Matthew Rankin Movies

  • 2008
    Cattle Call

    Cattle Call

    Cattle Call

    02008HD

    Cattle Call is a high-speed animated documentary about the art of livestock auctioneering. Structured around the mesmerizing talents of 2007 Man-Sask...

    Cattle Call
  • 2006
    Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)

    Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)

    Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)

    02006HD

    A found footage video essay tracing Winnipeg's civic pathologies, aesthetic fabulations and exquisite strangeness through the prism of its own...

    Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)
  • 2008
    Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin

    Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin

    Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin

    102008HD

    Self-portrait of the filmmaker seen through the mystical postmodern prism of Iranian cinema

    Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin
  • 2008
    Barber Gull Rub

    Barber Gull Rub

    Barber Gull Rub

    02008HD

    Winnipeg Film Group. Deep in the winter of 1986. Guy Maddin is in the process of filming Tales from the Gimli Hospital and needs to rub a dead...

    Barber Gull Rub
  • 2012
    Tabula Rasa

    Tabula Rasa

    Tabula Rasa

    02012HD

    In the aftermath of the 1950 Winnipeg flood, Fernand floats listlessly through the sad, sunken landscape of ruin. His estranged wife prays for the...

    Tabula Rasa
  • 2022
    Municipal Relaxation Module

    Municipal Relaxation Module

    Municipal Relaxation Module

    02022HD

    Artistic rivalry infects the Winnipeg public service. Strong words are uttered, regretted, retracted.

    Municipal Relaxation Module
  • 2014
    Discount Everything

    Discount Everything

    Discount Everything

    02014HD

    A found-footage followup to Kubasa in a Glass

    Discount Everything
  • 2008
    I Dream of Driftwood

    I Dream of Driftwood

    I Dream of Driftwood

    02008HD

    An experimental montage of the exteriors of apartment buildings

    I Dream of Driftwood
  • 2005
    Le facteur poulpe

    Le facteur poulpe

    Le facteur poulpe

    02005HD

    A man confronts painful memories of a love affair now over. But he is perplexed by the appearance of a disgusting creature that he just can't get rid...

    Le facteur poulpe
  • 2006
    Où est Maurice?

    Où est Maurice?

    Où est Maurice?

    02006HD

    On a moonlit street corner, a Parisian waif sits dejectedly on a doorstep, mournfully clutching a dogless leash.

    Où est Maurice?