Language Barrier Movies

"Razakar" is a period drama set in pre-Bangladesh-separation Pakistan, exploring the political tensions of the time. The story follows Jamal, an...

During a professional conference in Prague, two interpreters in the Hungarian booth hilariously vie for the attention of one listener.

Upon his arrival in Paris, filmmaker Tomas Cali immerses himself in learning French, as well as the language of sketching. In an art studio, he meets...

Instead of enjoying her vacations in a peaceful peninsula of Turkey, Anna feels stuck in a strange torpor, while her boyfriend, Thomas, doesn't seem...

Fatma and her mother are Kurdish refugees living in Italy. One day at the hospital, Fatma learns her mother has breast cancer.

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

In the Greek village of Sugar Town, men have a serious problem. Women are fleeing the area in search of work or marriage in the big cities, leaving...

Pariya tries to express herself to her mother and sister through a second language.

This film, directed by Dominique GAUTIER, takes the viewer on a worldwide excursion into the history and structure of the Esperanto language,...

This short tells the story about the existing boundary between what is masculine and feminine in the Peruvian LGBT community.

Gabriel, a recent immigrant, grapples with whether to show his nationality on his resume. As he sets out to find a job the next day, he confronts the...

Melanie's been having a tough day today. It's a nasty day. Piotr been having tough days for several months. It's a nasty year. Later that evening...

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

Documentary about Voeren, officially a Dutch speaking municipality with language facilities for the French-speaking community and hence a politically...

Basuki (22) is a fresh graduate with a Javanese accent from Semarang who has migrated to the metropolitan city. Through online video conversation, he...

Forced by the dangerous state of his homeland, Perghuzat moved to Berlin. He is alone, working small jobs day and night to survive. The profound...

This story takes place in California in the 1990s. Xiao Lu, a young Chinese woman who has just immigrated to the United States, is struggling to...

The amazing story of 1,000,000,000 people and their MAD MAD MAD rush to learn English! China 's love affair with the English language has reached...

A young British Chinese woman goes for dim sum with her family. Unable to speak the same language as much of her family, she both participates in,...