Matthew Rankin

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Matthew Rankin
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Born5 August 1980  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Occupation Film director   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
Website http://www.rankino.com/   OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Matthew Rankin is a Canadian experimental filmmaker. [1] His feature-length debut, The Twentieth Century, premiered in 2019 and was nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards, winning three. [2]

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His second feature film, Universal Language (Une langue universelle), premiered in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2024 Cannes Film Festival, [3] [4] The film was longlisted for the 2024 Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award, [5] and was selected as the Canadian entry for the Academy Award for the Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. [6] [7]

He has also received accolades for his 2014 film Mynarski Death Plummet , which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards [8] and a shortlisted Jutra Award nominee for Best Short Film at the 17th Jutra Awards, [9] and his 2017 film The Tesla World Light , which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards and received an Honourable Mention for the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. [10]

His 2024 film Universal Language received 13 Canadian Screen Award nominations at the 13th Canadian Screen Awards in 2025. [11]

Life

Originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba, he studied history at McGill University, at Université Laval and at Institut national de l'Image et du son.

He has also had occasional small acting roles in other directors' films, most recently the 2022 films This House (Cette maison) and Before I Change My Mind .

Filmography

Short films

Feature-length films

References

  1. ↑ "It’s Hard to Be A Utopian: Matthew Rankin On His New Film ‘The Tesla World Light’". Cartoon Brew , May 23, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Le premier long métrage de Matthew Rankin au FNC". La Presse , July 29, 2019.
  3. ↑ Rebecca Leffler, "Cannes 2024 Directors’ Fortnight line-up unveiled". Screen Daily , April 16, 2024.
  4. ↑ Taimur Sikander Mirza, "Matthew Rankin comedy to debut in Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes". Playback , April 16, 2024.
  5. ↑ Connie Thiessen, "DGC unveils Discovery Award long list". Broadcast Dialogue, September 12, 2024.
  6. ↑ Grobar, Matt (August 27, 2024). "Matthew Rankin's 'Universal Language' Named As Canada's Oscar Entry For 2025". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved August 27, 2024.
  7. ↑ Jamie Casemore, "Rankin’s Universal Language is Canada’s pick for 97th Oscars". Playback , August 27, 2024.
  8. ↑ "Local artists, productions up for screen awards". Winnipeg Free Press , January 20, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Xavier Dolan domine les nominations aux Jutra". Métro , January 26, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Toronto International Film Festival Announces 2017 Award Winners". Broadway World, September 18, 2017.
  11. ↑ Nicholas Sokic, "Universal Language leads CSA 2025 film noms". Playback , March 26, 2025.
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