Colours of the Alphabet
- Logline
- An inspiring, bittersweet film on language and childhood, following three Zambian children and their families over their first year of school, and asking: Does the future have to be in English?
- Talent
- Alastair Cole
- Role of participant
- Director
- Director
- Alastair Cole
- Producer
- Nick Higgins
- Status
- finished
- Year of production
- 2016
- Running time
- 80 min
- Genre
- Documentary
- Countries of Production
- New Zealand , United Kingdom , Zambia
- Production Companies
- Lansdowne Productions, Tongue Tied Films
Festivals and Awards
Glasgow Film Festival 2016 Glasgow (Official Selection), UK. UK Cinema Release 9 Cinemas – May 2016. Watch Africa Wales Film Festival Cardiff, United Kingdom. AfrikaEye Film Festival Bristol, United Kingdom. November 13, 2016. Lusaka International Film and Arts Festival 2016 Lusaka, Zambia, October 31, 2016 (Africa -Premiere). Zambia Cinema Release - Lusaka Zambia 2017. Mother Tongue Film Festival Manchester 2017. One World Film Festival Prague, Czech Republic, 2017 (continental European Premiere). World Film Festival, Tartuu, Estonia, 2017. Addis International Film Festival 2017, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Human Rights Nights Film Festival 2017, Italy. Ischia Film Festival, Italy. Another Way Film Festival, Madrid, Spain, Bergen International Film Festival, Norway. Another Way Film Festival, Madrid, Spain. October 2017. International Festival of Ethnographic Film, Belgrade, Serbia. November 2017, Watch Africa Film Festival 2017, Wales. December 2017. Babel Film Festival, Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy. (AUDIENCE AWARD - Special Mention), December 2018. Revelado Film Festival, Chile, January 31st, 2018. Africa World Documentary Film Festival, Ghana, South Africa, Barbados. February – May 2018. International Childrens Rights Film Festival 2018, Turkey (WINNER - Best Feature Film).