Language Movies

A surreal trip into the world of an extremely long german word.

How do German couples communicate in private? What are they arguing about? Is the way to a man’s heart really through his stomach? This...

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

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

Robert Brammel, a private English teacher who develops an unusual relationship with a new student.

The Universal Language is a new documentary from Academy Award-nominated director Sam Green (The Weather Underground). This 30-minute film traces the...

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

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

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

Come back to this day, next year. Ain't nothing, chief.

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

The three speakers represent two of the dialects, with the most common one - the middle dialect spoken in Riga and central parts of Latvia -...

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...

“We left our language and started speaking others’. The girls have got married and have left for the villages. Boys are getting married...

Ulivia explores what is accessible via the Internet in relation to Inuktitut. A complex language with several dialects which varies from one...

Three Alaska Native women work to save their endangered language, Kodiak Alutiiq, and ensure the future of their culture while confronting their...

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...

"Mother Tongue" chronicles the first time a documentary film about Guatemalan genocide in Guatemala was translated and dubbed into...

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