In our The Twentieth Century interview, director Matthew Rankin talks about his satiric, anti-historical non-biopic that has to be seen to be believed. He studied at the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University in Montreal, as well as Université Laval in Quebec. Shot on grainy 16mm and full of minimalist sets and lovingly detailed props that reimagine Toronto as a deco-fascistic Edwardian figure skating special, The Twentieth Century is an absorbing visual delight from start to finish." Premier long métrage de Matthew Rankin / Matthew Rankin's debut feature / Production Voyelles Films Production Maison 4:3 et Voyelles Films sont heureuses d’annoncer la sortie en salle du film Le vingtième siècle (The Twentieth Century), comédie satirique à la forme délirante écrite et réalisée par Matthew Rankin, produite par Gabrielle Tougas-Fréchette et Ménaïc Raoul. Following numerous short films, The Twentieth Century is … La classe de maître de Matthew Rankin se tiendra le 16 octobre. La classe de maître de Matthew Rankin se tiendra le 16 octobre. Premier long métrage de Matthew Rankin / Matthew Rankin's debut feature / Production Voyelles Films Production He is most noted 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 … The Twentieth Century est présenté au FNC les 13 et 17 octobre. The Twentieth Century est un véritable régal pour l’œil. The Twentieth Century is a bizarrely beautiful biopic of William Lyon Mackenzie King that you’ll never forget. 115 talking about this. Matthew Rankin is a Canadian experimental filmmaker. Aspiring young politician Mackenzie King dreams of becoming the Prime Minister of Canada. Winner of the Best Canadian First Feature Award at last September’s Toronto International Film Festival, Matthew Rankin’s freewheeling funhouse mirror biopic The Twentieth Century explores the overheated, melodramatic phantasmagoria of Canada’s weirdest Prime Minister, William Lyon Mackenzie King.. In 2011, Rankin participated at Berlinale Talents. The Twentieth Century Toronto, 1899. In 2011, Rankin participated at Berlinale Talents. Matthew Rankin's melodramatic satire of Canadian identity is as beautiful as it is painful Review: The Twentieth Century is an absorbing visual delight. Director Matthew Rankin's debut 'The Twentieth Century' took home the Best Canadian First Feature prize in Toronto. Dans cet ovni filmé en 16mm et en Super 8, on pense inévitablement à Guy Maddin, né comme Rankin à Winnipeg. Le Vingtième siècle (The Twentieth Century) ... Matthew Rankin poursuit dans la même veine avec ce premier long débridé, au carrefour de l'expressionnisme allemand, du cinéma d'animation et du film de propagande. L’hommage a parfois des allures d’exercice de style mais le film n’est pas qu’un décalque et parvient … Born in Winnipeg, Canada in 1980. But he hesitates in love between a British soldier and a French-Canadian nurse, King furtively indulges a fetishistic obsession that may well be his downfall.