Their story, told while
they can still tell it.
A cinematic film of your parent's life — their voice, their laughter, the places that made them. Produced by CanaConnect, a Singapore production house since 2014, and kept by your family forever.
A sense of what we make. Our first family films are in production.
You know their stories.
Your grandchildren won't.
The kampong years. The first job. How they met. You've heard it a hundred times — enough that you stopped really listening. But your children only half-know it, and their children won't know it at all. One day you'll wish you had recorded their voice telling it, in their own words, while it was still easy to ask.
This is that recording. Done beautifully.
Not a slideshow. A film.
A professionally directed film of your parent's life: guided on-camera interviews at home, a gentle walkabout at the places that shaped them, and your family's old photos and videotapes — digitised, restored, and woven into one cinematic story.
Story consultation — free, 30 minutes
We listen first. You tell us about your parent, we tell you honestly what kind of film their story wants to be.
The pre-interview
We meet your parent over a cup of tea. No camera. This is where trust gets built — and where the real stories surface.
Gather & digitise
We collect the shoebox of photos, the DV tapes, the wedding album — and restore them in high resolution.
Filming
Interview sessions and location walkabouts, at their pace. Half a day at a time, never rushed.
Delivery & screening
The finished film, delivered and screened with your family in the room. That screening is usually the part people remember.
"My mum will never agree to be filmed."
She will. We start with a cup of tea, not a camera. Our team has spent over a decade putting non-actors at ease — for MNCs, government agencies and national campaigns. In our experience the ones who protest loudest at the start are the ones who talk the longest once they get going.
Three ways to begin
- One 2-hour seated interview at home
- Up to 50 photos digitised
- 15–20 minute film
- 1-minute highlight for sharing
- Two interview sessions
- Walkabout shoot at meaningful locations
- Up to 200 photos + 2 tapes or discs
- 30–45 minute cinematic film
- 3-minute highlight reel
- Subtitles — English, Chinese or dialect
- Multiple filming sessions
- Interviews with spouse, siblings, children
- Full family archive digitised
- Multi-episode film series
- Private online family archive
- Private screening event for the family
"So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom."
Numbering our days isn't about counting time. It's about making the days count — and making sure the people who come after us know who we were.
Let's talk about their story.
The story consultation is free and takes half an hour. No pressure, no obligation — and if we don't think we're right for your family, we'll say so.
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