Movies: Language

  • 1973
    Tickets s.v.p

    Tickets s.v.p (1973)

    Tickets s.v.p

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    An incident from the early days of Québec's quiet revolution, tailor-made for the cartoonist. It is the story of a Montréal commuter train, a unilingual ticket collector and a bilingual passenger. The passenger appears on screen himself to describe h...

    Tickets s.v.p
  • 2016
    Colours of the Alphabet

    Colours of the Alphabet (2016)

    Colours of the Alphabet

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    It is estimated that 40% of the world’s population lack the opportunity to be educated in their own language. In Colours of the Alphabet we get an insight into the challenges this poses as we follow a group of first graders in Zambia – a country with...

    Colours of the Alphabet
  • 1980
    Poto and Cabengo

    Poto and Cabengo (1980)

    Poto and Cabengo

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    Documentary by Jean-Pierre Gorin about twin girls who spontaneously developed their own unique language as children....

    Poto and Cabengo
  • 2019
    The Nightingale Sings

    The Nightingale Sings (2019)

    The Nightingale Sings

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    The movie explores the origin of the Ukrainian language and persecution of those who defended its authenticity. Using examples of other countries, creators of the film prove that a nation cannot exist without a language....

    The Nightingale Sings
  • 2015
    Mother Tongue

    Mother Tongue (2015)

    Mother Tongue

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    "Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into Maya-Ixil—5.5% of whom were killed during the armed conflict in the 1980s. Told from the perspective of Matilde Terraza...

    Mother Tongue
  • 2014
    School of Babel

    School of Babel (2014)

    School of Babel

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    They just arrived in France. They are Irish, Serbs, Brazilians Tunisians, Chinese and Senegalese ... For a year, Julie Bertuccelli filmed talks, conflicts and joys of this group of students aged 11 to 15 years, together in the same class to learn Fre...

    School of Babel
  • 2020
    The Fight for Greenland

    The Fight for Greenland (2020)

    The Fight for Greenland

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    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 their culture and language is threatened and is the main reason for the many suicides among young pe...

    The Fight for Greenland
  • 1962
    Comprehensive School

    Comprehensive School (1962)

    Comprehensive School

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    The joys of 1960s modern education - as seen at a not-exactly-typical local comp....

    Comprehensive School
  • 2018
    Trillium

    Trillium (2018)

    Trillium

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    There are about 250 people with a unique ancestry. Livonians – one of the smallest and most endangered nations. Each of Livonians has a duty to preserve their identity and the great history of their ancestors. Trillium follows the footsteps of a poet...

    Trillium
  • 2007
    Writing the Land

    Writing the Land (2007)

    Writing the Land

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    In this short documentary, a Musqueam elder rediscovers his Native language and traditions in the city of Vancouver, in the vicinity of which the Musqueam people have lived for thousands of years. Writing the Land captures the ever-changing nature of...

    Writing the Land
  • 2014
    Le grand roman de l'homme

    Le grand roman de l'homme (2014)

    Le grand roman de l'homme

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    At what point in our evolution did we start talking? To paint, play music and travel? When did we build our first imaginary worlds? When was the need to believe born? In short, where, when and how did the contours of man's essence take shape? Going b...

    Le grand roman de l'homme
  • 1979
    Twice Upon a Time

    Twice Upon a Time (1979)

    Twice Upon a Time

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    This short satirical film takes us to Stereoville, a city where citizens must literally double up in their efforts to deal with the community’s 2 official languages. In Stereoville, each speaker of one language is tied to a speaker of the other, back...

    Twice Upon a Time
  • 2016
    Talkers

    Talkers (2016)

    Talkers

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    The three speakers represent two of the dialects, with the most common one - the middle dialect spoken in Riga and central parts of Latvia - not featured in the film. In intimate surroundings, a farmer, a schoolteacher, and a ...

    Talkers
  • 2017
    The Art of Nôm

    The Art of Nôm (2017)

    The Art of Nôm

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    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. The beauty, heritage and emotion of the Chu Nom characters inspire Zenei’s art. The film also examines...

    The Art of Nôm
  • 2019
    Gyani Maiya

    Gyani Maiya (2019)

    Gyani Maiya

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    “We left our language and started speaking others’. The girls have got married and have left for the villages. Boys are getting married in villages. It should be taught to children”. — Gyani Maiya Sen-Kusunda The Gi Mihaq (also known as Kusunda) wa...

    Gyani Maiya
  • 2022
    La grande soirée Passez le mot

    La grande soirée Passez le mot (2022)

    La grande soirée Passez le mot

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    La grande soirée Passez le mot
  • 2009
    Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i

    Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i (2009)

    Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i

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    What if you are made to feel ashamed when you speak your "mother tongue" or ridiculed because of your accent? "Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i" addresses these questions through its lively examination of Pidgin - the language spoken by over half of Hawa...

    Pidgin: The Voice of Hawai'i
  • 2019
    I speak français

    I speak français (2019)

    I speak français

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    I speak français
  • 2013
    The Language of Love

    The Language of Love (2013)

    The Language of Love

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    In the middle of a French exam, 17 year old Charlie struggles to find the words to be true to himself…and his best friend....

    The Language of Love
  • 2017
    Keep Talking

    Keep Talking (2017)

    Keep Talking

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    Three Alaska Native women work to save their endangered language, Kodiak Alutiiq, and ensure the future of their culture while confronting their personal demons. With just 41 fluent Native speakers remaining, mostly Elders, some estimate their langua...

    Keep Talking