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Ocean Falls, British Columbia • Ghost Towns of Canada

Maureen Kelleher, Insight Film & Video Productions, Leigh Badgley

This episode of Ghost Towns of Canada explores Ocean Falls, British Columbia. Ocean Falls was one of the province's best known pulp and paper towns until the mill was closed by the provincial governmet in the early 1980s due to the waning economy.

Of Lines and Men: The Animation of Jonathan Amitay

Patrick Jenkins

Of Lines and Men: The Animation of Jonathan Amitay profiles the genius of animator Jonathan Amitay, a Toronto-based artist who uses his innovative stop motion animated films to explore issues such as ecology, nuclear war and human rights.

Oh Me 2: a case of BiPolar disOrder

Jonathan Amitay

In this personal and endearing film, a prolific and brilliant animator reveals his battles with bipolar disorder to lay the path for a new understanding of this condition. His son, a clinical psychologist, adds his own comments, from the perspective of a family member.

Ohanashi: The Story of Our Elders (10 Parts)

Susanne Tabata, National Nikkei Museum & Heritage Centre

Ohanashi: The Story of Our Elders features 10 Japanese-Canadian elders who tell their stories, describing their lives both before the bombing of Pearl Harbour, which led to internment, and after World War II.

The Oldest Basketball Team in the World

Sharon McGowan, Blue Heron Media, Shirley Vercuysse

This documentary follows "The Retreads" the first women's basketball team over the age of 65, as they train for the World Masters Games.

Olivia's Puzzle

Jason DaSilva

Goanese girls Reshma and Olivia grow up at opposite ends of the earth-India and Canada-but their daily rituals hold more than one surprising similarity.

OMG!

Siobhan Devine, Lucy MacLeod, Roslyn Muir

After a monster fight with her parents over her texting habit, 14 year old Kaylee runs away to her understanding grandma's house. All is going well until Kaylee's cell phone battery runs out.

On a Moving Path

Myriam Fougère, Vidéo Femmes, Pauline Voisard

With an approach that is both poetic and personal, this documentary portrays the variety of emotions experienced by women diagnosed with breast cancer as they attempt to cope with their new reality and what awaits them in the future.

On the Line

Frank Wolf

North Vancouver documentary filmmaker Frank Wolf and his friend Todd McGowan trace the proposed track of the Northern Gateway Pipeline proposed by Enbridge to deliver Alberta's Tar Sands bitumen to Asian markets. Their journey by bicycle, hiking, rafting and kayaking shows some somber challenges and risks with this billion-dollar project.

On the Red Road: A Walk on the Outside

Martin de Valk, Chiaro Productions

On the Red Road: A Walk on the Outside is a documentary about the transition of Aboriginal inmates from a federal prison to the outside.

On the Trail of Property Woman • Ravens and Eagles: Haida Art (Series 2)

Jeff Bear, Marianne Jones, Ravens and Eagles Productions

Profile of Haida carver Freda Diesing.

Once Were Enemies

Eva Wunderman, Wunderman Film Inc

Survivors from the opposite sides of the Second World War revisit the site of a pitched battle fought in September 1944 at Peleliu, east of the Philippines and north of New Guinea.

One Big Hapa Family

Jeff Chiba Stearns, Meditating Bunny Studio, Ruth Vincent

Preconceptions about racial purity are under the microscope in this fact-paced, heart-warming documentary by Jeff Chiba Stearns, who has a heritage that is half-Japanese, half-European.

One Week Job [44 min version]

Ian MacKenzie, Robyn Symon, Sean Aiken

After university graduation, what to do? Sean Aiken decided to create the One Week Job project that took him around North America to work at 52 jobs in 52 weeks. This dynamic road movie explores career, success and the real meaning of happiness.

One Week Job [76 min version]

Ian MacKenzie, Robyn Symon, Sean Aiken

After university graduation, what to do? Sean Aiken decided to create the One Week Job project that took him around North America to work at 52 jobs in 52 weeks. This dynamic road movie explores career, success and the real meaning of happiness.

Ooligan • SAMAQAN: Water Stories (Series 2)

Jeff Bear, Marianne Jones, Kristy Assu

North America's Indigenous people have always had a sacred relationship with water. This series shows their perspective on a most precious resource–a resource to be protected, not a commodity to be exploited.

The Origins and Evolution of Halloween

Maryvonne Micale, Insight Film & Video Productions, Kirk Shaw

The Origin and Evolution of Halloween connects the present with the past by unveiling the history and legends surrounding Halloween.

The Origins of Christmas

Maryvonne Micale, Insight Film & Video Productions, Kirk Shaw

Centuries and centuries before Christ was born, Romans, Mesopotamians, Carthaginians, Balkans, Germans and Scandinavians held huge celebrations on or near December 25th to welcome the return of the sun. The Origins of Christmas delves into this history, revealing surprising similarities between the world's favourite Christian holiday and some of its not-so-religious roots.

Our First Lady of Cinema: Alanis Obomsawin • Storytellers in motion (Series 1)

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