''Obāchan's Garden'' is a Canadian documentary film, directed by

Linda Ohama Linda Ohama is a Canadian artist and filmmaker. She is most noted for her 2001 film '' Obāchan's Garden.'' Career Ohama's first feature-length documentary was '' Obāchan's Garden'', released in 2001''.'' The film centred on Ohama's grandmother ...

and released in 2001. Beginning with home video recorded by Ohama of her grandmother Asayo Murakami's 100th birthday, the film centres on Ohama's investigation of family secrets that she never previously knew about, including the two daughters that her grandmother gave up for adoption before emigrating to Canada from her native

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

. The film premiered at the 2001

Montreal World Film Festival The Montreal World Film Festival (WFF; french: le Festival des Films du Monde) was one of Canada's oldest international film festivals and the only competitive film festival in North America accredited by the FIAPF (although the Toronto Internat ...

. The film received a

Genie Award The Genie Awards were given out annually by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to recognize the best of Canadian cinema from 1980–2012. They succeeded the Canadian Film Awards (1949–1978; also known as the "Etrog Awards," for scu ...

nomination for Best Feature Length Documentary at the 22nd Genie Awards in 2002. Michael Posner, "Atanarjuat, War Bride lead Genie list: Each feature picks up seven nominations, followed closely by Last Wedding with six". ''

The Globe and Mail ''The Globe and Mail'' is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada. With a weekly readership of approximately 2 million in 2015, it is Canada's most widely read newspaper on weekdays and Saturdays, although it ...

'', December 13, 2001.

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* * 2001 films 2001 documentary films Canadian documentary films National Film Board of Canada documentaries Films about Japanese Canadians 2000s Canadian films {{2000s-Canada-documentary-film-stub