Language Movies

  • 1962
    Comprehensive School

    Comprehensive School

    Comprehensive School

    01962HD

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

    Comprehensive School
  • 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
  • 1999
    Away with Words

    Away with Words

    Away with Words

    6.41999HD

    A Japanese man and a gay bar-owner in Hong Kong drink beer as they talk about their childhood and experiences.

    Away with Words
  • 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
  • 2021
    Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington

    Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington

    Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington

    02021HD

    For 50 years, controversial ethnographer John Peabody Harrington crisscrossed the United States, frantically searching and documenting dying Native...

    Chasing Voices: The Story of John Peabody Harrington
  • 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
  • 2019
    The Commission

    The Commission

    The Commission

    02019HD

    For some time now, The State Commission of the Lithuanian Language is at the center of tough discussions. For some, it’s an institution which...

    The Commission
  • 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
  • 2023
    Homofónia

    Homofónia

    Homofónia

    102023HD

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

    Homofónia
  • 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
  • 2013
    The Hyperglot

    The Hyperglot

    The Hyperglot

    82013HD

    Despite an unrivaled talent for communicating, Jake has trouble talking to women. When an impossible situation presents itself, Jake ignores the...

    The Hyperglot
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 2023
    We Will Speak

    We Will Speak

    We Will Speak

    102023HD

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

    We Will Speak
  • 2020
    Stay Maybe? We Think We Made a Film

    Stay Maybe? We Think We Made a Film

    Stay Maybe? We Think We Made a Film

    02020HD

    An Asian film crew’s attemptsat making a film while navigating the strict laws of filming in the UK. They don’t have a budget or enough...

    Stay Maybe? We Think We Made a Film
  • 2015
    Train de vie

    Train de vie

    Train de vie

    12015HD

    Train de vie
  • 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
  • 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