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Films from Lebanon and Iran shine at the 2024 VIFF

The New Arab 30 Sep 2024
Rather topically, most of the films from the MENA this year are from Iran (there are over 50,000 Farsi speakers in the greater Vancouver area) and Lebanon (the city is home to over 6,000 Lebanese), ...
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The MENA films from Lebanon and Iran featured at the 2024 VIFF

The New Arab 30 Sep 2024
Rather topically, most of the films from the MENA region this year are from Iran (where there are over 50,000 Farsi speakers in the greater Vancouver area) and Lebanon (home to over 6,000 Lebanese).
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Matt Johnson and Kazik Radwanski on hurdles facing young Canadian directors

North Shore News 09 Sep 2024
Telefilm said in a release last year that it had selected 18 films for its Talent to Watch Program for 2023-2024, including films told in Spanish, Farsi and Wayuunaiki, as well as English and French.
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Medusa of the Roses by Navid Sinaki review – noir debut of forbidden love

The Observer 04 Sep 2024
The action kicks off with the disappearance of Zal after a row between the couple ... Zal, meanwhile, is a fan of old Hollywood films, which he watches on glitchy contraband VHS tapes in badly dubbed Farsi ... suspense ... Sign up to Bookmarks ... Share ... .
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Guy Maddin wades into more conventional fare with 'Rumours.' It's still weird.

North Shore News 29 Aug 2024
TORONTO — Guy Maddin has built a career helming bewildering, dreamlike, avant-garde films, but the Winnipeg auteur's new dark political comedy “Rumours” may be his most accessible work yet ... “[The film] needed to be set in the present.
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Oscars: Canada picks 'Universal Language' for Best International Feature category

Beijing News 28 Aug 2024
This movie, which is in Farsi and French language, is a tribute to Iranian cinema. The film is set in the Canadian cities of Montreal and Winnipeg, where Rankin imagines a world where Farsi has become a dominant language.
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Matthew Rankin's 'Universal Language' named Canada's official entry for Oscar bid

North Shore News 27 Aug 2024
Matthew Rankin's movie, which premiered earlier this year at the Cannes Film Festival, sees the co-writer/director play himself alongside a Farsi- and French-speaking cast in an alternate universe where Winnipeg, Quebec and Tehran converge as one.
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Venice 2024 preview: Screen’s guide to Horizons titles

Screen Daily 23 Aug 2024
Contact. The Party Film Sales  Carissa (S Afr) ... The Farsi- and Azerbaijani-­language film reunites Jafar Panahi and Saeivar as co-writers, after the duo won Cannes’ best screenplay award in 2018 with .
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Venice 2024 preview: Screen’s guide to the Horizons titles

Screen Daily 23 Aug 2024
Contact. The Party Film Sales  Carissa (S Afr) ... The Farsi- and Azerbaijani-­language film reunites Jafar Panahi and Saeivar as co-writers, after the duo won Cannes’ best screenplay award in 2018 with .
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Enter the Odd World of Universal Language

New York Magazine 22 Aug 2024
This past May at the Cannes Film Festival, among all the big swings from legendary auteurs, the film that stood out the most to me was an unassuming Canadian comedy by Matthew Rankin set in a world where everyone in Winnipeg spoke Farsi.
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Serbian director Vuk Rsumovic on why ‘Dwelling Among The Gods’ is a modern-day retelling of Antigone

Screen Daily 22 Aug 2024
Serbian director Vuk Ršumović‘s Sarajevo competition film is about a young Hazara woman from Afghanistan, who makes the long journey to Belgrade with her husband and three children ... What prompted you to make this film telling this story?.
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The trailer for Cannes standout Universal Language looks freaking awesome

AV Club 22 Aug 2024
Set in this curious overlapping place where people hold Canadian citizenship but speak exclusively in Farsi, the film's lush visuals conjure a similar convergence of style ... Or a Hawaiian pizza," Rankin suggests in the film's press notes.
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North Vancouver City Library offering multilingual resources, services for newcomers

North Shore News 29 Jun 2024
It offers diverse materials in languages commonly spoken in the community, including Farsi, French, Spanish, Tagalog, Korean, and Chinese ... and attract a diverse audience, including non-Farsi speakers.
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The Best Movie at Cannes This Year Is an Oddball Canadian Comedy

New York Magazine 23 May 2024
the films from lesser-known directors that play far from competition, in other programs ... On the surface, Rankin’s film seems like something best appreciated by film geeks, but I suspect it will resonate well beyond the ranks of the pale and pointy.
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