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Production still from Universal Language 2024 / Director: Matthew Rankin / Image courtesy: Wonderfilm

Production still from Universal Language 2024 / Director: Matthew Rankin / Image courtesy: Wonderfilm / View full image

When

6.00 pm, Fri 8 Aug 2025 (89 mins)

Where

Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema B

Accessibility

  • Wheelchair Accessible

About

"Matthew Rankin’s hometown of Winnipeg is transformed by an imaginary museum of images, languages, and film references in his sophomore feature, cowritten with Iranian artist Ila Firouzabadi and actor Pirouz Nemati. With its Tati-esque humour, homages to Iranian cinema (especially Abbas Kiarostami’s mystical adventures of children in a grownup world), and an attention to detail reminiscent of Wes Anderson, Universal Language is a feast for the senses of passionate film lovers." MoMA

G | Very mild themes

Production Credits

  • Director: Matthew Rankin
  • Script: Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati, Matthew Rankin
  • Cinematographer: Isabelle Stachtchenko
  • Editor: Xi Feng
  • Cast: Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi, Sobhan Javadi
  • Print Source: Wonderfilm
  • Rights: Wonderfilm
  • Year: 2024
  • Runtime: 89 minutes
  • Country: Canada
  • Languages: French, Farsi
  • Subtitles: English
  • Sound: Dolby 5.1
  • Colour: Colour
  • Shooting Format: Digital
  • Screening Format: DCP