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AWARDS
TIFF Top 10 - TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Prix SPIRA - Festival de cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada, 2022
Meilleur scénario québécois - OFF-COURTS Trouville, France, 2023
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
ArtsPlace Gallery - TIFF Circuit - Canada, 2023
Cinéma Haskell - Canada, 2023
Jeu de Paume x Panorama-Cinéma - France, 2024
Belladrum X Glasgow Short Film Festival - UK, 2025
Paraloeil - Canada, 2025
SELECTIONS
TIFF - Toronto International Film Festival, Canada, 2022 (world premiere)
Atlantic Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Calgary International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
VIFF Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
FNC - Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, Canada, 2022
Festival de cinéma international en Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Canada, 2022
South Western International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Whistler International Film Festival, Canada, 2022
Festival Plein(s) Écran(s), Canada, 2023
Rendez-Vous Québec Cinéma, Canada, 2023
Available Light Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Kingston Canadian Film Festival, Canada, 2023
International Film Festival Ottawa, Canada, 2023
Regard - Festival International du Court Métrage au Saguenay, 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
Halifax International Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Palm Springs ShortFest, USA, 2023
Nevada Film Festival, USA, 2023
Short Waves Festival, Poland, 2023
Lago Film Fest, Italy, 2023
Gimli International Film Festival, Canada, 2023
DokuFest, Kosovo, 2023
Festival Les Percéides, Canada, 2023
RIFFA - Regina International Film Festival and Awards, Canada, 2023
Festival du Film de Knowlton, Canada, 2023
OFF-COURTS Trouville, France, 2023
Uppsala Short Film Festival, Sweden, 2023
Yellowknife Film Festival, Canada, 2023
Festival International Images en vue, 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
Festival Court sur Place, Canada, 2024
ArtsWells Festival of All things Art, Canada, 2025
Tik be dramų Film Festival, Lithuania, 2025
Cinemancia Film Festival, Columbia, 2025
ONLINE
Labocine - Archives Issue - Web (USA), January 2026

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.