Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company

Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Allan King and released in 2005.[1] The film profiles a group of residents at Baycrest Health Sciences, a long term care facility in Toronto, who are suffering from varying stages of dementia.[2]

Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company
Directed byAllan King
Produced byAllan King
Music byRobert Carli
CinematographyPeter Walker
Edited byNick Hector
Production
company
Allan King Associates
Release date
  • September 13, 2005 (2005-09-13) (TIFF)
Running time
112 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

The film premiered at the 2005 Toronto International Film Festival,[3] and was broadcast on television by TVOntario as an episode of the documentary series The View from Here in February 2006.[4] Its first DVD release featured a commentary track recorded by social workers and psychologists, to facilitate the film's use as a teaching tool for health care providers.[5]

The film was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2005,[6] and was shortlisted for the Donald Brittain Award for best television documentary on a social or political topic at the 21st Gemini Awards in 2006.[7]

References
  1. "Film fest flick shot at Baycrest; 'Fresh look' at people with memory loss at geriatric centre praised as wonderful film". North York Mirror, September 11, 2005.
  2. "Allan King brings documentary project on aging and memory to Toronto festival". Canadian Press, September 7, 205.
  3. "Montreal film Familia to open Canada First program at fall Toronto film fest". Canadian Press, August 2, 2005.
  4. "Film takes moving look at life in a seniors' home". Waterloo Region Record, February 15, 2006.
  5. "Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company now available as "teaching" DVD for hospitals, long-term care facilities". Canada Newswire, June 12, 2006.
  6. "Veterans and newcomers alike make annual Top Ten Canadian film list". Whitehorse Star, December 19, 2005.
  7. "Gemini nominations an odd mix: TV awards show will be staged in Richmond Nov. 4 -- a first". Vancouver Sun, August 30, 2006.


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