Ryan

2004 · 14 min · Animation, Documentary · Directed by Chris Landreth

Chris Landreth interviews Ryan Larkin — once a celebrated National Film Board animator, by then panhandling in Montreal — and animates both men as psychological wreckage: faces torn open, pieces of skull missing, colour bleeding out where life took something.

Awards

• Academy Award — Best Animated Short Film — Academy Awards, 2005 (Winner)
• Grand Prix — Annecy International Animation Film Festival, 2004 (Winner)

Credits

• Producer: Steven Hoban
• Producer: Marcy Page
• Studio: National Film Board of Canada

Genres

• Animation
• Documentary

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