Matthew Rankin

Montreal film director, screenwriter and film editor, originally from Winnipeg

August 5, 1980 (44 years old)

Universal Language (Une Langue universelle)

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Universal Language

V.O.: Une Langue universelle

Can. 2024. Comedy by Matthew Rankin with Matthew Rankin, Pirouz Nemati, Mani Soleymanlou. Returning to his native Winnipeg to visit his ailing mother, a Montreal civil servant is plunged into an unusual adventure.

Runtime: 94 min.

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Cette maison

Can. 2022. Docufiction by Miryam Charles with Schelby Jean-Baptiste, Florence Blain Mbaye, Ève Duranceau. The director evokes the memory of her teenage cousin, murdered in the United States in 2008, while imagining what might have become of her.

Runtime: 75 min.

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Before I Change My Mind

Can. 2022. Drama by Trevor Anderson with Vaughan Murrae, Jhztyn Contado, Lacey Oake. In 1987, a gender-ambiguous new high school student forms a risky alliance with the titular bully.

Runtime: 89 min.

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The Twentieth Century

Can. 2019. Satire by Matthew Rankin with Dan Beirne, Sarianne Cormier, Catherine St-Laurent. In 1899 Toronto, an ambitious politician, who dreams of becoming prime minister of Canada, falls in love with a Quebec nurse.

Runtime: 90 min.

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Wilcox

Can. 2019. Essay film by Denis Côté. A solitary man, dressed and equipped like a soldier, travels the roads of rural Quebec.

Runtime: 66 min.