Devan Towers is a practicing lawyer, called to the Manitoba Bar in 1994, and has represented film and multi-media clients in contract negotiations and the development, financing, production, exploitation and protection of intellectual property.

Prior to her call, Devan worked in the film and television industry as a production accountant before taking on administrative positions for commercial production companies.  In 1984 she worked for the Province of Manitoba and designed programs in support of various sectors in the cultural industries, including film, publishing and sound recording.  Devan was instrumental in setting up the film office for the Province of Manitoba, presently Manitoba Film and Music, where she was the Film Financial Officer, the Film Officer/Film Commissioner and the Executive Program Co-ordinator responsible for all film and sound recording programs, respectively.  During this period of time, she represented the Province on various provincial, national and international committees in the cultural industries.  Additionally, Devan has worked as a policy analyst for the Province, provided consulting services to federal and provincial organizations and many private production companies and from 1992 to 1994 she was the Executive Director of the then Manitoba Motion Picture Industries Association (MMPIA) (currently called On Screen Manitoba). 

From 1994 to September, 2013, Devan was in private practice with Taylor McCaffrey, LLP in Winnipeg, MB., where she was a partner for the last 7 years of her practice, and where, in addition to her corporate commercial practice, she provided services to clients from the film, music and publishing industries, including producers, artists, writers, distributors and lending institutions.  In 2004, she took a sojourn from private practice for 2 years and worked with Original Pictures Inc. as Executive Producer on A Bear Named Winnie, an international co-production with Powercorp TV, and spent 2005 as Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs for Original Pictures where she assisted in setting up development and production systems, specifically providing services for the Global/ABC Family series Falcon Beach. 

Devan joined Buffalo Gal Pictures Inc. in 2013 as their Senior Vice-President.  During this time, she has been executive producer on many productions, including on a 22 one-hour episode series entitled The Pinkertons and a treaty animation feature film currently entitled Ozzy.

Devan is on the Board of Directors of The Non-Defensive Voice Inc. (Canada), The Non-Defensive Voice International Inc. (US), and the Gimli Film Festival Inc.  

Devan is recognized in Best Lawyers in Canada in the area of Entertainment Law.

Liz Jarvis joined Buffalo Gal Pictures in 1995 and has contributed to the company as a producer, production executive, production and post supervisor, and assistant director. Her first feature as a producer, SEVEN TIMES LUCKY, a film by Gary Yates, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004.  Most recently, Liz was supervising producer for Guy Maddin and Evan Johnson’s critically-acclaimed feature THE FORBIDDEN ROOM, which premiered at Sundance 2015, opened the Berlinale Forum, and won the Toronto Film Critics’ Association Best Canadian Film of 2015.   Additionally, Liz co-produced with Jonas Chernik the feature BOREALIS, starring up-and-comer Joey King and directed by Sean Garrity as well as CIUDADES DESIERTAS, starring Gael Garcia Bernal, co-produced with Mexican director-producer Roberto Sneider.   

Liz co-produced the US-Canada-Kuwait co-production AMREEKA, a film by Cherien Dabis, which premiered at Sundance 2009, and screened at Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes, winning the FIPRESCI Critics' Prize. Liz also co-produced HIGH LIFE, a film by Gary Yates starring Timothy Olyphant, which premiered at Panorama, Berlin 2009. In 2007 Liz collaborated with writer-director Kari Skogland to produce the feature film THE STONE ANGEL, starring Ellen Burstyn, based on the beloved novel by Margaret Laurence.   

Currently Vice President of Post Production at Buffalo Gal Pictures, Liz is also actively involved as a mentor for upcoming filmmakers, and is a consultant for On Screen Manitoba. 

Alan Wong is the eldest son of Chinese immigrants who moved frequently across the country, from cities to small-towns, cultivating a unique Canadian experience. He obtained a degree in Music from Brandon University studying classical voice, then, promptly left the country to teach ESL and explore. He re-kindled his passion for contemporary music on the beaches of Japan. Alan returned to Canada to build a career in theatre, his first love, but the songwriting seed had been planted. His theatre credits include The King and I (Rainbow Stage), HMS Pinafore (G&S Society), Canadian Graffiti and Magical Mystery Tour (WOW Productions), various Fringe and Independent theatre shows, as well as being a member of the Manitoba Opera Chorus. Alan was the winner of Winnipeg’s Asian Heritage Society Talent Competition, “Asian Idol” in 2004, and continues to promote Asian heritage awareness through his involvement in historical theatre.