A nine-minute preview of a film detailing the events around 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.
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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 womenB次元官网网址檚 shelter, her mother flew to Victoria from Ontario.
However, when Shelley Fillipoff arrived the evening of Nov. 28, 2012, staff at the Sandy Merriman womenB次元官网网址檚 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 heB次元官网网址檇 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.
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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 motherB次元官网网址檚 journey to find her daughter, and the community of people that rallied around her.
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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.
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There have been many iterations of FillipoffB次元官网网址檚 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, , 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 B次元官网网址渃hameleonB次元官网网址� 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.
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