For Retirements & Farewells
They gave you years. Not a mug.
Someone who dedicated a decade — or three — to this organisation deserves better than a collection tin and a gift card. Give them a film of what their years actually looked like.
memoir.gift turns photographs from a person's career and life into a beautiful cinematic film. For retirement parties. For departures. For the colleague who built something worth celebrating — properly.
See it before the team chips in
Watch a Memoir tell a whole story.
One real film, start to finish — so you know what the team is giving.
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What they'll remember
in five years.
When to use it
Three departures that deserve a film.
Retirement
20, 30, 40 years of service. A life's work. The photographs from their career — early headshots, team events, milestones — assembled into a cinematic tribute that says: we saw what you built, and we honour it.
For: long-tenured colleaguesCareer Farewell
Moving on to the next chapter. A promotion elsewhere, a bold career change, a chapter closing. A film that celebrates not just this job but the person who showed up and made a mark — here and everywhere before.
For: departing team membersLeadership Departure
A founder stepping back. A CEO moving on. A manager who shaped the culture. For leaders whose departure is a genuine moment for the organisation, a memoir.gift film is a gift from the people they led.
For: leaders & foundersFor HR teams and organisers: memoir.gift can be pooled across the team — each person contributes as little as they like toward a single premium gift. Start the order, share a payment link, and everyone chips in. Delivered in an hour or two, ready for the leaving party.
“She worked here for 31 years. We bought her a film. She watched it at the retirement party and couldn't speak for a full minute. Thirty-one people in the room and every single one of them was crying. Including me. Including her ex-manager who is not known for emotion.”
— HR Director · Financial services firm · London, UK
The process
Fast. Simple. Genuinely impressive.
Collect their photos
Ask colleagues, check the company archives, scroll old LinkedIn photos. 10–20 photographs of their life and career is plenty.
Tell us their story
A brief note about their time here, what they meant to the team, any tone preferences. We handle the creative from there.
We craft the film
Cinematic animation, professional music, careful editing. A polished, genuinely moving tribute. Delivered in an hour or two.
Show it at the party
Play it at their leaving party on a laptop, TV, or projector. Or send it privately. Either way: room goes quiet. That's the moment.
Invest in the moment
Less than a team lunch. Remembered forever.
Pool it across the team — €5 from 15 people. Or cover it yourself. Either way: this is the gift they'll show their family.
Three tiers. One-time payment. No hidden fees.
From teams who've given it
The farewell gift they still mention at Christmas.
“We pooled it across 20 people — less than €5 each. We got a film that showed her whole career from grad scheme to director. She called me the next morning. She'd watched it four times. She said it was the best thing anyone had ever done for her in a professional context.”
Team Lead · Financial services · London, UK
“He was retiring after 28 years. I had no idea what to get him. I found old photos in the company archive going back to 1997. We gave him a film. He said: 'I didn't know you saw all of that.' That's the sentence I keep thinking about. He knew we saw him.”
HR Director · Melbourne, AU