You can read about some of Tongue Tied Film’s documentary films and projects by selecting a project below. For more information, or screeners of the films please contact info@tonguetiedfilms.co.uk
Tongue Tied FIlms: /tə ng tīd fɪlm/.
Documentary Film I Anthropology I Language
Director: Alastair Cole
Producer: Esra Demirkiran, Alastair Cole
Camera: Leo Bruges
Sound: Pyotr Magnus Nedov
Cannes
Critics Week
2011
An affectionate documentary reading of multilingual love.
A short, light hearted insight into the world of multi-lingual couples in Europe. Shot in 12 languages across Italy, Slovenia, Serbia, Hungary and Turkey, the film follows six couples into their worlds of language and love, told in both their words and those of Scottish psychiatrist and sometimes poet, R.D Laing. The film gives a unique insight into the challenges, humour and reality of relationships in modern Europe
You can read more about the film, and watch the trailer here.
This film premiered at the Cannes Critics Week in 2011, and is currently touring film festivals. See the news section for more info about the latest screenings.
The film was made in co-production with Nisi Masa, France.
18 Images of Iran (2010)
Documentary Photography Exhibition.
A small selection of still images taken in Iran in may 2010 to create a documentary photography exhibition. The images are part of a wider project aimed to visually show through both Photography and film the beauty and contradictions of the often misunderstood modern Iran. All photos © 2011 Alastair Cole.
You can view the exhibition here
It’s no awfy serious, nae danger, just a wee bit o patter aboot whit makes language language and aw the skeekit folk who ken wan or mair than wan.
Fae the viewpoint o’ Boab, a bus driver in Glesca, we’re geen a peek at being feart comin’ tae a new country if you are o’ the mind that you kent the local lingo only tae find oot ye didnae ken it after aw.
(A lighthearted short documentary considering just what defines a language and multilingualism in Scotland.
Through the eyes of Glasgow bus driver Robert we are given a chance to see just how daunting coming to work in a new country can be, especially if you thought you spoke the local language.)
C’Moan Get Aff. (2010).
Director, Producer: Alastair Cole
Camera: Joe Carter
Original Music: Ross Kilgour,
Jamie Pitts, Alastair Cole
WINNER
POLYGLOT
Film Competition
2011
A Film by: Alastair Cole,
Anna Dmitreva, and Daniel Szollosi
Who is Pikku Kalle? Are you Pikku Kalle?
A short documentary filmed in the beautiful archipelagos of Turku in South West Finland. The film is a collaborative film by Alastair Cole, Anna Dmitreva, and Daniel Szollosi looking at the intricacies of Finnish humour. This short documentary is a film about just what it means to grow up, to tell a joke, and to be Finnish. The film scours the beautiful Finnish Archipelago of Turku for the mischievous character of Pikku-Kalle, giving an insight into the satirical world of Finland, and reminding us of the naughty child that is inside everyone of us. The film was shot in June 2011, and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2012 in invitational section of the Critics Week. It is currently touring film festivals.
The film was produced by Tongue Tied Films with Nisi Masa, France and the Polyglot Project.
The film is currently touring festivals, and a 5 minute version of the film is currently viewable online here
WINNER
Best Documentary
ARTSFEST, PA
2012
official selection
New Zealand Film Festival
2012
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