SHORTLISTED: 97th Academy Awards, Best Int. Feature
WINNER: CANNES FILM FEST, Directors Fortnight WINNER: MIFF, Bright Horizons Award
WINNER: TIFF, Best Canadian Discovery Award
WINNER: THESSALONIKI INT. FILM FEST, Best Feature
WINNER: STOCKHOLM INT. FILM FEST, Best Director
WINNER: GENEVA INT. FILM FEST, Reflet d’Or 2024
WINNER: NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW, Top 5 Int. Films

In a mysterious & surreal interzone somewhere between Tehran & Winnipeg, the lives of multiple characters interweave with each other in surprising & mysterious ways.

Gradeschoolers Negin & Nazgol find a sum of money frozen in the winter ice & try to claim it. Meanwhile, Massoud leads a group of increasingly-befuddled tourists through the monuments & historic sites of Winnipeg. Matthew quits his meaningless job in a Québecois government office and sets out upon an enigmatic journey to visit his mother.