Arrival

Arrival 2016

7.60

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.

2016

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues

Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues 2013

6.10

With the 70s behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy, returns to take New York's first 24-hour news channel by storm.

2013

Patient Zero

Patient Zero 2018

5.30

After an unprecedented global pandemic has turned the majority of humankind into violent infected beings, Morgan, a man gifted with the ability to speak the infected's new language, leads the last survivors on a hunt for patient zero and a cure.

2018

Sneezed-out Ideas

Sneezed-out Ideas 2024

1

I honestly had an initial idea for a competing short film for a national festival; Ergo, the idea is to make the short based on a name that you are going to draw within the project registration at said festival. This is going to get really hard.

2024

Land of the Heads

Land of the Heads 2009

4.80

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 wrinkles, in the most extreme way.

2009

School of Babel

School of Babel 2014

6.60

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 French.

2014

Twice Upon a Time

Twice Upon a Time 1979

1

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-to-back. Into this two-stepping society stumbles a character whose very existence causes considerable consternation among locals: an unattached individual with command of both languages.

1979

The Brave Class

The Brave Class 2017

6.70

Three college students start a social experiment to prove that reality changes according to the words we use to describe it. Through research, activist actions, and artistic interventions, they analyze the importance of language in the way we understand the world. The documentary includes analysis from more than 20 international experts and leaders in the fields of political communication and information.

2017

We Will Speak

We Will Speak 2023

10.00

The Cherokee language is deeply tied to Cherokee identity; yet generations of assimilation efforts by the U.S. government and anti-Indigenous stigmas have forced the Tri-Council of Cherokee tribes to declare a State of Emergency for the language in 2019. While there are 430,000 Cherokee citizens in the three federally recognized tribes, fewer than an estimated 2,000 fluent speakers remain—the majority of whom are elderly. The covid pandemic has unfortunately hastened the course. Language activists, artists, and the youth must now lead the charge of urgent radical revitalization efforts to help save the language from the brink of extinction.

2023

The Language of Love

The Language of Love 2013

5.30

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.

2013

Away with Words

Away with Words 1999

6.60

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

1999

The Wind Blows Round

The Wind Blows Round 2006

6.90

The aging, conservative population of a small, sleepy village in the Italian Alps are surprised to see that a former French professor has settled there with his young wife and their three children to produce goat cheese, in order to escape the wrongs of civilization. At first they are suspicious of his unconventional ideas and lifestyle, then are conquered by the enthusiasm, kindness, helpfulness of the young family and start to see in them a possible rebirth of the place. But little by little misunderstandings, envy and conflicts take over.

2006

The Notorious Guys

The Notorious Guys 2013

4.90

Steven, a pupil in a special-needs class, learns that his school has won a trip to Alcabideche, Portugal. He is overjoyed to get the chance to finally see his homeland. Once there, he decides to conduct his own holidays...

2013

Omegäng

Omegäng 2024

1

How is our dialect faring in the globalized age? When the "railroad age" began 160 years ago, Switzerland feared that High German would supplant the dialect. The opposite has happened. The dialect persists and continues to blossom.

2024

Keep Talking

Keep Talking 2017

8.00

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 language could die out within ten years. The small community travels to a remote Island, where a language immersion experiment unfolds with the remaining fluent Elders. Young camper Sadie, an at-risk 13 year old learner and budding Alutiiq dancer, is inspired and gains strength through her work with the teachers. Yet PTSD and politics loom large as the elders, teachers, and students try to continue the difficult task of language revitalization over the next five years.

2017

The Hyperglot

The Hyperglot 2013

1

Despite an unrivaled talent for communicating, Jake has trouble talking to women. When an impossible situation presents itself, Jake ignores the signs and goes on a wild goose-chase to pursue his quest for love. When his plan is foiled, a new best friend helps him finally express himself successfully to a woman – without uttering a single word.

2013

Tuorås Dalska

Tuorås Dalska 2024

1

In the small community of Älvdalen in northern Dalarna, Sweden, the unique language Elfdalian (Älvdalska) is spoken. This documentary follows Ing-Marie's personal story about how it is and has been to live with the Elfdalian language.

2024

The Nightingale Sings

The Nightingale Sings 2019

8.50

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.

2019

History of Swear Words

History of Swear Words 2021

6.70

This proudly profane series explores the history and impact of some of the most notorious bad words in the English language.

2021

Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish

Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish 1992

3.50

Destinos: An Introduction to Spanish, also known simply as Destinos, is an educational television program created by Bill VanPatten, who was, at the time, Professor of Spanish and Second Language Acquisition at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign. The show, designed to introduce viewers to the basics of Spanish, had two seasons, beginning in 1992. Its 52 episodes are often used for educational purposes in schools and are still broadcast regularly on many PBS stations, as well as many local channels. Destinos was produced by WGBH Boston and funded by the Annenberg/CPB Project, with additional funding by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation.

1992

Passez le mot

Passez le mot 2021

1

A cast of multidisciplinary artists give their interpretations of the language by juggling Quebec’s lively, accessible, and inclusive French. Developed in lexicon format, each episode presents a word from three perspectives: humorous, historical, and artistic.

2021

Lingo

Lingo 2021

6.00

Lingo is a British game show hosted by Adil Ray where pairs of contestants compete to find words across a series of rounds. It is a reboot of the original show of the same name that aired in 1988.

2021

The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer

The Hunt for the Zodiac Killer 2017

6.20

A look at the hunt for California's Zodiac Killer, who murdered at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and early '70s.

2017

Let's Learn Japanese

Let's Learn Japanese 1970

7.50

A video-based Japanese language study course for English speakers. The show uses a drama called "Yan and the Japanese People" for instruction. This drama consists of scenes which focus on the experiences of a young man named Yan, a foreigner living and working in Japan.

1970

Three Minutes for the Greek Language

Three Minutes for the Greek Language 2018

1

Georgios Babiniotis, professor of linguistics at the University of Athens, explains and comments on words and common linguistic mistakes, helping us to use the Greek language more correctly.

2018

My Crazy Life

My Crazy Life 2008

1

"Mi Vida Loca" is an interactive Spanish course for beginners, created by the BBC. It consists of 22 episodes, each around 10 minutes long, which follow an intriguing adventure in Madrid and its surroundings. Through everyday situations, basic concepts of the language are taught, such as ordering in a restaurant, buying tickets and booking a hotel. Each episode includes additional learning sections with vocabulary, grammar and practical activities to reinforce the acquired knowledge.

2008