Municipal Relaxation Module

Municipal Relaxation Module is a Canadian short satirical 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]

Municipal Relaxation Module
Directed by	Matthew Rankin
Written by	Matthew Rankin
Produced by	Matthew Rankin Sacha Ratcliffe
Starring	Maurice Krank Trevor Anderson
Cinematography	Matthew Rankin
Edited by	Matthew Rankin
Distributed by	La Distributrice de films
Release date	September 9, 2022 (2022-09-09) (TIFF)
Running time	6 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

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]

Awards

The film was the winner of the Prix SPIRA at the 2022 Abitibi-Témiscamingue International Film Festival.^[5]