SPRINT Gala – Universal Language + Q&A

Screening with artistic director Louisa Schabas and co-writer Ila Firouzabadi.

Winter. Somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg. Negin and Nazgol find a large sum of money frozen deep within the sidewalk ice and try to find a way to get it out. Massoud leads a group of befuddled tourists upon an increasingly-absurd walking tour of Winnipeg monuments and historic sites. Matthew leaves his job at the Québec government and embarks upon a mysterious journey to visit his estranged mother. Time, geography and identities crossfade, interweave and collide into a surreal comedy of misdirection.

*Audience Award, Directors Fortnight – Cannes Film Festival 2024