Synopsis
Ken has an idea for a bench.
Festivals
AWARDS
TIFF Top 10
TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
SPIRA Prize
Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Best Quebec screenplay
OFF-COURTS Trouville, France, 2023
SELECTIONS
TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Atlantic Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Calgary International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
FNC - Montreal Nouveau Cinema Festival, Canada, 2022
Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
South Western International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Whistler International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Full Screen (s) Festival, Canada, 2023
Rendez-Vous Quebec Cinema, Canada, 2023
Available Light Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Regard - Saguenay International Short Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Glasgow Short Film Festival, UK, 2023
Dawson City Short Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Aspen Shortsfest, USA, 2023
Filmfest Dresden, Germany, 2023
Vancouver Short Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Palm Springs ShortFest, USA, 2023
Gimli International Film Festival, Canada, 2023
DokuFest, Kosovo, 2023
Les Perceides Festival, Canada, 2023
RIFFA - Regina International Film Festival and Awards, Canada, 2023
OFF-COURTS Trouville, Francia, 2023
Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2023
Yellowknife Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Images en vues, Canada, 2023
Kurzfilmtage Winterthur (Focus Canada), Switzerland, 2023
Pöff Shorts, Estonia, 2023
Shorts Not Pants, Canada, 2023
IndieCork, Ireland, 2023
Sharjah Film Platform, United Arab Emirates, 2023
Vilnius Short Film Festival, Lithuania, 2024
Flatpack Festival. UK, 2024
Director: Matthew Rankin
Script: Matthew Rankin
Cast: Trevor Anderson, Maurice Krank
DOP: Matthew Rankin
Sound: Sacha Ratcliffe
Editing: Matthew Rankin
Production: Matthew Rankin, Sacha Ratcliffe
Version
Original: English
Subtitles: English, French
Format
1:33/stereo
DCP, Pro Res
Matthew Rankin was born in Winnipeg and educated at McGill and Université Laval. He is the director of some 30 short films and one feature which have been presented at Sundance, TIFF, SXSW, Annecy International Animation Festival, the Berlinale, Cannes Critics Week and on the Criterion Channel. His debut feature, The Twentieth Century (2019) was award the Best Canadian First Feature prize at TIFF and the FIPRESCI Prize of the International Film Critics at the Berlinale.
