Veteran documentary filmmaker and reigning Canadian documentary colossus Allan King probes the aging mind. Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company was filmed over four months at Toronto’s Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care. The film stands first as a testament to, and by, those confronted with memory loss and is presented with King’s signature documentary style of no narration, no direction of action and no conventional interviews. King’s last award-winning documentary, Dying at Grace, finished among the top ten films of Canada in 2003. Memory for Max, Claire, Ida and Company has left Canadian audiences with deeply affecting portrayals of the complexities of this disease.

Allan King is among his country’s best filmmakers. His most famous film is his debut Warrendale, a wrenching documentary examination of life in a home for emotional disturbed teens. So brutal and disturbing was the 1966 made-for-television film that neither the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation nor the BBC would air the film. He released it theatrically in 1966 and it won a prize at Cannes and earned him a reputation as a major filmmaker. – All Movie Guide

Producer: Allan King Screenwriter: Allan King Cinematographer: Peter Walker Editor: Nick Hector Music: Robert Carli Cast: Rachel Baker, Claire Mandell, Helen Mosten-Growe, Ida Orliffe