World Cinema
Universal Language / Une langue universelle
Screening Schedule
Screening 1
- 15th December
- 9.30 am
- new 2
Screening 2
- 17th December
- 8.30 pm
- Sree Padmanabha
Screening 3
- 20th December
- 11.30 am
- Kairali
Director's bio
Matthew Rankin
Matthew Rankin, born on August 5, 1980, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is a Canadian experimental filmmaker known for his unique and avant-garde style. Rankin's filmography includes a mix of short films and feature-length projects. Some of his notable works are: "Mynarski Death Plummet" (2014), "The Tesla World Light" (2017)
Synopsis
Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.
Details of Cast
Rojina Esmaeili Saba Vahedyousefi Sobhan Javadi Pirouz Nemati Mani Soleymanlou Danielle Fichaud Bahram Nabatian
Details of Crew
Cinematography: Isabelle Stachtchenko Editing: Xi Feng Music: Amir Amiri, Christophe Lamarche-Ledoux
Producer Details
Sylvain Corbeil
Writer Details
Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati, Matthew Rankin
Stills
Films in this category
2024
To a Land Unknown
2024
Girl For A Day
2024
All Shall Be Well
2024
The Divorce
2024
THE DOG THIEF
2024
My Favourite Cake
2024
Xoftex
Categories
- International Competition (14)
- Homage (4)
- Country Focus (7)
- Indian Cinema Now (7)
- Kaleidoscope (6)
- Malayalam Cinema Today (12)
- Restored Classics (7)
- Jury Films (5)
- Opening Film (1)
- Spirit of Cinema (1)
- Ann Hui: Chronicler of the Outliers (5)
- The Female Gaze (7)
- Signatures In Motion (3)
- Midnight Cinema (3)
- Festival Favourites (13)
- Viva el Cine: Latin American Films (5)
- Refracted Realities : The Existential Mindscapes of Hong Sang-soo (4)
- Chiaroscuro : Retrospective of Madhu Ambat (4)
- Celebrating Shabana Azmi (5)
- Centennial Tribute (3)
