The Commission (2019)

어느 날 전 세계 12개 지역에 외계 비행물체 셸이 동시다발로 출현한다. 450m에 달하는 거대 비행체가 가만히 서 있을 뿐 어떤 행동도 하지 않자 각국 정부는 각자의 방식으로 외계인과 접촉을 시작하지만, 완전히 다른 언어 체계 때문에 첫 단계부터 난항을 겪는다. 미국 정부의 요청을 받은 언어학자 루이스와 물리학자 이안은 말과 글이 통하지 않는 상황에서, 신체의 모든 기관과 감정을 이용해 미지의 생명체와 대화를 시도하고 서로의 문자를 배워나간다. 마침내 대화의 물꼬가 트이게 되지만 그때부터 루이스는 이해하기 어려운 환상을 연이어 보기 시작하는데...

What does blood have to do with identity? Kendra Mylnechuk, an adult Native adoptee, born in 1980 at the cusp of the enactment of the Indian Child Welfare Act, is on a journey to reconnect with her birth family and discover her Lummi heritage.

샌디에이고 뉴스 앵커계의 일인자로 명성을 떨치던 론 버건디. 그러나 어느 날 갑자기 아내에게 밀려 방송국에서 해고된 론은 홀연히 사라진다. 방송국을 떠나 씨월드에서 돌고래 쇼 사회를 보며 우울한 나날을 보내던 론에게 기적 같은 희망이 찾아온다. 바로 새로 신설된 24시간 뉴스채널 GNN에서 스카우트 제의가 들어온 것. 옛 멤버인 브릭, 브라이언, 챔프를 소집해 뉴스 팀을 재구성한 론은 의기양양하게 GNN에 입성한다. 아무도 주목하지 않았던 론의 뉴스 팀은 독특한 진행 방식으로 폭발적인 인기를 얻는다. 그들은 완전 쓰레기 방송임에도 불구하고 계속 보게되는 신비한 마력으로 시청자들을 사로잡는데…

광견병이 인간에게도 발현되며 그 병이 옮은 사람에게 물린 사람은 90초만에 전염된다. 백신을 만들어 세계를 구하려는 집단이 지하에서 연구를 하며 최초의 감염자, 페이션트 제로를 찾으려고 한다. 모건은 바이러스에 감염된 자에게 물렸지만 변화하지 않은 항체를 가진 사람이다. 그는 물리고 나서 감염자들과 대화를 할 수 있게 되었고 생포한 감염자들과의 대화를 통해 페이션트 제로를 찾으려 한다. 하지만 지능을 가진 감염자들 역시 남은 사람들에 대한 반격을 꾀한다.

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

부모의 얼굴도 모른 채 자라난 마야는 자신이 태어났고 오래 전 떠나온 마을의 낡은 저택을 상속받을 지도 모른다는 사실을 알게 된다. 마야는 친구 디니와 함께 고향을 찾아가고, 자신의 정체와 목적을 숨긴 채 저택의 비밀을 알아내기 위해 마을사람들을 탐문한다. 하지만 점차 정체가 드러나면서 둘은 끔찍한 죽음을 당할 위험에 맞닥뜨린다. 오랜 세월 동안 마을을 괴롭혀 온 저주는 무엇이며, 과연 마야는 어떻게 위험에서 벗어날 수 있을까?

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.

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.

CREE CODE TALKER reveals the role of Canadian Cree code talker Charles 'Checker' Tomkins during the Second World War. Digging deep into the US archives it depicts the true story of Charles' involvement with the US Air Force and the development of the code talkers communication system, which was used to transmit crucial military communications, using the Cree language as a vital secret weapon in combat.

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

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

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.

Christophe Perrin, a renowned oyster farmer in Arcachon Bay, is the victim of a murder attempt. His three daughters rush to his bedside, where he lies wounded and unable to manage L'Héritage, the family oyster farm.

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.

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

Secessionnist movements in Canada outside Quebec.

A short documentary about the rapidly disappearing era of heritage movie palaces and the film going experience once offered within those hallowed walls.

“Those Who Come, Will Hear” proposes a unique meeting with the speakers of several indigenous and inuit languages of Quebec – all threatened with extinction. The film starts with the discovery of these unsung tongues through listening to the daily life of those who still speak them today. Buttressed by an exploration and creation of archives, the film allows us to better understand the musicality of these languages and reveals the cultural and human importance of these venerable oral traditions by nourishing a collective reflection on the consequences of their disappearance.

The Art of Nom explores an ancient and nearly extinct Vietnamese script called Chu Nom and the five scholarly artists known as Zenei, Gang of Five. The beauty, heritage and emotion of the Chu Nom characters inspire Zenei’s art. The film also examines Vietnam’s culture, history, customs, and the social impact of rapid modernization in a changing world. Art of Nom follows Zenei through their research and explorations that takes them far off the beaten path. They enter hidden library chambers of Buddhist pagodas to examine original Nom scriptures and woodblocks preserved by monks through the centuries. Led by renowned artist Le Quoc Viet, Zenei is a collective of avant-garde calligraphers forging a new path, merging contemporary visual expression with a nearly extinct script. Zenei elevates art and history to a new level of experience.