago Emma Fillipoff vanished from the streets of downtown Victoria, and her relatives haven't given up hope she's alive.

29/11/2022

A preview of an upcoming docuseries has been released on the case of Emma Fillipoff, who disappeared in Victoria 10 years ago. Fillipoff was last seen on the night of Nov. 28, 2012 by two police officers who were called to an area in front of the Empress Hotel on Government

29/11/2022

New docu-series on search for Victoria’s missing Emma Fillipoff premieres today (VIDEO) https://www.victoriabuzz.com/2022/11/new-docu-series-on-search-for-victorias-missing-emma-fillipoff-premieres-today-video/ via Victoria Buzz

Local documentary pays tribute to Emma Fillipoff's disappearance in 2012. She was last seen barefoot in Victoria.

28/11/2022

Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff
Docuseries preview (9 mins) https://vimeo.com/774882074

This preview of the upcoming docuseries is only a snippet of a much larger story.

It is presented to help ensure Emma remains in the public eye, with the hope of bringing new interest to the ongoing search.

Shelley Fillipoff has been searching for her daughter Emma for ten long, heartbreaking years.

Barefoot in the Night, a six-hour docuseries, is a behind-the-scenes look at the effort to find Emma, covering the timeline, tips, sightings, and witness accounts. It chronicles Emma's life, her mysterious disappearance from Victoria, BC in 2012, and includes interviews with those close to Emma, those involved in the official investigation, and the many other persons linked to the case. It will highlight the efforts to crowd-source the investigation and reveal the myriad ways the public has continued to contribute to the search.

This is Shelley's story. She will not let Emma be forgotten.

As production continues, additional material will be shared in anticipation of the eventual release of six one-hour episodes.

GENRE: True Crime; Human Interest.

Filmmaker Kimberly Bordage is a friend and advocate assisting Shelley since 2015, documenting the decade-long search.

Help Find Emma Fillipoff Bayberryfilms

28/11/2022

"The preview of the upcoming Docuseries, being released on the 28th, is only a snippet of a much larger story.”

HOLLIE FERGUSON
Nov. 25, 2022 5:10 a.m

A nine-minute preview of a film detailing the events around Emma Fillipoff’s 2012 disappearance is set to be released.

The search for Fillipoff heads into 10 years on Nov. 28, the same day the film trailer and an age progression photo is set to be released

The film, Barefoot in the Night: The Search for Emma Fillipoff and the accompanying podcast, are updates to a well-known and highly publicized story.

Production of the film was delayed by COVID-19 restrictions, but in releasing the trailer, director and producer Kimberly Bordage hopes to renew interest and remind the public of the facts of the case.

“We actually don’t have a set release date,” Bordage said. “We are continuing with production as we search for Emma – the two are happening at the same time. This preview of the upcoming docuseries is only a snippet of a much larger story.”

Fillipoff had been displaying odd and out-of-character behaviour in the weeks leading to her disappearance, and after learning that she had been staying in a women’s shelter, her mother flew to Victoria from Ontario.

However, when Shelley Fillipoff arrived the evening of Nov. 28, 2012, staff at the Sandy Merriman women’s shelter said Fillipoff had not claimed her bed that evening.

She was deemed a missing person shortly after.

There have been few credible leads since 2018, when a man named William, who did not provide a last name, came forward and said he’d seen Fillipoff on the morning of Nov. 29, 2012. He said she was acting scared and paranoid and that she was wet and carrying her shoes in her hand.

He said he gave her a ride from Esquimalt Road to an intersection at Craigflower Road and Admirals Road, closer to Colwood, where she said she would stay with a friend.

This tip led to a cadaver dog search, which turned up empty and left the case cold. The goal of creating this film is to change that.

“I’m very much hoping that this brings forth some new information,” Fillipoff said. “Ten years is a long time and while there have been tips, there’s been nothing concrete and nothing that has led us to finding my daughter.”

The film will offer a behind-the-scenes look into the grassroots effort to find Fillipoff, led by her mother and assisted by friends and swaths of the public.

Bordage said the idea for this film came shortly after William came forward with his information, in the hopes that it would spark more conversation and information that can lead to finding Fillipoff

While the film will provide in-depth interviews with people who were involved with the initial investigation, from friends to the Victoria Police, Bordage said it is really a story about a mother’s journey to find her daughter, and the community of people that rallied around her.

“This is Shelley’s story,” Bordage said. “It is very much Shelley’s story searching for Emma, which I’ve been helping her with since 2015. The public is a big part of what helps her continue. Of course, it’s her hope of finding her daughter, but the energy of other people looking, hoping, sending in tips. Even if they’re not sure, sending in information, just in case – it is really great, that public involvement.”

Even with no release date nailed down, Fillipoff and Bordage hope the lengthy trailer will be enough to jog some memories of that night in November a decade ago.

“It is the hope that this will reach people who have not been aware of Emma’s case,” Fillipoff said. “I think it’ll be far-reaching. It is my hope that it’ll bring renewed interest and more awareness to Emma’s disappearance.”

There have been many iterations of Fillipoff’s story, but this film and podcast really focus on the behind-the-scenes efforts on behalf of her mother and others to bring her home.

The new podcast, The Search for Emma Fillipoff – 10 Years, with Kimberly Bordage and Shelley Fillipoff, is a companion piece to one Fillipoff made in 2018, which laid out a timeline of the weeks leading to her disappearance and an interview with William.

Fillipoff would be 36 and police are set to release an age-progression image, but her mother is not confident it will help.

In the new podcast, Fillipoff said her daughter can be a “chameleon” who can look different depending on her hair or mood.

While she is uneasy about seeing what the artist thinks her daughter would look like today, Fillipoff remains hopeful that the age-progression photo will also spur further information.

“It is a scary thing to see a rendering of Emma at an older age but I think it will also garner a great deal of attention,” Fillipoff said. “It’ll refocus people on the case and I’m a firm believer that somebody has information. I mean, she didn’t just vanish into thin air. There is information out there and somebody has it. I’m just hoping this encourages somebody to come forward. It’s been a long 10 years.”

Anyone with information regarding Fillipoff’s disappearance can contact VicPD at 250-995-7654, ext. 1, or report anonymously to Greater Victoria Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

Tips can also be made at helpfindemmafillipoff.com.

https://www.oakbaynews.com/news/film-preview-about-missing-victoria-woman-emma-fillipoff-set-to-debut-10-years-later/

The film trailer will be released on the 10th anniversary of Fillipoff’s disappearance from downtown