Tongues of Heaven

Set in Taiwan and Hawaiʻi, territories where languages of the Austronesian family are spoken, this documentary focuses on the questions, desires and challenges of young indigenous peoples to learn the languages of their

Magic Stick

After his father is killed and his mother is raped, Marsan decides to study silat (Indonesian martial arts). After receiving enough training and given the magic stick by his teacher, Marsan returns to his village to seek

The Future of Tongue

An ominous future that will blow in a few minutes to a lover whom I met for the first kiss.

Bloody Brotherhood

Wah is the only one in his family lucky enough to survive the deadly boat passage from China to Hong Kong. Once in Hong Kong, he searches for opportunities he heard so much about. After struggling for months, he discover

Tongóbriga (El espíritu de un lugar)

Tongues of Fire

Against the background of a holiday season, houses begin to burn down.

Hiko in Tonga: A Culture almost Lost

A multi-generational film of a unique, vanishing culture of Polynesian women jugglers in The Kingdom of Tonga.

Fingers and Tongue

Pink film distributed by Shintoho.

Murder Tongue

It is May of 1992. The state sanctioned “Operation” has put the city of Karachi at constant unrest. Abdul Aziz Ansari wakes up at night and is informed by his daughter in law, Naseema that his son hasn’t returned home. A

Two of Head, Two of Tongue

A young Mexican woman (Reyna) is hungry for tacos, her young Mexican-American friend (Romel) is hungry for her. Aware of her charm over him she uses it to rope him into a quest to find the perfect, authentic tacos.

Hair on a Tongue

A sequence of three documentaries for three different taboos - death, shopping and pornography.

The Devil's Tongue

A devilish tale about a film director who makes the decision to get his film made regardless of the consequences.

Ice Age Continental Drift: Scrat Got Your Tongue

A look at the process of animation of the character Scrat the squirrel from the 'Ice Age' universe

Mother Tongue

A century after the establishment of modern schools and four decades after the adoption of Article 15 of the Iranian constitution. The right to mother tongue education has not made any official progress and is in a state

Mother Tongue

During a family gathering, a shy teenager is forced to confront her cultural disconnection with her Sri Lankan heritage caused by losing touch with her first language. She turns to her grandmother in this heartfelt explo

Billionaires Gnaw Their Tongues from the Pain

Billionaires Gnaw Their Tongues from the Pain aka Lost Leaders #22 is a handmade short film created in collaboration with sound artist Jackie Gallant. Billionaires… combines 16mm and 35mm found footage, hand-woven elemen

Pre-Image (Blind as the Mother Tongue)

‘To remember, sometimes you need other archaeological tools,’ says the voice over in Hiwa K’s Pre-Image (Blind as the Mother Tongue). The video depicts the artist walking across fields, wastelands, estates, going from Tu

The Trained Chinese Tongue

A documentarian approaches strangers at a Chinatown grocery — all immigrant women — and joins them at their homes for dinner.

My Tongue Has Been Burned Of The Taste

Ignore the Internal Monologue as Your Brain Narrates The Drain You're Falling Down.

mother tongue; bahasa ibu

Athena must navigate fraught cultural and family ties after a sudden break up forces her back into her childhood home with her disapproving mother and ailing grandmother.