Language Movies

  • 2013
    If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent

    If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent

    If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent

    7.62013HD

    The story of the New York accent, as told by New Yorkers.

    If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent
  • 2009
    Land of the Heads

    Land of the Heads

    Land of the Heads

    4.62009HD

    Emile is an unhappy little vampire, doing a job he detests, in a world plunged into perpetual gloom. He serves a despotic mistress who loathes...

    Land of the Heads
  • 2007
    Writing the Land

    Writing the Land

    Writing the Land

    02007HD

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

    Writing the Land
  • 2014
    The Disunited States of Canada

    The Disunited States of Canada

    The Disunited States of Canada

    52014HD

    Secessionnist movements in Canada outside Quebec.

    The Disunited States of Canada
  • 2014
    School of Babel

    School of Babel

    School of Babel

    6.62014HD

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

    School of Babel
  • 1970
    The Reconstitution

    The Reconstitution

    The Reconstitution

    01970HD

    An abstract white space. An elderly woman, naked, wrapped in transparent plastic. A shoot for a video installation. The filmmaker talks to her, gives...

    The Reconstitution
  • 2004
    Language Does Not Lie

    Language Does Not Lie

    Language Does Not Lie

    7.3332004HD

    Victor Klemperer (1881-1960), a professor of literature in Dresden, was Jewish; through the efforts of his wife, he survived the war. From 1933 when...

    Language Does Not Lie
  • 2003
    Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

    Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

    Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom

    7.52003HD

    Yu Ming is bored of his life in China and decides to go to Ireland. He studies the language, but is dismayed to find that no one understands him when...

    Yu Ming Is Ainm Dom
  • 2018
    Those Who Come, Will Hear

    Those Who Come, Will Hear

    Those Who Come, Will Hear

    92018HD

    The documentary proposes a unique meeting with the speakers of several indigenous and inuit languages of Quebec – all threatened with...

    Those Who Come, Will Hear
  • 2023
    Ecuador Multilingual

    Ecuador Multilingual

    Ecuador Multilingual

    02023HD

    A short documentary film that explains why ancestral languages are dying and promotes their preservation.

    Ecuador Multilingual
  • 2026
    Among Humpback Whales

    Among Humpback Whales

    Among Humpback Whales

    02026HD

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

    Among Humpback Whales
  • 2026
    The Dance of the Kokorrdit

    The Dance of the Kokorrdit

    The Dance of the Kokorrdit

    02026HD

    A Wounaan teenager and a leader of their community venture into the Darién in search of a sacred bird. Along the way, they will face the...

    The Dance of the Kokorrdit
  • 2015
    Language Matters with Bob Holman

    Language Matters with Bob Holman

    Language Matters with Bob Holman

    102015HD

    There are over 6,000 languages in the world. We lose one every two weeks. Hundreds will be lost within the next generation. By the end of this...

    Language Matters with Bob Holman
  • 2018
    To Wake Up the Nakota Language

    To Wake Up the Nakota Language

    To Wake Up the Nakota Language

    02018HD

    “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...

    To Wake Up the Nakota Language
  • 2015
    Train de vie

    Train de vie

    Train de vie

    12015HD

    Train de vie
  • 1979
    Twice Upon a Time

    Twice Upon a Time

    Twice Upon a Time

    101979HD

    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...

    Twice Upon a Time
  • 2006
    The Wind Blows Round

    The Wind Blows Round

    The Wind Blows Round

    7.0372006HD

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

    The Wind Blows Round
  • 1970
    Last Words

    Last Words

    Last Words

    01970HD

    Linguist-philologist Mark Janse discovers speakers of the Cappadocian language – previously assumed extinct, linguists worldwide are...

    Last Words
  • 1970
    Fffff

    Fffff

    Fffff

    01970HD

    Fffff
  • 2012
    Lon Marum

    Lon Marum

    Lon Marum

    02012HD

    A TV-hour length documentary film depicting the relationship between language, culture, place, music, tradition, and magic on an active volcano, in...

    Lon Marum