“This film longs to hold you.”
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.
Matthew Rankin
Sylvain Corbeil
Matthew Rankin
Isabelle Stachtchenko
Amir Amiri
Rojina Esmaeili
Negin
Saba Vahedyousefi
Nazgol
Matthew Rankin
Matthew (Massoud)
Pirouz Nemati
Massoud (Matthew)
Mani Soleymanlou
Iraj Bilodeau
Ila Firouzabadi
Bus Driver
Sobhan Javadi
Omid
Danielle Fichaud
Monsieur Castonguay
Bahram Nabatian
Hafez Ghamghosar
Hemela Pourafzal
Woman with Turkey
Dara Najmabadi
Pirouz
Denis Houle
Jean
... and 15 more
Brent Marchant
Philosophers and metaphysicians are generally quick to agree that we’re all fundamentally connected, both to one another and to everything around us, that there’s a certain universality binding all there is in our existence. But how many of us actually take the time to truly recognize, consider and ...
Q&A with Matthew Rankin | TIFF 2025
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Iranian Cinema Inspired Matthew Rankin’s UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE | TIFF 2024
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Canadian Spot
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Denis Villeneuve interviews Matthew Rankin - Universal Language
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UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (UNE LANGUE UNIVERSELLE) Conversation at AFI FEST presented by Canva
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Matthew Rankin, Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati & More on Universal Language
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