FLEAPIT Cinema + Carbon Arc Cinema presents The Twentieth Century

This delightfully insane look at the early political career of Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King (Dan Beirne) is director Matthew Rankin’s first feature, but demonstrates a unique and fully formed vision. Far from being a traditional biopic, Rankin creates an alternate Canadian history that needs to be seen to be believed.

Winner of TIFF’s 2019 award for Best Canadian Feature, and nominated for 8 Canadian Screen Awards including Best Picture.

“An exuberant feat of visual design, it’s meticulously weird and full of rambunctious humor.” 
– Nicolas Rapold, The New York Times

A Winnipeg man named Ken has an idea to improve a park bench but gets lost in the maze of city bureaucracy when he tries to suggest it. He becomes increasingly frustrated until his only choice left for calming down is to sit on the very park bench he was trying to change.