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Canada’s Oscar Entry ‘Universal Language’ Directed by Matthew Rankin Sells Widely for Best Friend Forever (EXCLUSIVE)
Matthew Rankin's 'Universal Language' has sold to key markets ahead of its North American premieres at Toronto and New York Film Festival.
Canada’s Oscar entry “Universal Language,” a critically acclaimed movie directed by Matthew Rankin, has been acquired by distributors in most major territories ahead of its North American premieres at Toronto and New York Film Festival. Represented worldwide by Brussels-based company Best Friend Forever, the movie world premiered at this Cannes Directors’ Fortnight where it won the inaugural People’s Choice Award. The film, which marks Rankin’s follow-up to his award-winning surreal movie “The Twentieth Century,” is a comedy unfolding in a reimagined Canada where Persian and French are the two official languages.
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