Director Matthew Rankin returns with Universal Language, a loving homage to Iranian cinema and delightfully offbeat exploration of Canadian cultural identity. #LIFF2024 🎄
Screening at @howard_assembly on 9 and 10 Nov, and Vue on 17 Nov
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VIFF 2024 | 'Universal Language' and Cold Confluence in a Uniquely Cinematic Canada
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"Like the Iranian masters before him, [Matthew Rankin] emphasizes both the poetic and the peripheral, making his film feel less beholden to the “action” being depicted on screen than it is to the undercurrents of ennui and the curios of the filmspace." - Taylor (@besttreal)
Matthew Rankin's delightfully offbeat comedy begins with one simple but radical idea: what if Persian were the first language of a stylized but still drolly recognisable Winnipeg?
Universal Language, Thu 31 Oct.
Part of @BelfastFilmFes1#PayWhatYouCan 🎟️
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