The Sleeping Dictionary

In the 1930s, British officer John Truscott journeys to a remote village in colonial Malaysia to educate and Westernize the local Iban population. There, he's introduced to the lovely Selima. In keeping with tradition, S

Dictionary

Micro text film of selections from the English dictionary (contemplation: the yellow notebook and blade-less knife handle were missing when the blue car impacted the red car).

Dictionary

Makar Kanti Chatterjee is a semi-educated self-made businessman who tries hard but often fails to communicate in English. On the other hand, his brother-in-law, Suman, gets romantically involved with a woman married to a

Dictionary Mohan

Mohan writes dictionaries. He needs only a week to learn a new language. One afternoon, he develops a bad stomach ache. He consults a doctor.

Soft Dictionary

In KENTRIDGE’s cross-disciplinary, cross-media world of artistic creation, images are not merely background supporting characters for theatre or installations, but are seen as an important intermediary to understanding t

My TV Dictionary

In TV Dictonary, Breder gives his vision or memory of what he has seen. The television images, often recognizable from modern film classics, have been cut loose by him from the actual sequence of the original story and p

Dictionary: The Adventure of Words

Brent Maddock short film.

Memory and Dictionary

A documentary on those who still remember the whaling industry in the Azores.

Samuel Johnson: The Dictionary Man

Drama-documentary telling the story of Samuel Johnson's creation of the first English dictionary, in an attic room just off Fleet Street in Georgian London. The depressive writer-for-hire with Tourette's syndrome did for

Marie's Dictionary

This short documentary tells the story of Marie Wilcox, the last fluent speaker of the Wukchumni language and the dictionary she created in an effort to keep her language alive.

We Discover the Dictionary

How to look up words!

Lupin the Third: Napoleon's Dictionary

The secret of the Lupin family treasure is out: its location is written inside a dictionary once owned by Napoleon Bonaparte himself! When the dictionary turns up as the prize for a historic motor car race, the notorious

Joachim's Dictionary

A light-hearted animated romp through the alphabet, with each letter identified by both a word and a visual interpretation of that word, by the crudely-drawn Joachim.

Madman's dictionary

WATER - Cihai Encyclopedic Dictionary

Zhang hired a news anchor from China Central Television to read every entry and definition under the word “water” (水) from the Cihai encyclopedic dictionary, and recorded it on video. The lighting, background, microphone

The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia

What constitutes the unity of Southeast Asia—a region never unified by language, religion or political power? With The Critical Dictionary of Southeast Asia—a collaborative platform that facilitates ongoing research, a m

Living Dictionary: American Sign Language

Three deaf professionals—a photographer, a pizza chef, and a teacher—explore the beauty of American Sign Language and how it empowers, connects, and inspires the deaf community.

Basic Film Terms: A Visual Dictionary

A Documentary about basic film terms, applied through a short film.

Beauty/Girl Dictionary Mei Shiraishi

The first DVD work. Mei Shiraishi challenged the young lady university with a tiny bikini and a bold pose that I can't think of as her debut. The clear white skin turns slightly flushed for shame every time you take off

My TV Dictionary: The Drill

"My TV Dictionary: The Drill" is one of several video works Breder created by re-editing recorded footage from cable television movies. This video conveys the violent and sexist subtext of the 24/7 stream of cable televi