Language Movies

The filmmaker traces the loss of her ancestral language over three generations of her family, and her own desire to recover it.

The movie explores the origin of the Ukrainian language and persecution of those who defended its authenticity. Using examples of other countries,...

The world's largest island has been part of Denmark since 1721, but a significant majority of the 56.000 inhabitants now want independence. They feel...

Borrowing from an anthropological study initiated through the University of California in 1969, The Taste of The Name is a fantasia on universality....

The Art of Nom explores an ancient and nearly extinct Vietnamese script called Chu Nom and the five scholarly artists known as Zenei, Gang of Five....

This year will be the one! I swear! I'm going to make my short film for real!

In a world embracing change, Ajeng distances herself from her Javanese roots. She explores the consequences as she grapples with the clash between...

Captured during his francisation courses in Montreal, Adad Hannah constructs a playful video portrait of the different people and backgrounds that...

"Se ti sabir" is a film reflecting on language, intelligence, and our relationship with new technologies and non-human species.

Joe learns the importance of using new words.

It Ain't Necessarily So captures a budding Japanese jazz singer and her biracial vocal instructor who struggle to agree on the proper way to sing...

“Let’s think of nature as a big room. Nature is a room you know you’ll have to leave some day, most likely not by choice”....

Victor, a passionate birdwatcher, is convinced that all the pigeons have vanished. When he meets Abby, a photographer, there’s no doubt for him...

Fashion has a powerful influence over the way people perceive each other. Within fractions of a second, we attach any number of characteristics to a...

Using a small, portable HD video recorder, the artist creates a self portrait that captures his confrontation with foreign people, places and...