Universal Language & Bin Day (short) – 6 September

Bin Day

Household CEO, Janet, goes head to head with her octogenarian neighbour and serial city council complainer, Alice, over rubbish in the wrong bin.

Directed by Jane Fullerton-Smith (Australia, 2026)

13 mins.

Winner – Best Film in the Commissioned Films category, 2026 Illawarra Short Film Festival.

Universal Language

In a surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran and Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters are interwoven in surprising and mysterious ways.

Directed by Matthew Rankin, 2024

Canada (Persian, French, English)

Rated G. 89 minutes.

Stars Rojina Esmaeili, Saba Vahedyousefi, Sobhan Javadi, and Pirouz Nemati.

Cannes Film Festival: Audience Award, Director’s Fortnight; Melbourne International Film Festival: Bright Horizons Award; Toronto International Film Festival: Best Canadian Discovery; Vancouver International Film Festival: Best Canadian Film; Directors Guild of Canada: Jean-Marc Vallée DGC Discovery Award./div>