"My mother died right before the pandemic, on Feb. 29, [2020]. It was very sudden," said Rankin, who was in Berlin screening a movie at the time. "I went back to Winnipeg and the world immediately ...

Matthew Rankin's movie, which premiered earlier this year ... a Farsi- and French-speaking cast in an alternate universe where Winnipeg, Quebec and Tehran converge as one. The surreal comedy ...

"We'll have more options for the timings for the movie as well … we'll have a different experience," said Pardasani. Opinion Cultural expression or stereotyping? Winnipeg filmmaker confronts the ...