Rojina Esmaeili

Saba Vahedyousefi

Matthew Rankin

Pirouz Nemati

Mani Soleymanlou

Ila Firouzabadi

Sobhan Javadi

Danielle Fichaud

Bahram Nabatian

Hemela Pourafzal

Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-strange walking tour of Winnipeg historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother.

Universal Language

Q&A with Matthew Rankin | TIFF 2025

Iranian Cinema Inspired Matthew Rankin’s UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE | TIFF 2024

Canadian Spot

Denis Villeneuve interviews Matthew Rankin - Universal Language

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE (UNE LANGUE UNIVERSELLE) Conversation at AFI FEST presented by Canva

Matthew Rankin, Ila Firouzabadi, Pirouz Nemati & More on Universal Language

Matthew Rankin on the raw, personal story of UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

Oscars 2025: UNE LANGUE UNIVERSELLE representing Canada

Official U.S. Trailer [Subtitled]

Matthew Rankin's Universal Language at Cannes 2024

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Tatsuya Nakadai

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Kenichi Hagiwara

Jinpachi Nezu

Hideji Ōtaki

Daisuke Ryū

Masayuki Yui

Kaori Momoi

Mitsuko Baisho

Hideo Murota

Akira Kurosawa's lauded feudal epic presents the tale of a petty thief who is recruited to impersonate Shingen, an aging warlord, in order to avoid attacks by competing clans. When Shingen dies, his generals reluctantly agree to have the impostor take over as the powerful ruler. He soon begins to appreciate life as Shingen, but his commitment to the role is tested when he must lead his troops into battle against the forces of a rival warlord.

Akira Kurosawa

Kagemusha

Hampus

Joshua Prado

Breno Villa

Kagemusha (1980) Original Trailer [4K]

Masato Ide

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Leonardo DiCaprio

Tom Hanks

Christopher Walken

Martin Sheen

Nathalie Baye

Amy Adams

James Brolin

Brian Howe

Frank John Hughes

Steve Eastin

A true story about Frank Abagnale Jr. who, before his 19th birthday, successfully conned millions of dollars worth of checks as a Pan Am pilot, doctor, and legal prosecutor. An FBI agent makes it his mission to put him behind bars. But Frank not only eludes capture, he revels in the pursuit.

Steven Spielberg

Catch Me If You Can

Ahmed

Andrew Yang

Roxanne

Frank Forges Checks as a Pilot

Trailer

Jeff Nathanson

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Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

Omari Hardwick

Jon Bernthal

Lake Bell

Emory Cohen

Jeffrey Donovan

Holt McCallany

Evan Jones

Andrew Bachelor

Benjamin Bratt

A newly-released prison gangster is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.

Ric Roman Waugh

Shot Caller

H. Rempel

Goryeo_Mandate

Bill Cutting

SHOT CALLER (2017) | Official Trailer | Altitude Films

Shot Caller Official 60 Sec Trailer (2017)

Shot Caller Official Trailer (2017) - Nikolaj Coster-Waldau #ShotCaller

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Robert De Niro

Jeremy Irons

Ray McAnally

Aidan Quinn

Liam Neeson

Cherie Lunghi

Ronald Pickup

Chuck Low

Bercelio Moya

Sigifredo Ismare

When a Spanish Jesuit goes into the South American wilderness to build a mission in the hope of converting the Indians of the region, a slave hunter is converted and joins his mission. When Spain sells the colony to Portugal, they are forced to defend all they have built against the Portuguese aggressors.

Roland Joffé

The Mission

Tristan R

Jeff Teuton 

Francis

Robert Bolt

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Alexandre Rodrigues

Leandro Firmino

Phellipe Haagensen

Douglas Silva

Jonathan Haagensen

Matheus Nachtergaele

Seu Jorge

Jefechander Suplino

Alice Braga

Emerson Gomes

In the poverty-stricken favelas of Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, two young men choose different paths. Rocket is a budding photographer who documents the increasing drug-related violence of his neighborhood, while José “Zé” Pequeno is an ambitious drug dealer diving into a dangerous life of crime.

Fernando Meirelles

City of God

Alonso

MAHDI

Tuomo Sipola

Destiny

Looking for Paradise

Man Down

The Gangster Life

Lesson Learned

Getting Out

The Getaway

The Turf

Official Trailer

The Tender Trio

Man of the Year

Bráulio Mantovani

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Randall Park

Constance Wu

Hudson Yang

Forrest Wheeler

Ian Chen

Lucille Soong

Chelsey Crisp

Ray Wise

Trevor Larcom

Evan Hannemann

Nahnatchka Khan

A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture.

Fresh Off the Boat

pearl

Re Becca

Fresh Off the Boat - Trailer

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Gene Hackman

Roy Scheider

Fernando Rey

Tony Lo Bianco

Marcel Bozzuffi

Frédéric de Pasquale

Bill Hickman

Ann Rebbot

Harold Gary

Arlene Farber

French Connection Collection

Tough narcotics detective 'Popeye' Doyle is in hot pursuit of a suave French drug dealer who may be the key to a huge heroin-smuggling operation.

William Friedkin

The French Connection

Adam B. Hausser

Christopher

JKG25

Detective Popeye Kills Pierre

Working with Gene Hackman

Casting the Film

Everything is Cinema

The Look and the Score

Permits and the Car Chase

The French Connection Wins Film Editing: 1972 Oscars

The French Connection Wins Best Picture | 44th Oscars (1972)

William Friedkin ‪Wins Best Directing | 44th Oscars (1972)

The French Connection Wins Adapted Screenplay: 1972 Oscars

William Friedkin On The Car Chase In THE FRENCH CONNECTION

Gene Hackman Wins Best Actor: 1972 Oscars

William Friedkin on Casting Fernando Ray In THE FRENCH CONNECTION

William Friedkin on the Car Chase Scene In THE FRENCH CONNECTION

Ernest Tidyman

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Sandra Bullock

George Clooney

Ed Harris

Orto Ignatiussen

Phaldut Sharma

Amy Warren

Basher Savage

Dr Ryan Stone, an engineer on her first space mission, and Matt Kowalski, an astronaut on his final expedition, have to survive in space after they are hit by debris while spacewalking.

H. Rempel

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