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The OLIVE Film Collection

OLIVE stands for the Online Library of Interactive Video and Engagement and is the world’s most diverse collection of short films about mental health issues. The library grows each month through our monthly short film competition, and each year through our Voices With Impact short film production grants.

We share these films as educational resources. As works of art, they can elicit strong responses. Please take care of yourself while watching these films! We’ve created these guides as resources for you when watching the OLIVE films alone, with friends, with your children and/or with your students.

These films are provided here for personal viewing or facilitation in small groups. If you want to use these in more structured programs, please fill out this form for official use.

Tips and Guidelines for Watching OLIVE Alone or With Friends / Guía y Sugerencias para Ver OLIVE Solo o Con Amigos

Tips and Guidelines for Watching OLIVE With Your Students or Children / Guía y Sugerencias para Ver OLIVE Con Sus Estudiantes o Hijos

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Feb
2023

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By Randy Kelly

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Jan
1970

Coming Home to Myself

Feyannie Hung and Nicole Kennedy

A view inside the realities and uniqueness of Substance Use Disorder, a perspective on why people with this disorder often get pushed to the sidelines of society. Content-heads up: Discussion of substance use disorder, childhood abuse

Dec
2022

Monty Cole

A queer Latinx man in a Texas border town remembers, and buries, his father within an unbearable reality. Content heads-up: Depiction of the loss of a father, internalized homophobia, brief physical aggression, funeral during a pandemic

Oct
2022

Carla Hernandez

Queer Fear is a short film that will take you through Carla's 28 year journey of struggling to accept her sexual identity. An emotional breakdown followed by a global pandemic, forced her to sit in isolation with her thoughts after years of avoiding ...

Dec
2022

Sunset Special (trailer)

David Telles and Marlena Robbins

A young Diné woman struggles with the process of burying her recently deceased father on the reservation. The cultural Diné taboo surrounding death keeps her from properly grieving as it has been overrun by funeral homes and mortuaries preying on t...

Aug
2022

Chen Sing Yap

During a pandemic, a nurse decides to live in her car to protect her family. The cheesy greeting cards that her son send her begin to take on a special importance. Content heads-up: depiction of isolation, living in car, separation from family...

Jul
2022

Beautiful Madness

Russell Lee and Carly Charters

Beautiful Madness is a short film that explores Bipolar Disorder and how creativity and inspiration can lead to healing and clarity. Content Heads-Up: discussion of bipolar 1 disorder, descriptions of experiences of mania and depression ...

Jun
2022

Nich L. Perez

A love letter to a mother who died of cancer, from her son who followed her footsteps as a teacher. This is a poetic documentary on grief. Content Heads-Up: loss of a parent to cancer, images of a funeral, images of end of life care ...

May
2022

Chara Bui

"This is a personal story about my mom’s schizophrenia. She was from Vietnam." This film, “My Mom” was created as part of a personal project series by Chara Bui (she/her). This series contains a short film collection about mental health expe...

Apr
2022

Jeff Bartlett

A man opens up about his experience post-amputation and how he found ways to focus on supporting his mental health alongside his physical health. Content heads-up: Depression, discussion of a finger amputation

Apr
2022

Jeremiah Reyes

Two friends Jeremiah and Aska empathize with each other over similar childhood traumas, and mental health struggles and bond through a shared appreciation for biking. The chaotic and blurry film aesthetic expresses their struggle within, while they f...

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