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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Where The Noise Ends
Apr
2022
Two people with very different mindsets set out on the same route. Content heads-up: Suicide Ideation, Interrupting suicide attempt
Pas De Deux
Apr
2022
Pas De Deux
Emilie Cheung
A young woman comes to terms with her new disability. Content heads-up: Audio of a car crash and sirens Tips and Guide...
Tunnel Beach
Mar
2022
Tunnel Beach
Nina Kiri
Tunnel Beach is an attempt at expressing suicide and depression, both internally, and in relation to those we love. The film showcases the duality of how complicated asking for help can be, despite how powerful and necessary that vulnerabili...
Catching Breath
Apr
2022
Catching Breath
Bruce Murray
In the midst of a pandemic, individuals in Scotland take the plunge in cold water swimming, exploring how much it can help them manage depression and anxiety while supporting their physical health too. Content heads-up: mention of anxiety, pan...
Sticks and Stones
Jan
2022
Sticks and Stones
Bill Doan, Cynthia White and Alexander S. White
A man sorts through the debris of his childhood, seeking help to untangle the differences between his own anxiety and depression, and the impact of toxic masculinity. Content Heads-Up:
Pathei Mathos
Nov
2021
Pathei Mathos
Vitória Vasconcellos
From the screen to the audience, Pathei Mathos explores the intersections of pain and trauma as linked in one woman’s memories. This story is a testament to the multi-sensorial experience that trauma, of any kind, is. It focuses on relatin...
Frozen Out
Jun
2021
Frozen Out
Hao Zhou
An immigrant artist retreats to frozen prairies and forests, hoping to escape the anxieties of dislocation and find a meaningful story. Delivered as a film-letter to the protagonist’s sister in rural China, the film meditates on self-exile, home,...
Could Have, Should Have
Jun
2021
Stuck here alone and jobless in the U.S. due to COVID-19, Lei is forced to confront the irreconcilable gap between her and her mother when her secret is unveiled. Content heads up: stigma
be•long
Jun
2021
be•long
Sideah Alladice
A Black woman recounts a 17-year battle with mental health, starting with a suicide attempt and ending in sobriety. Content heads up: racism, mentions of substance use, mention of suicide attempt with pills
Esther & Sai Trailer
Jun
2021
Esther & Sai Trailer
Rosie Choo Pidcock
The night before their first day of nursing school in 1976, two female immigrants to Vancouver face unbearable homesickness. This trailer will be replaced by the full version of the film in the spring of 2022. Content heads up: racism
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