| Mr. Mergler's Gift | |
| Director: | Beverly Shaffer |
| Producer: | Germaine Ying Gee Wong |
| Starring: | Daniel Mergler Xin Ben Yu |
| Cinematography: | Andrei Khabad Thomas Vámos |
| Editing: | Benjamin Duffield |
| Studio: | National Film Board of Canada |
| Runtime: | 30 minutes |
| Country: | Canada |
| Language: | English |
Mr. Mergler's Gift is a Canadian documentary film, directed by Beverly Shaffer and released in 2004.[1] The film is a portrait of Daniel Mergler, a 77-year-old music teacher in Montreal, Quebec, who has recently been diagnosed with terminal colon cancer, and Xin Ben Yu, a young piano prodigy who has just immigrated to Canada with her family, whom Mergler has decided to take on as his final student before his death.[1]
The film premiered at the 2004 Montreal World Film Festival.[2]
The film received a Genie Award nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 25th Genie Awards in 2005.[3]