Matthew Rankin (born August 5, 1980; Winnipeg) is a Canadian experimental filmmaker. He is most noted for his feature-length debut, The Twentieth Century, which premiered in 2019 and was nominated for eight Canadian Screen Awards, winning three. He has also received accolades for his 2014 film Mynarski Death Plummet, which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards and a shortlisted Jutra Award nominee for Best Short Film at the 17th Jutra Awards, and his 2017 film The Tesla World Light, which won the Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short at the 6th Canadian Screen Awards and received an Honourable Mention for the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian Short Film at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. He has also had occasional small acting roles in other directors' films, most recently the 2022 films This House (Cette maison) and Before I Change My Mind.
Kubasa in a Glass: The Strange World of the Winnipeg Television Commercial (1975-1993)
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Discount Everything
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Municipal Relaxation Module
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Où est Maurice?
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I Dream of Driftwood
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Barber Gull Rub
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Barber Gull Rub
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Barber Gull Rub
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Soft Like Me
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Negativipeg
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Universal Language
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Universal Language
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This Is an Official Message
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Mynarski Death Plummet
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Mynarski Death Plummet
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Sinclair
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Sharhé-Halé Shakhsi: M. Rankin
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The Tesla World Light
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The Tesla World Light
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The Tesla World Light
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Le facteur poulpe
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Federal Owl Commission
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Cattle Call
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Tabula Rasa
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Tabula Rasa
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Hydro-Lévesque
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Hydro-Lévesque
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Municipal Relaxation Module
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Municipal Relaxation Module
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Municipal Relaxation Module
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Municipal Relaxation Module
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The Twentieth Century
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Wilcox
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The Twentieth Century
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The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau
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The Radical Expeditions of Walter Boudreau
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The Twentieth Century
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The Twentieth Century
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A Grief Observed
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