Matthew Rankin Movies

A found-footage followup to Kubasa in a Glass

Cattle Call is a high-speed animated documentary about the art of livestock auctioneering. Structured around the mesmerizing talents of 2007 Man-Sask Auctioneer Champion, Tim Dowler, and using a variety of classic and avant-garde animation techniques (including stop-motion, cut-outs,...

Matthew spends Mother’s Day in his mom’s house slowly deleting her voicemails.

An examination of Rory Lepine, who sent Winnipeg into a frenzy when he beat local legend Burton Cummings with a beer bottle in a 7-Eleven in 1985

An experimental montage of the exteriors of apartment buildings

16mm dreamwave micro-hallucinations in National Parks across Canada.

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.

A demented parody of the Canadian government.

Self-portrait of the filmmaker seen through the mystical postmodern prism of Iranian cinema

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. But can one really release oneself from the abominable things that haunt us?

On a moonlit street corner, a Parisian waif sits dejectedly on a doorstep, mournfully clutching a dogless leash.

Another chapter of the 16mm dreamwave micro-hallucinations in National Parks across Canada.

Artistic rivalry infects the Winnipeg public service. Strong words are uttered, regretted, retracted.