Colours of the ABC

COLOURS OF THE ALPHABET - feature length documentary filmed in Zambia asking: Does the future have to be in English? #motherlanguageday Dir: @tonguetiedfilms

[Engage@NewcastleUni @EngageNCL]

And the winner is…. Congratulations to @TongueTiedFilms @AlphabetFilm ‘Colours of the Alphabet’ is the winner of the Engaging Globally Award at this year’s #EngageAwardsNCL https://t.co/Ch9TXWrQbE

[Alastair Cole @TongueTiedFilms]

A huge thanks to @EngageNCL for this award, very chuffed for all the partners, funders and team involved. @Film_CultureLab @higgins_nick @UWSmedia @afri_docs @ESRC @mch_newcastle @NCLcreativearts @ScreenLang

[Nick Higgins @higgins_nick]

If you would like to know more about @AlphabetFilm impact journey from @glasgowfilm to @UNGeneva you can read our case study here thanks to @ScottishDocInst @CosmicCatFilms @WeAreTheTonic & recently @TheDocSociety for all the support along the way https://t.co/sOh9D3zjYd

[Tatiana Valovaya, Director-General of UN Geneva @UN_Valovaya]

Thank you to @AlphabetFilm, @higgins_nick & @tonguetiedfilms for the screening of “Colours of the Alphabet” & for joining us in celebrating International Mother Language Day @UNGeneva. You can still watch the film in your own mother language until 21 Feb! https://t.co/FkdKitt5Qu

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

Tomorrow, on the occasion of the International Mother Language Day #IMLD2021:

Join us for the screening of the award-winning documentary @AlphabetFilm at 12:30 CET tomorrow, and a discussion with @UN_Valovaya, @higgins_nick and @TongueTiedFilms.

🔗 https://t.co/MFRCm9rICG

[Documentary Educational Resources @docued]

COLOURS OF THE ALPHABET will be screening at the @UN International Mother Language Day webinar this Friday, Feb. 19-21 to promote linguistic diversity and multilingualism.
https://t.co/MbkfWfSZ8W

#UnitedNations #multilingualism #motherlanguageday

[Colours of the ABC @AlphabetFilm]

Great article here from our film's producer @higgins_nick about our impact project on the @ConversationUK!

[Nick Higgins @higgins_nick]

Thanks to @ConversationUK & ahead of tomorrow’s free @UNGeneva screening of @AlphabetFilm you can now read the story of how @TongueTiedFilms & me partnered with @ScreenLang @Amara_PCF & @afri_docs to subtitle the film into 27 indigenous African languages https://t.co/SNVu8H5PCq

[Nick Higgins @higgins_nick]

Delighted to say that this Friday 19th Feb there will be a free live screening of our @AlphabetFilm with @UNGeneva & then we will make 40 language versions freely available globally until 21st Feb #IMDL2021 sign up at https://t.co/2PE2QmZrrZ

[Colours of the ABC @AlphabetFilm]

Very exciting that the film will be screened at @UN this Friday as part of International Mother Language Day! The films director @TongueTiedFilms and producer @higgins_nick will be in conversation at the event. See below for more details

[United Nations Geneva @UNGeneva]

To mark the International Mother Language Day, we are showing the award-winning documentary 🎥 "Colours of the Alphabet" on language and childhood in Africa.

🗓️ 19 Feb, 12:30 CET
🔗 https://t.co/MFRCm9rICG

You can also watch the film here until 21 Feb: https://t.co/iQz5N43cPR

[Colours of the ABC @AlphabetFilm]

@UNGeneva Thanks, and we are looking forward to sharing the film with everyone!

[Colours of the ABC @AlphabetFilm]

Check out @VWijiMusic showreel, the brilliant composer who did the score for our film!

[Colours of the ABC @AlphabetFilm]

@silvester_h @JanPedersen1969 @ASzarkowska Thanks Hannah, @TongueTiedFilms?

[UWS Media Academy @UWSmedia]

Nice to see our director @higgins_nick talking about his work on @AlphabetFilm now that the Impact Report has been published. Follow the link below for more info 👇🏽

[Colours of the ABC @AlphabetFilm]

Enjoy the trailer for the new film from Colours of the Alphabet director Alastair Cole - @iorramfilm is launching this year, so follow them to find out more!

[Iorram (Boat Song) @iorramfilm]

Iorram (Boat Song) - Director Alastair Cole takes a cinematic journey into the past and present of the Outer Hebrides, mixing voices, stories and songs from the mid-20th century with images of island life today and original music by Aidan O’Rourke - Out 2021 - follow for more!

[Alastair Cole @TongueTiedFilms]

In Poland and looking forward to presenting @AlphabetFilm at @CoLinguaProject's In Our Own Words Film Festival, celebrating @UNESCO year of indigenous languages @IYIL2019. The Festival kicks off tonight at Kinoteca Warsaw. See the full programme at https://t.co/ScbRJx6KCE

[Anthropology News @news4anthros]

“Stand and sing of Zambia proud and free” sings the teacher. How do Soli children learn in a language that is not their own?@IYIL2019 @AlphabetFilm @TongueTiedFilms @LingSocAm https://t.co/03cr68jU2Z #IYIL2019

[Documentary Educational Resources @docued]

"Every child should learn in their real mother tongue, not to have another dialect foisted on them” - Filmmaker Alastair Cole Read the full article in @news4anthros #AnthropologyNews

Film is available in the DER Store @TongueTiedFilms @AlphabetFilm @IYIL2019 #mytonguemystory

[Anthropology News @news4anthros]

Releasing a documentary film in 30 languages across 50 countries in Africa. @IYIL2019 @AlphabetFilm @TongueTiedFilms https://t.co/Ti09mAKuif

[Colours of the ABC @AlphabetFilm]

Fascinating new article by Colour of the Alphabets director Alastair Cole @tonguetiedfilms on the making of it, and releasing of the film across Africa in 30 languages with @afri_docs

[Anthropology News @news4anthros]

How do Soli children experience learning in a language that is not their own? @IYIL2019 @AlphabetFilm @TongueTiedFilms @LingSocAm https://t.co/03cr68jU2Z

[Colours of the ABC @AlphabetFilm]

Lovely news from Livingstone that the Shungu Namutitima International Film Festival of Zambia have awarded our film the Best Documentary Film at this years festival. Twalumba Kapati!