Matthew Rankin Trailers
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Matthew Rankin (born August 5, 1980; Winnipeg) is a Canadian experimental filmmaker.
Most Popular Matthew Rankin Trailers
Total trailers found: 34
The Tesla World Light Trailer (2017)
29 May 2017
New York, 1905. Visionary inventor Nikola Tesla makes one last appeal to J.P. Morgan, his onetime benefactor.
Negativipeg Trailer (2010)
15 September 2010
An examination of Rory Lepine, who sent Winnipeg into a frenzy when he beat local legend Burton Cumm5
Mademoiselle Kenopsia Trailer (2023)
05 August 2023
Set on carrying out her task with dedication, a woman is obsessed with watching over anonymous interiors and occupying them.
Universal Language Trailer (2024)
20 September 2024
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.
So Long Pluto Trailer (2026)
27 March 2026
In space, a charming little planet named Pluto dreams of joining the Solar System’s official dance troupe.
A Grief Observed Trailer (2020)
16 July 2020
Matthew spends Mother’s Day in his mom’s house slowly deleting her voicemails.
Soft Like Me Trailer (1996)
20 March 1996
On a secluded prairie farm, adolescent boys labor in wheat fields for a sexually predatory warden and his farmhands, who threaten to feed them to a voracious beast if they ever disobey.
Tabula Rasa Trailer (2012)
11 September 2012
In the aftermath of the 1950 Winnipeg flood, Fernand floats listlessly through the sad, sunken landscape of ruin.
Wilcox Trailer (2019)
11 August 2019
Wilcox exists outside the norm. Deserter, delinquent, or survivalist, he quietly roams, looking to put down roots or for what could simply be called freedom.
This Is an Official Message Trailer (2015)
07 October 2015
In the idealism and mutation of his home town of Winnipeg, the filmmaker Matthew Rankin launches a failed campaign of absolute inter-human solidarity entirely in Esperanto, the artificial language of world peace.
Où est Maurice? Trailer (2006)
01 September 2006
On a moonlit street corner, a Parisian waif sits dejectedly on a doorstep, mournfully clutching a dogless leash.
I Dream of Driftwood Trailer (2008)
01 May 2008
An experimental montage of the exteriors of apartment buildings
Before I Change My Mind Trailer (2024)
01 March 2024
1987: While the other students wonder if new kid Robin is a boy or a girl, Robin forges a complicated bond with the school bully, making increasingly dangerous choices to fit in.
The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau Trailer (2015)
01 January 2015
This micro-epic short film is an inspired tribute to visionary avant-garde composer Walter Boudreau: his life, work, mischief, and boundless artistic curiosity.
The Twentieth Century Trailer (2019)
20 December 2019
Toronto, Canada, 1899. William Lyon Mackenzie King (1874-1950) fervently believes that he is destined to become Prime Minister, but to do so he will first have to fight his personal obsessions and overcome the many obstacles he will encounter on his tortuous path to power.
You Are in Bear Country 5 Trailer (2022)
01 January 2022
Another chapter of the 16mm dreamwave micro-hallucinations in National Parks across Canada.
You Are in Bear Country 1 Trailer (2022)
01 January 2022
16mm dreamwave micro-hallucinations in National Parks across Canada.
Mynarski Death Plummet Trailer (2014)
05 September 2014
A completely hand-made historical micro-epic about the final minutes in the life of Winnipeg's doomed Second World War hero, Andrew Mynarski (1916-1944).
This House Trailer (2022)
04 November 2022
Bridgeport, January 17, 2008. A teenage girl is found hanged in her room. While everything points to suicide, the autopsy report reveals something else.
Hydro-Lévesque Trailer (2008)
19 September 2008
Only the electrifying courage and love of Québec nationalism can save the citizens of Winnipeg from committing mass suicide.
A Fortress Trailer (2018)
27 September 2018
After the death of their adoptive daughter a couple goes to Haiti. There, they meet with a DNA specialist who has the power of resurrection.
Discount Everything Trailer (2008)
01 January 2008
Found-footage tribute to Winnipeg salesman and video artist Nick Hill.
Sinclair Trailer (2010)
09 September 2010
The camera’s roving eye seems to warp and bend a mysterious white room in this unsettling excerpt from a film Guy Maddin created for the opening of the Toronto International Film Festival’s Bell Lightbox building.
Momo 3000 Trailer (2026)
13 May 2026
December 31, 1999. Quebec is a few hours from year 2000 and its potential bug. Trapped in a Montreal appartement, Momo needs only one thing to survive this nightmare: couscous.
Kubasa in a Glass: The Fetishised Winnipeg TV Commercial 1976-1992 Trailer (2012)
28 August 2012
Originally released in 2006, Kubasa in a Glass presents a digitally warped reflection of Winnipeg’s brief and disposable self-image, as seen through local no-budget and public access television of the 1980s.
Federal Owl Commission Trailer (2023)
20 September 2023
A demented parody of the Canadian government.
Death by Popcorn: The Tragedy of the Winnipeg Jets Trailer (2005)
01 December 2005
A bizarre video collage created from the ashes of Winnipeg's local television broadcasts of decades past, detailing the rise and fall of the Winnipeg Jets.
Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993) Trailer (2006)
01 January 2006
A found footage video essay tracing Winnipeg's civic pathologies, aesthetic fabulations and exquisite strangeness through the prism of its own low-budget, lo-fi TV advertising produced between 1975 and 1992.
Le Tour De Canada Trailer (2025)
22 July 2025
Two cyclists face off in a brutal cross Canada bike race.
Barber Gull Rub Trailer (2008)
03 May 2008
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 seagull on somebody's chest.
Self-Portrait Trailer (2008)
01 January 2008
Commissioned self-portrait of the artist as metaphysical remix of Abbas Kiarostami's "Close-Up" recorded on a cellphone.
The Phantom of the Cinematheque Trailer (2008)
01 March 2008
On the 25th anniversary of his employment, Dave Barber, the visionary workaholic programmer of Winnipeg's beloved Cinematheque, dies tragically in an avalanche of VHS tapes while working late to finish the programming calendar.
The Octopus Factor Trailer (2005)
01 October 2005
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 of.
