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In the organizer's words:

CAN 2024, Feature film, 89 min, FSK 6

Director: Matthew Rankin

with: Rojina Esmaeili, Danielle Fichaud, Sobhan Javadi, Pirouz Nemati

Language: OmU (Farsi, French with German subtitles)

In a mysterious and surreal intermediate zone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, where everyone speaks Farsi: Elementary school students Negin and Nazgol find a sum of money frozen in the winter ice. Meanwhile, Massoud guides a group of increasingly confused tourists through Winnipeg's historic sites. And Matthew quits his meaningless job with the Quebec government and embarks on a journey to visit his mother.

Filmfest Köln writes: "The best Iranian film ever made by a Canadian. Matthew Rankin transforms his hometown of Winnipeg into a mixture of French Canadian snow desert and Tehran circa 1985 for his loving homage to filmmakers such as Abbas Kiarostami and Jafar Panahi. What sounds like a staircase joke for film nerds has become a heart-rending comedy full of poetry and surreal humor. It deservedly won the Audience Award in Cannes this year." We can't put this wonderful film experience into words any better.

ENG: A mysterious and surreal intermediate zone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg.
To quote the Cologne Film Festival: "Matthew Rankin transforms his hometown of Winnipeg into a mixture of French-Canadian snow desert and Tehran circa 1985 (...) a heart-warming comedy full of poetry and surreal humor." (Farsi and French with German subtitles)

Price information:

- 7.00 € (regular) - 5.50 € (reduced*) - 3.50 € (with Leipzig Pass, disabled pass, volunteer pass) - Films longer than 130 min: + 1.00 € - Tickets are available online (plus € 0.70 booking fee), remaining tickets at the Box Office.