The Celebration of Life Company
Kinwood empowers families to hold a Celebration of Life on their own
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Kinwood is new
Kinwood brings new creative skills to the uncreative funeral industry. Kinwood commemoration products are not generic or mass produced, but rooted in the authenticity of real voices telling real stories.
Our Reviews
★★★★★
“ We are so happy that we picked these professionals. Their services have produced a lasting impact on our family and my father’s legacy. Thank you a thousand times.”
JULIE B, GOOGLE REVIEW
★★★★★
“Thank you to the Kinwood team for creating a glorious and sentimental montage that our family will treasure for years to come. It truly set the tone and hit a sweet spot with so many guests who joined from around the world. Appreciate all your hard work and creative efforts to make this possible in such a short period of time. With love & gratitude. “
GINA S.
A Kinwood Commemoration Service
For families who need to plan a meaningful Celebration of Life
BEFORE THE EVENT
Your Web Page
Share the date and location with a custom web page. The page can be shared via text message, email or Facebook. The page can manage RSVPs.
Your Portal for Photo & Media Uploads
Kinwood’s secure portal will allow friends and family to upload photos, cell-phone video, and home movies. Families are often amazed with never-seen-before photos shared by others. You can share this portal with as many people you choose.
Your Story
Identify 4-8 people who can tell Kinwood the story of your loved one.
Film & Full Service Package Starts at $3,895
AUTHENTIC COMMEMORATION FOR YOUR EVENT
Custom Photo Reels
Kinwood photo reels are the best. They are made by hand and are designed to both tell the sequential story of the life, but also groups images in themes within the sequence. Early life, raising a family, career, travel, grandparent.
After 60 seconds, you are hooked into a mini story of your loved one’s life..
Funeral Cards
We will work with the family to develop a one-of-a-kind funeral card that your guests will cherish. Most funeral cards have religious imagery and collagraphy from the 1940’s – Kinwood will take the best photos and craft a card that is true to the life.
Post Event & Memorial Web Page
After your Celebration, Kinwood will deliver a shareable web page to show the photo reel or film to guests who could not attend. These pages often become the go-to memorial that are re-visited hundreds of times.
COMMEMORATIVE FILM
The Kinwood Commemorative film is the best new funeral product in a generation: Kinwood conducts 4-8 virtual interviews and combines them with family photos, cell phone video, and home movies into a 20-30 min film that becomes an instant family heirloom. Films are often played during a Celebration of Life, and are rewatched for years, so memories are preserved.
Having friends contribute to a Kinwood Film, means the stories will live forever.
Film & Full Service Package Starts at $3,895
Common Questions
Many families who do not have a close association with their place of worship find it more authentic to celebrate a life on their own terms in a meaningful location.
75% of Canadians choose cremation, and that gives families time and location flexibility as they decide how to celebrate the life of their loved one.
Today, many families visit a funeral home and leave with a simple, direct cremation. Then they contact Kinwood to hold an authentic Celebration of Life on their own.
Kinwood does not offer disposition or cremation services today. Our client families typically choose a direct cremation, and then contact Kinwood to make the essential products to hold a Celebration of Life: Funeral cards, photo reels, short-films, and a custom web page to share the details with friends and family.
Kinwood is not an event planning company. We have learned that families know their preference for a location, and are capable of picking a menu with a restaurant or catering manager.
Kinwood, does everything else – and we do it better than any other funeral company.
Kinwood makes it simple. You will be provided your own web-portal that you can share with family and friends over email or text message. This portal will allow submissions from people anywhere in the world. It’s secure and easy to use.
If you have paper photos, don’t fret – we will work together to get them included.
Kinwood will send you links to the completed digital files, and they can be watched or downloaded on a laptop, tablet or phone. We can also upload the content to YouTube so it can be shared and watched by everyone with a quick click.
Typically most families will put the reel and film on a small “thumb drive” and work with the venue or family member to play the content on monitors at the location. ( Think of the TV’s at a restaurant or club)
Some families watch the commemorative film in 20 minutes, start to finish. Other families choose to divide the film into clips, and have friends introduce the clips at the Celebration of Life. Either way, you will amaze your guests and go back in time with Kinwood’s digital commemoration products.
At the end of the project, Kinwood will send you a hard drive with the final products and all the photo and video materials that were submitted
Yes! Kinwood does not have physical locations – and we are becoming the funeral company in the cloud. We can make your Celebration of Life an authentic and meaningful experience for your guests, no matter where you live.
The only physical products we make today are funeral cards and portrait posters. We can deliver “print ready” files that can go to a local printer or we can ship finished cards and posters to you.
This flexibility allows Kinwood to bring together stories and voices from everywhere, and we mold this content into a format that you can watch and share with anyone, anywhere.
Clients LOVE our final products. They become a modern family heirloom and a rewarding experience to create.
For the family absorbing a loss, Kinwood’s commemorative films and photo reels are often rewatched hundreds of times by families and friends. Kinwood provides a private or public webpage where you can re-watch the materials and re-live the memories.
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