Language Movies

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

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...

They just arrived in France. They are Irish, Serbs, Brazilians Tunisians, Chinese and Senegalese ... For a year, Julie Bertuccelli filmed talks,...

This short documentary examines an innovative educational program developed by John and Gerti Murdoch to teach Cree children their language via Cree...

WORDS FROM HOME is a poetic documentary that explores the kinds of affection and identity in the portuguese language spoken in Brazil. Through...

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...

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...

The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas...

As their Debs application deadline approaches, a closeted couple must sort their domestic issues as Gaeilge to prevent their classmates from knowing...

The aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French professor has settled...

CREE CODE TALKER reveals the role of Canadian Cree code talker Charles 'Checker' Tomkins during the Second World War. Digging deep into the US...

A teacher attempts to teach his students to properly enunciate the letter 'R'.

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

Osman can understand his mother tongue, Kurdish, but cannot speak it, and he speaks Turkish, which happens to be his second language, but cannot...

“When you don’t know your language or your culture, you don’t know who you are,” says 69-year-old Armand McArthur, one of the...

In this short documentary, a Musqueam elder rediscovers his Native language and traditions in the city of Vancouver, in the vicinity of which the...

Secessionnist movements in Canada outside Quebec.

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 mysterious song of humpback whales fascinates researchers worldwide. But why do the whales sing? Underwater camerawoman Christina Karliczek...