York Cinemania

Filmmaker Matthew Rankin introduces us to a charmingly impossible Canada where Persian and French are the two official languages, and loneliness is the common currency.  Set in a reimagined Winnipeg, the film follows a group of children on eccentric quests to flummox the adults around them, and the government worker who returns home only to find his family is not what he remembered.

UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1736178248/rnfdni361jhkefwbwvpe.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;max-width:100%;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit" /> Canada's Oscar Submission, Best International Feature Film (2025) Filmmaker Matthew Rankin introduces us to a charmingly impossible Canada where Persian and French are the two official languages, and loneliness is the common currency.  Set in a reimagined Winnipeg, the film follows a group of children on eccentric quests to flummox the adults around them, and the government worker who returns home only to find his family is not what he remembered.  Universal Language is a loving exploration of a diasporic nation, filtered through a deadpan comic sensibility that wll feel like a warm blanket to fans of Wes Anderson and Aki Kaurismaki.  Date: Wednesday March 19, 2025 Time: 7:00PMLocation: SilverCity Newmarket Cinemas, 18195 Yonge St, East Gwillimbury, ON L9N 0H9, Canada UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE is presented by York Cinemania: bringing independent and award-winning films to audiences in northern York Region. East Gwillimbury Public Library and Newmarket Public Library jointly manage the York Cinemania Film Circuit. York Cinemania gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters.  <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1724419172/vjuewkexqvge6sifbebr.png" style="box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;width:305px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center" />

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<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1736178248/rnfdni361jhkefwbwvpe.jpg" style="width:600px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;box-sizing:inherit;max-width:100%" /> Canada's Oscar Submission, Best International Feature Film (2025) Filmmaker Matthew Rankin introduces us to a charmingly impossible Canada where Persian and French are the two official languages, and loneliness is the common currency.  Set in a reimagined Winnipeg, the film follows a group of children on eccentric quests to flummox the adults around them, and the government worker who returns home only to find his family is not what he remembered.  Universal Language is a loving exploration of a diasporic nation, filtered through a deadpan comic sensibility that wll feel like a warm blanket to fans of Wes Anderson and Aki Kaurismaki.  Date: Wednesday March 19, 2025 Time: 7:00PMLocation: SilverCity Newmarket Cinemas, 18195 Yonge St, East Gwillimbury, ON L9N 0H9, Canada UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE is presented by York Cinemania: bringing independent and award-winning films to audiences in northern York Region. East Gwillimbury Public Library and Newmarket Public Library jointly manage the York Cinemania Film Circuit. York Cinemania gratefully acknowledges our partnership with Film Circuit, presented by TIFF, and its sponsors and supporters.  <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1724419172/vjuewkexqvge6sifbebr.png" style="box-sizing:inherit;position:relative;cursor:pointer;padding:0px 1px;user-select:none;width:305px;display:block;vertical-align:top;margin:5px auto;text-align:center;max-width:100%" />