2025 Mother Tongue Film Festival

2024 Finding Balance - Mother's Tongue

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The ninth Mother Tongue Film Festival adopted the theme of finding balance, focusing on stories of creating harmony in our communities and among ourselves. The 2024 programming featured twenty-five languages from twelve regions with themes of embracing cultural traditions while adapting to inevitable changes in culture, identity, and belief.


Closing our tenth festival, we have two films that touch us through time. We hope you enjoy these beautifully captured films: Mother’s Tongue and We Are Still Here


El noveno Festival de Cine de la Lengua Materna adoptó el tema de encontrar el equilibrio, centrándose en historias sobre la creación de armonía en nuestras comunidades y entre nosotros. La programación de 2024 incluyó 25 lenguas de 12 territorios con temas relacionados con tradiciones culturales y la adaptación a cambios inevitables en la cultura, la identidad y las creencias.


Para cerrar nuestro décimo festival, tenemos dos películas que nos conmueven a través del tiempo. Esperamos que disfruten de estas películas tan bellamente captadas: Mother's Tongue y We Are Still Here.  

Junior, an African teenager ashamed of his accent, enrolls in a creative writing club hoping he can make it through the semester without speaking… until he’s faced with his worst fear.


Junior, un adolescente imigrante africano avergonzado de su acento, se inscribe en un club de escritura creativa con la esperanza de poder pasar el semestre sin hablar... hasta que se enfrenta a su peor temor.

  • Year
    2022
  • Runtime
    16 minutes
  • Language
    English, French
  • Country
    United States
  • Genre
    Drama Short
  • Subtitle Language
    English
  • Director
    D. Wilmos Paul