Beyond Babel: Multilingual Film Festival 2022

Now in its 6th year, Beyond Babel returns for our annual celebration of multilingual cultures and film. Beyond Babel is a film festival that aims to celebrate multilingual life showcasing a wide range of films that can open discussions on multilingual life and communities and how they are represented on screen.

The 6th edition of Beyond Babel remains true to its core values: embrace the beauty and complexity of multilingualism; showcase transnational film productions from different regions of the world; screen multilingual films which connect us with different cultures. This year’s programme will bring together four days of screenings, with film introductions and Q&A sessions.  This edition focuses on two topics:  the experiences of refugees and language learning, a core theme in this festival. But the films that we are bring you include a wide range of themes: cultures, multilingualism, homeland, education, gender, global citizenship, mobility, immigration, integration, and identity. The festival aims to engage, inspire, connect, and celebrate the culturally diverse communities of Manchester and beyond.

The Beyond Babel Festival is part of the Film Languages and Media Research group’s contribution to public engagement on lifelong learning.  We are very grateful to our partners and supporters: the Department of Languages, Information and Communications at Manchester Metropolitan University, the Instituto Cervantes in Manchester and the Alliance Française in Manchester and the Film in Language Teaching Association.

Dr Carmen Herrero (Curator and Director of the Beyond Babel Film Festival)