Join us on Sunday, June 9th at 7 pm (PDT) to watch the inspiring film, 

After you purchase your ticket through Kinema ($10 USD), you will be emailed a link to view the film with us on June 9th, from the comfort of your own home. Use your TV, laptop, or smart phone. Please arrive at least 5 - 10 minutes early, as the film will start promptly at 7 PM.

After the screening, please join us on Zoom (link provided at the time of screening)  to share your reflections on Ethan's end-of-life journey and how it impacts your acceptance of death.

, is a community-based death educator, a licensed funeral director and embalmer, and an end-of-life doula located in Vancouver, B.C.  With a Master’s degree in Adult and Higher Education from UBC, Christa specializes in holistic advance care planning for individuals and forward-thinking companies. 

, is an end-of-life Doula on the North Shore of Vancouver. Tracy also facilitates the end-of-life Doula course at Douglas College, and is a founding director of the End of Life Doula Association of Canada. Service is important to Tracy; she has companioned the dying and their people for almost a decade as a volunteer at North Shore Hospice. She is honoured to help prepare people for dying more consciously and peacefully.

 Practitioner, and Registered Massage Therapist, serving Greater Vancouver, B.C. Her practice aims to help people access deeper levels of peace and comfort by providing gentle touch and trauma-informed emotional support. She is passionate about community death care, and is in the visioning stage of opening a community home for people who are dying, based on the 

Close Comforts

The Last Ecstatic Days Movie (Australia)

The Last Ecstatic Days + Discussion with Christa Ovenell, Tracy Chalmers, & Elizabeth Close

Scott Kirschenbaum

Prerana Thakurdesai

Hannah Fowler

Alex Harvey

David Seidler

Gail Harris

Jessica Zitter

Landon Maloney

Linda Rothman

Greg Lathrop

Brent Skidmore

Tommy Pallotta

Ethan Sisser

Aditi Sethi

Ethan Sisser, a young man with terminal brain cancer, sits alone in his hospital room. When he starts livestreaming his death journey on social media, thousands of people around the world join to celebrate his courage. Still, Ethan envisions more – to teach the world how to die without fear. To do that, he needs to film his death. Honoring Ethan's wish, his doctor Aditi Sethi transports him to an idyllic house in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Asheville, North Carolina. What unfolds next is a story rarely glimpsed: how a community of strangers helps a young man die with grace. A sensory immersion into leaving the body, “The Last Ecstatic Days” reveals a man who will not let us forget him – even after he’s taken his final breath. To support the film's impact campaign, please visit: https://givebutter.com/thelastecstaticdays