Municipal Relaxation Module

Municipal Relaxation Module
Directed byMatthew Rankin
Written byMatthew Rankin
Produced byMatthew Rankin
Sacha Ratcliffe
StarringMaurice Krank
Trevor Anderson
CinematographyMatthew Rankin
Edited byMatthew Rankin
Distributed byLa Distributrice de films
Release date
  • September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time
6 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Municipal Relaxation Module is a Canadian short comedy-drama film, directed by Matthew Rankin and released in 2022.[1] The film stars Maurice Krank as Ken, a man in Winnipeg who has an idea to improve a park bench but gets lost in the maze of city bureaucracy when he tries to suggest it, becoming increasingly frustrated until his only choice left for calming down is to sit on the very park bench he was trying to change.[2]

The film premiered at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.[3]

It was named to TIFF's annual year-end Canada's Top Ten list for 2022.[4]

  1. ^ Randall King, "A taste of Manitoba: Several locally shot, produced features will be screened at Toronto International Film Festival". Winnipeg Free Press, September 7, 2022.
  2. ^ Alex Heeney, "Ten must-see shorts at TIFF 2022". Seventh Row, September 8, 2022.
  3. ^ Anthony D'Alessandro, "TIFF Short Cuts Lineup Counts 39 Titles Including The Alfonso Cuaron Produced ‘Le Pupille’". Deadline Hollywood, August 17, 2022.
  4. ^ Pat Mullen, "Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten". Point of View, December 8, 2022.