Shirley Vercruysse is the Executive Producer of the National Film Board of Canada’s (NFB) Pacific & Yukon Centre where she leads the team producing documentary and animation projects. The studio’s latest projects include the feature-length documentary Ninth Floor (2015) and short films Debris (2015) and Rock the Box (2015). Prior to joining the NFB in February 2014, Shirley was an independent film and television producer based in Calgary, Alberta. Her feature credits include Waydowntown (2000), A Problem with Fear (2003), Comeback Season (2006), Radiant City (2006), Angels Crest (2011), The Future Is Now! (2011) and Fubar II (2010).
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
