A scholarship fund for budding young filmmakers has been established in memory of Twyla Roscovich, the Island activist and documentarian who died in September.
Family, friends and colleagues of the 38-year-old came together to establish the Twyla Roscovich Memorial Fund at the Tides sa国际传媒 Foundation 鈥� a registered charity.
The goal is to raise $25,000 and use $1,000 each year to fund a young person to attend the Gulf Island Film and Television School on Galiano Island. Roscovich discovered her passion and talent for film at the school when she was a teen. She went on to create several environmental documentaries, including Salmon Confidential in 2013 with anti-fish farm activist Alexandra Morton.
Pacific Wild Alliance has already kicked in $5,000 to the fund.
鈥淚 made my first film with Twyla almost 20 years ago and have yet to meet another filmmaker who instills so much passion into their work,鈥� said Ian McAllister, executive director of the wildlife protection organization, in a release. 鈥淪he did more to protect the environment than many realize. I think she would be pleased to know that her legacy will live on through the work of other activist filmmakers.鈥�
The scholarship will be awarded through an advisory committee headed by Roscovich鈥檚 father, Glen Roscovich.
The family said they were overwhelmed by the response to a crowd-funding campaign for Twyla鈥檚 four-year-old daughter, which raised more than $60,000.
Roscovich, a Sointula resident, was reported missing on Sept. 8 and her body was found a week later at the Fisherman鈥檚 Wharf Marina in Campbell River. Foul play was not suspected.
