Memento Mori

20161 h 29 min 15 secFilm: Documentary

Direction: Niobe Thompson

Production: Rosie Dransfeld (ID: Productions Inc.)David Christensen (National Film Board of Canada)Bonnie Thompson (National Film Board of Canada)Bruce Cowley

Script: Niobe Thompson

Co-produced by ID Productions Inc. and the National Film Board of Canada in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and the Documentary Channel.

Memento mori is an evocative cinematic journey alongside the living and the dying, bringing to the screen a human drama never-before captured on film. With remarkable access to Canada’s busiest organ-transplant hospital, we witness one of the most profound experiences in any human life: the loss of a child, and the agonizing decision this tragedy demands. Created by two acclaimed Canadian documentarians, director Niobe Thompson and producer Rosvita Dransfeld, Memento mori grips the viewer in a relentless, emotional embrace—propelling us from moments of unexpected joy to unbearable heartbreak—until the very final frame. An arresting tour de force of vérité filmmaking, immersing us completely in a world few of us understand but which we’ll all one day encounter.

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Subject categories


  • Health and Medicine > Accidents, Emergencies and First AidBioethicsCoping with Illness and DyingHospitals and medical clinics
  • Family Studies/Home Economics > Aging/Death and Dying
  • Science > Biology
  • Ethics and Religious Culture > Ethical Values
  • Health/Personal Development > Human Growth and Development

Credits


director
Niobe Thompson
executive producer
Rosie Dransfeld
David Christensen
producer
Rosie Dransfeld
Bonnie Thompson
director of photography
aAron Munson
Sergio Olivares
editor
Scott Parker
writer
Niobe Thompson
composer
Jonathan Kawchuk
assistant editor
Esther Viragh
additional camera work
Daron Donahue
Tamarra Canu
production manager
Sandra Tober
production coordinator
Esther Viragh
production assistant
Tamarra Canu
Dylan Rhys Howard
Myles Belland
location sound recording
Philip Dransfeld
Carey Opper
audio post production
Johnny Blerot Sound Inc.
sound design
John Blerot
sound mix
John Blerot
additional sound design
Jonathan Kawchuk
sound editor
John Blerot
Perry Blackman
Iain Pattison
Jordan Ivey
Chris Szott
musician
Christine Hanson
Keri Zwicker
Jennifer McMillan
Neda Yamach
Rafael Hoekman
Dianne New
Andrew Reid
Clayton Leung
Josh Rapanos
colour grading
Joe Owens
online masters
Joe Owens
graphics
Scott Portingale
production accountant
Richard Warburton
production bookkeeper
Hui Min
production solicitor
Norman Bishop
visual research
Gina Cali
production stills
Tamarra Canu
marketing manager
Melissa Wheeler
post-production co-ordinator
Ginette D'Silva
Jasmine Pullukatt
Faye Yoneda
production supervisor
Mark Power
Esther Viragh
centre administrator
Bree Beach
centre operations manager
Darin Clausen
executive director
Michelle van Beusekom
Jennifer Dettman
director of production
Alexandra Lane
director of finance
Julie Lawlor
production executive
Bruce Cowley

Awards


  • Best Documentary Feature FilmCinequest