CANADA’S SUBMISSION FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM • 2025 ACADEMY AWARDS®
“Pure cinematic bliss”
– Next Best Picture
“A magnificent film, one that feels warm and familiar even as we realize how startlingly original it is”
– Vulture
“Bizarre and enchanting”
– Hollywood Reporter
In a mysterious and surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters interweave with each other in surprising and mysterious ways.
Gradeschoolers Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen in the winter ice and try to claim it. Meanwhile, Massoud leads a group of increasingly-befuddled tourists through the monuments and historic sites of Winnipeg. Matthew quits his meaningless job in a Québecois government office and sets out upon an enigmatic journey to visit his mother. Space, time and personal identities crossfade, interweave and echo into a surreal comedy of misdirection.
In Persian and French with English subtitles
Director Matthew Rankin (Canada 2024) 89 min.
Wednesday • 4:45
Thursday • 4:15
$14.50 General | $11 Seniors & Youth | $9 CAFILM members