Esther Valiquette

Esther Valiquette was a Canadian documentary film director. She is most noted for her 1992 documentary film The Measure of Your Passage , which won the award for Best Short Film at the 1993 Rendez-vous [Québec Cinéma], and the Genie Award for Canadian [Screen Award for Best Short Documentary|Best Short Documentary] at the 14th [Genie Awards] in 1993.
Originally from Arthabaska, Quebec, she studied arts the Université [de Montréal]. Following her graduation she joined the National Film Board of Canada as a trainee in its Studio D unit for women, and worked in a variety of technical roles on productions for the company. After being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 1989, she directed the AIDS-themed documentary film The Story of A , which was released in 1990. The film recounted the struggles of an HIV-positive man named Andrew. In 1992, she released The Measure of Your Passage, an essay film which presented her own philosophical explorations of mortality through the prism of a reflection on the collapse of the ancient Minoan civilization.
Valiquette died of AIDS on September 8, 1994.