THEME EXPLORATION

linguistic education

32 films · 3 directors

Tracing the thread…

FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Thursday’s Children
Thursday’s Children
1954 · Lindsay Anderson
Scientists of Tomorrow
Scientists of Tomorrow
1967 · Ritwik Ghatak
Die Patriotin
Die Patriotin
1979 · Alexander Kluge
Another Round
Another Round
2020 · Thomas Vinterberg
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
Astronomers From My Neighborhood
2010 · Patricio Guzmán
Children of Heaven
Children of Heaven
1997 · Majid Majidi
Blissfully Yours
Blissfully Yours
2002 · Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2007 · David Yates
Forsaken
Forsaken
2026 · Vincent Garenq
The Sex Thief
The Sex Thief
1998 · Christian Petzold
A Song is Born
A Song is Born
1948 · Howard Hawks
L’Enfant sauvage
L’Enfant sauvage
1970 · François Truffaut
Mr. Pu
Mr. Pu
1953 · Kon Ichikawa
Spring Awakens
Spring Awakens
1947 · Mikio Naruse
The Colours
The Colours
1976 · Abbas Kiarostami
The Getting of Wisdom
The Getting of Wisdom
1977 · Bruce Beresford
Water from the Land
Water from the Land
1946 · Carl Theodor Dreyer
H Is for House
H Is for House
1976 · Peter Greenaway
El impostor
El impostor
1960 · Emilio “Indio” Fernández
Jude
Jude
1996 · Michael Winterbottom
Kino-Pravda No. 15
Kino-Pravda No. 15
1923 · Dziga Vertov
Maria in Silence
Maria in Silence
1973 · Yannis Dalianidis
Not One Less
Not One Less
1999 · Zhang Yimou
Song of China
Song of China
1935 · Fei Mu
Traducción Simultánea
Traducción Simultánea
2006 · María Novaro
Class of 1984
Class of 1984
1982 · Mark L. Lester
Ecco fatto
Ecco fatto
1998 · Gabriele Muccino
Le Clitoris
Le Clitoris
2017 · Lori Malépart-Traversy
Our Mr. Sun
Our Mr. Sun
1956 · Frank Capra
Mi prima la sexóloga 2 (de la fantasía a la realidad)
Mi prima la sexóloga 2 (de la fantasía a la realidad)
2024 · Miguel Chávez
Pierino torna a scuola
Pierino torna a scuola
1990 · Mariano Laurenti
Sister Death
Sister Death
2023 · Paco Plaza
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Ken Loach United Kingdom

His films critique educational systems and class barriers through language, examining how institutional structures fail working-class learners.

 Michael Dowse Austria

He deconstructs communication and language as tools of power and violence, questioning how cinema itself constructs meaning through linguistic and visual systems.

 Agnès Varda France

Her documentary and experimental work celebrates linguistic diversity and explores how language shapes identity, memory, and human connection across cultures.