Universal Language and 40 Acres among TIFF’s picks for best Canadian films of 2024 | Unpublished
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Author: Alex Nino Gheciu
Publication Date: January 8, 2025 - 10:23

Universal Language and 40 Acres among TIFF’s picks for best Canadian films of 2024

January 8, 2025
An absurdist dramedy about an alternate-universe Winnipeg and a dystopian thriller about a famine-ravaged world are among the Toronto International Film Festival’s picks for best Canadian films of 2024.TIFF’s annual Canada’s Top Ten list includes Matthew Rankin’s Universal Language, the Winnipeg director’s cross-cultural odyssey that imagines a Canada where the two official languages are Persian and French. The film is also Canada’s official entry for best international feature film at this year’s Oscars.


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