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Virginia Abramovich is a Canadian documentary filmmaker known for her films Little Questions and Lunchbox Loser. She has won multiple awards for her work such as the Platinum Remi at the 2015 Worldfest Houston Film Festival and the Accolade Film Competition Award for Children/Family Programming.

Early life and education
Abramovich's decision to become a filmmaker was influenced by her father, a photographer. She would frequently help him with his projects, which caused her to become interested in filmmaking.

She attended York University, where she studied mass communications and politics, after which she attended Seneca College where she focused on creative advertising. She then attended Humber College, where she pursued an interest in digital multi-media. She also attended the Canadian Film Centre, where she was a part of the director’s lab and WIDC story and leadership program.

Career
Her films Little Questions, a documentary that was presented at the headquarters of the United Nations, and Lunchbox Loser are both award winning films. “Little Questions” won two awards in 2015, one of them being the Platinum Remi in 2015 at the worldfest Houston film festival, and the other, the Accolade Global Film Competition Award for children/family programming. Moreover, Abramovich’s other film Lunchbox Loser won multiple awards at different festivals between the United States of America and Canada, most notably one being Best Children’s Short at the Manhattan Film Festival in 2014, and another being Best Short Comedy at the worldfest Houston film festival in 2014, all this before winning Best Short Film at the Female Eye Film Festival in 2015, and Best Actress in a Short Film at the Canadian Film Festival in Toronto in 2015.

Film

 * Between Waves (2020)

Short film

 * "Lindy and the Caterpillar" (2002)
 * "Grace" (2002)
 * "Karate Wipe" (2011)
 * "Momentum" (2012, documentary short)
 * "Lunchbox Loser" (2013)
 * "Suburban Goth" (2013)
 * "Little Questions" (2014, documentary short)

Television

 * Playdate (2015-2016, 4 episodes)
 * Opie's Home (2016, 6 episodes)
 * Dino Dana (2019, 1 episode)