GIFF Gold for Matthew Rankin, Noam Gonick - Winnipeg Free Press

After earning six Canadian Screen Awards earlier this year for Universal Language, filmmaker Matthew Rankin’s sunlit roadside memorial to communication and community took home top honours from the Gimli International Film Festival this past weekend.

Told in complementary tones of voice and within shades of sandstone, Universal Language received Best of Fest honours from the grand jury and also earned Rankin the Alda Award, given to “honour the cinematic and creative achievements of a filmmaker from Canada and the circumpolar nations.”

Rankin, who also acts in the film, was presented the Alda by festival founder Janis Johnson….

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