''Municipal Relaxation Module'' is a Canadian short comedy-drama film, directed by

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and released in 2022. The film stars Maurice Krank as Ken, a man in

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who has an idea to improve a park bench but gets lost in the maze of city

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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. The film premiered at the

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. It was named to TIFF's annual year-end

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list for 2022.Pat Mullen
"Three Feature Docs Make Canada’s Top Ten"
''

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'', December 8, 2022.

Awards

The film was the winner of the Prix SPIRA at the 2022

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.Marie-Hélène Paquin
"Festival du cinéma international : le Grand Prix décerné à Tu te souviendras de moi"

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Abitibi-Témiscamingue, November 4, 2022.

References

External links

* 2022 films 2022 short films 2022 comedy-drama films Canadian comedy-drama short films Films directed by Matthew Rankin 2020s English-language films 2020s Canadian films Films set in Winnipeg Films shot in Winnipeg {{2020s-Canada-film-stub