Making Every Moment Count

200338 min 33 secFilm: Documentary

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Direction: Leora Kuttner

Production: Lori RothGeorge JohnsonLeora KuttnerRina Fraticelli

Script: Lori RothLeora KuttnerDennis Heaton

Co-produced by the National Film Board of Canada and Still Water Pictures, with support from the Mayday Fund and the Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health.

Dr Leora Kuttner, an award-winning filmmaker and an international expert in pediatric pain management, brings us this groundbreaking and comprehensive look at the emerging field of pediatric palliative care.

At the film's heart are five remarkable young people who speak with profound clarity and wisdom about being alive and their approach to death. Layering their stories with interviews, the film is a unique portrait of how families and professionals can come together during a highly emotional time to share in decision making, address fears of death and provide hope.

Dr Kuttner's films have been recognized by the Association for the Care of Children's Health, the Health Sciences Communications Association, and the National Council on Family Relations.

Subject categories


  • Health and Medicine > Babies and ChildrenCancerCoping with Illness and Dying
  • Psychology and Psychiatry > ChildrenLife and Death
  • Families > Health and Illness
  • Children and Youth > Health and Safety
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Aging/Death and Dying

Credits


director
Leora Kuttner
producer
Lori Roth
George Johnson
writer
Lori Roth
Leora Kuttner
executive producer
Lori Roth
Leora Kuttner
Rina Fraticelli
story editor
Dennis Heaton
cinematographer
Pieter Stathis
sound mixer
Scott Aitken
sound recordist
Scott Aitken
editor
George Johnson
1st assistant camera
Rod Frew
additional photography
Alan Kohl
additional sound recording
Tod Van Dyk
assistant editor
Tony Dean Smith
online editor
Sevé Schelenz
video production house
Post Digital Works
composer
Robert Smart
audio engineer
Craig Zarazun
audio production house
Wave Productions
legal
Juliet Smith

Awards


  • Silver AwardItinerant - HESCA Film Festival
  • Honorable Mention - Category: Mental Health International Film and Video Festival
  • Award - Category: ProfessionalUS National Hospice and Palliative Care