On the heels of its world premiere at Cannes, Matthew Rankin‘s comedy Universal Language has been named as Canada’s official entry for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards. The ...

Director Matthew Rankin talks to IndieWire about the fine art of faking snow, even in Winnipeg. In “Universal Language,” two girls look for the means to liberate a huge bill frozen in ice; an intrepid ...

Universal Language (2025) (Une Langue Universelle), directed by Matthew Rankin and written by Ila Firouzabadi and Pirouz Nemati is a sensational marriage of film traditions. With deep influences from ...

EXCLUSIVE: Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever (BFF) has acquired international sales rights for Canadian director Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language. The intriguing Persian and ...

It’s not unusual for a city to double for another metropolis in movies. New Yorkers have long been able to spot when Toronto has been substituted for the Big Apple. Matthew Rankin, though, has gone ...