American Tongues (1987)

Unas misteriosas naves espaciales aterrizan por todo el mundo. Un equipo, liderado por la lingüista Louise Banks, intenta descifrar el motivo de su visita. A medida que la humanidad se tambalea al borde de la guerra, Louise y su equipo luchan contra el tiempo, llegando a poner en peligro su vida y, muy posiblemente, la del resto de la humanidad.

Philippe Abrams, el director de una oficina de correos del sur del Francia, intenta obtener de manera fraudulenta su traslado a la Costa Azul pero, una vez desenmascarado, le obligan a trabajar en Bergues, un pueblo junto a la frontera con Bélgica. Aunque cuando llega allí se encuentra con un lugar idílico y gentes encantadoras, a su mujer le asegura que vive en un auténtico infierno.

Proyecto NiM es una película documental que trata sobre un experimento que se realizó en los años setenta, cuya finalidad era comprobar qué pasaría si un chimpancé fuese criado y alimentado desde su nacimiento como un auténtico ser humano. El experimento llamado 'proyecto Nim' fue obra de un grupo de investigadores de la Universidad de Columbia en Nueva York, que estaba capitaneado por el psicólogo Herbert S. Terrace. Él y su equipo tenían la idea inicial de que si los humanos y los primates eran criados y educados de forma similar al ser humano, podrían llegar a entender el lenguaje humano y tener la capacidad de comunicarse con total libertad. Para comprobarlo, acogieron a un pequeño chimpancé al que pusieron el nombre de Nim Chimpsky.

What makes a voice “gay”? A breakup with his boyfriend sets journalist David Thorpe on a quest to unravel a linguistic mystery.

The tragic true story of one of the worst cases of child abuse ever documented (in which a girl was locked in a room without social contact for nearly thirteen years) and what happened when she was finally rescued.

Set in a sleepy Austrian mountain village, ex-detective Simon Brenner has grown weary of his job repossessing cars and embarks on an extended getaway to the countryside. But before long he becomes embroiled in the convoluted world of the locals of a supposedly quiet town.

Brenner returns to Graz, the city where he grew up. When confronted with his old friends, his former girlfriend and the major sin he committed when he was young, murders and a fateful gunshot to the head result. After Brenner comes out of a coma, he begins to search for the person who tried to kill him - however, everybody claims that he himself is responsible. In the beginning Brenner was at the end of his rope, but he could face a new beginning in the end.

Trouble is brewing in idyllic small-town Bavaria. Not so much because the village’s well-known webcam girl was murdered, a case Franz Eberhofer investigates in his usual laid-back manner, but more because now, of all times, his pushy yet always helpful partner Rudi is stuck in a wheelchair after an accident for which, of course, he blames Franz. The tension rises when Rudi settles in on the farm, expecting round-the-clock care from Franz.

Sam decides to stop pursuing charges against her rapist and spent Thanksgiving alone on her family's Virginia farm. Her brother stages an intervention with seven of Sam’s friends to persuade her to return.

A series of interviews featuring linguist, philosopher and activist Noam Chomsky done in hand-drawn animation.

Heinzi Boesel and Kurt Fellner are two Austrian health inspectors forced to work together, traveling through Austria. Over time a beautiful friendship evolves between the odd couple who couldn't stand each other initially; a friendship that even overcomes the boundaries of great tragedy.

Former detective Brenner has become an ambulance driver and finds himself, much to his dismay, caught up in a war between two rival first aid organizations.

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

Amanece en Chengdu (China). Una joven, Wu Xiaofan, despierta aterrorizada y desorientada en un paraje remoto al notar cómo una serpiente recorre su mano. Se da cuenta de que su ropa está ensangrentada y siente un gran dolor que apenas le permite caminar. Mientras busca una salida, descubre una bolsa de plástico con una cabeza de conejo. En su intento de regresar a casa, será víctima de la insolidaridad de la gente y objeto de críticas. Poco a poco, a su mente vendrán imágenes que la harán comprender que todo lo le está pasando está relacionado con su novio, Chen Zhong, del que está enamorada. Traición, mentiras y el sueño de un futuro mejor determinarán un destino incierto.

A sociolinguistic documentary examining American English dialects and accents and perceptions thereof.

Para Karl, un chico de pueblo, mudarse a Copenhague es como viajar a otro mundo. En el colegio, todos se ríen de su acento excepto Sawsan, una chica turca cuyo sueño es presentarse al concurso televisivo Factor X a pesar de la negativa de su padre. Juntos armarán un plan para desafiarle y cumplir sus sueños.

The œuvre of poet Raffaello Baldini (1924-2005) through the words of those who knew him, the poems he himself read, the fragments of his monologues, his beloved Romagna landscapes.

An in-depth look at the work and views of the man described as 'one of the greatest minds in human history'. He first emerged through his pioneering work in linguistics in the 1950s but later became a political activist and a critic of US foreign policy in Vietnam, its neo-liberal capitalism, and mainstream media. Consisting primarily of interviews with Chomsky and other writers, academics, philosophers, social commentators and broadcasters, this film explores the breadth, originality and importance of his work; and the alternative narratives he has advanced at some of the most critical periods in recent history.