Ricocheting between comedy, apocalyptic horror, and swooning soap opera, RUMOURS follows the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest democracies at the annual G7 summit, where they attempt to draft a provisional statement regarding a global crisis. With unexpected, uproarious performances from a brilliant ensemble cast that includes Cate Blanchett, Alicia Vikander and Charles Dance, these so-called leaders become spectacles of incompetence, contending with increasingly surreal obstacles in the misty woods as night falls. A genre-hopping satire of political ineptitude, the film is a journey into the absurd heart of power and institutional failure in a slowly burning world.

Having had its world premiere at the Cannes International Film Festival, RUMOURS is the latest film from incomparable writer-directors Guy Maddin (THE FORBIDDEN ROOM, CIFF 2015), Evan Johnson (THE FORBIDDEN ROOM, CIFF 2015) and Galen Johnson.