Stanleyville is a 2021 Canadian dark comedy film directed by Maxwell McCabe-Lokos (in his directorial debut) from a screenplay he co-wrote with Rob Benvie.

It stars Susanne Wuest, Cara Ricketts, Christian Serritiello, George Tchortov, Adam Brown, and Julian Richings.

Maria Barbizan, Bofill Pancreas, Andrew Frisbee Jr., Felicie Arkady, and Manny Jumpcannon are five strangers participating in an eight-round competition for an orange SUV.

The invitation to the competition from a strange gentleman named Homunculus gave her a sense of purpose, believing that she was specifically selected to compete.

While Andrew lies about his score to win the round, Maria admits that she was unable to blow and pop a single balloon.

Maria notices a quote by explorer Henry Morton Stanley, which reads, "Granted that I know little of my real self, still, I am the best evidence for myself."

[2] Principal photography took place in Hamilton, Canada, while exterior shots were filmed in Berlin, Germany.

The website's critical consensus reads, "Stanleyville may not have much substance beneath its beguilingly weird surface, but this off-kilter concoction has a certain quirky charm.

[8] Barry Hertz of The Globe and Mail wrote that "It’s Squid Game meets Big Brother.

Or perhaps it is just what happens when you give a few hundred thousand dollars to a filmmaker with a very specific, very cult-film-moulded sensibility, and step the hell back.