Ryan
- Studio
- National Film Board of Canada, Copper Heart Entertainment
- Distributor
- National Film Board of Canada
Synopsis
A gentleman panhandler. One of the pioneers of Canadian animation. Oscar nominee. Poor beggar. An artist unable to create. God observing the world. Fallen angel. Arrogant. Shy. Broken. Not destroyed.
Thirty years ago, at the National Film Board of Canada, Ryan produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Today, Ryan lives on welfare and panhandles for spare change in downtown Montreal. How could such an artistic genius follow this path?
We hear the voice of Ryan Larkin and people who have known him, but these voices speak through strange, twisted, broken and disembodied 3D-generated characters... people whose appearances are bizarre, humorous or disturbing.
A world encapsulated in the words of Anais Nin: "We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are."
Thirty years ago, at the National Film Board of Canada, Ryan produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Today, Ryan lives on welfare and panhandles for spare change in downtown Montreal. How could such an artistic genius follow this path?
We hear the voice of Ryan Larkin and people who have known him, but these voices speak through strange, twisted, broken and disembodied 3D-generated characters... people whose appearances are bizarre, humorous or disturbing.
A world encapsulated in the words of Anais Nin: "We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are."
Characters
Ryan Larkin, Chris Landreth, Derek Lamb, Felicity Fanjoy
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Chris Landreth
Producing
- Producer
- Steven Hoban, Marcy Page, Mark Smith
- Associate Producer
- Jeremy Edwardes
- Executive Producers
- Jed DeCory, Karyn Nolan, Noah Segal, David Verrall
Animation
- Animator
- Robb Denovan, Sebastian Kapijimpanga, Paul Kohut, Jeff Panko
- Additional Animation
- Alison Reiko Loader, Wadi Ejiwunmi, Terry Kalinich
- Additional Effects Animation
- Yiqun Chen, Bill Dwelly
- Animation Producer
- David Baas
Voices
- Voice
- Ryan Larkin (Himself), Chris Landreth (Himself), Derek Lamb (Himself), Felicity Fanjoy (Herself)
Music
- Music
- Fergus Marsh, Michael White
Editing
- Editor
- Alan Code
- Assistant Editor
- Michael Morrow
Crew
- Computer Graphics Producer
- David Baas
- Executive in Charge of Production for Seneca College
- Larry DeFlorio
- Character Design
- Chris Landreth
- Lighting, Rendering and Compositing
- Belma Abdicevic
- Character Modellers
- Ted Charlton, Joseph Kim
- Character Setup
- Simon Sherr, Rick Kogucki, Bill Dwelly, Fred Ni
- Character and Set Texturing
- Dave Bachelor
- Set Design, Modeling and Texturing
- Helen Zotalis van Emmerik, Paul Cieniuch, Ian MacLeod
- Storyboard Artist
- Brian Lemay
- Additional Character Design
- Fred Ni, Thomas Hendry
- Additional Texturing
- Daniel Hornick
- Additional Lighting
- Ian MacLeod, Helen Zotalis van Emmerik
- Additional Compositing
- Joe Raasch
- Render Assistant
- Dave Bachelor
- Software R&D Director
- Karan Singh
- Production Programmers
- Patrick Coleman, George Elkoura, Glenn Tsang
- Technical Administrator/Programmer
- Martin Kumor
- Assistant System Administrator
- Steven Lin
- Seneca Assistants
- Ali Murtaza, Heather Gagnier, Heather Chan
- Pre-Production Consultant
- Rob Aitchison
- Previsualization
- Martin Hesselink, Gavin Soares, Derek Verdonck
- Post-Production Supervisor
- Paula Devonshire
- Production Accountants
- Brian Borts, Kim Killam
- Titles & Slates
- Todd Ivey
- Scheduling
- Melanie Moulton
- Prints
- Alpha-Cine
- Sound Supervisor
- David McCallum
- Re-recording Mixer
- Lou Solakofski
- Dialogue Editor/ADR Editor
- Martin Gwynn Jones
- Sound Effects Editors
- Jane Tattersall, Garrett Kerr, David Rose, Rod Deogrades
- Assistant Re-recording Mixer
- Eliot Crackower
- Foley Artist
- Steve Hammond
- Foley Assistant
- John Elliott
- Foley Recordist
- Erik Culp
- ADR Recordist
- Robert DiGioria
- Sound Mixing Services
- Casablanca
- Musicians
- Hugh Marsh (Violin), Don Rooke (Guitars), Jeremy Edwardes (Bass Clarinet), Roberto Occhipinti (Double Bass), Brian Barlow (Percussion)
- Music Engineer
- Ormond Jobin
- Software/Hardware Modelling, Animation and Rendering
- Alias
- Rendering Hardware
- Intel
- Additional Rendering Hardware
- Hewlett Packard
- Visual Effects
- William Dwelly
- Crew
- Produced with the participation Of, The Canadian Council For The Arts
Companies and other credits
- Animation Created At: Seneca College Animation Arts Centre
- Picture Editing Services: Coptor Productions Inc
- Digital Film Transfer: Film Effects Inc
- Sound Design Services: Tattersall Sound & Picture
- Music Recorded At: Reaction Studios
- Compositing: Discreet 3D Cloth Simulation: Syflex
- Digital to 35mm Transfer: Film Effects Inc
- "Walking" and "Street Musique" Directed by Ryan Larkin provided courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada
- "CBC Audio Clip" Provided courtesy of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
- Produced by Copper Heart Entertainment
- in co-production with The National Film Board of Canada
- © 2004 1380098 Ontario Inc./The National Film Board of Canada
- A Copper Heart Entertainment Production
- In Co-Production With The National Film Board Of Canada
- In Association With Seneca College - Animation Arts Centre
Production notes
3-D computer-generated animation.
Although incredibly realistic and detailed, Ryan was created and animated without the use of live-action footage, rotoscoping or motion capture... but instead from an original, personal, hand-animated three-dimensional world which director Chris Landreth calls "psychological realism."
Release date is that of exhibition at Cannes Film Festival.
Although incredibly realistic and detailed, Ryan was created and animated without the use of live-action footage, rotoscoping or motion capture... but instead from an original, personal, hand-animated three-dimensional world which director Chris Landreth calls "psychological realism."
Release date is that of exhibition at Cannes Film Festival.
Awards
Academy Award Winner, Best Short Film (Animated), 2005.
Genie, Best Animated Short, Chris Landreth, Steven Hoban, Marcy Page and Mark Smith, 2005.
Nominee, Annie, Best Animated Short Subject, 2005.
Nelvana Grand Prix for Independent Short Film, Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2004.
Canal+ Award, Chris Landreth, Cannes Film Festival, 2004.
Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film, Chris Landreth, Cannes Film Festival, 2004.
(Very) Young Critic Award for Best Short Film, Chris Landreth, Cannes Film Festival, 2004.
Sun Life Financial Award for Best Canadian Short, Chris Landreth, Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto, 2004.
Special Citation Award, Toronto Film Critics Association, 2004.
One of the Top 10 Canadian Films of 2004, Toronto International Film Festival Group, 2004.
Renzo Kinoshita Prize, International Animation Festival, Hiroshima, Japan, 2004.
Special Jury Award, Short Fiction Films Category, International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France, 2004.
Jury Award, SIGGRAPH 2004 Computer Animation Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2004.
Golden Nica, Computer Animation/Visual Effects Category, PRIX ARS Electronica 2004 -- International Competition for Cyber Arts, Linz, Austria, 2004.
Best Experimental Film Award, Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, 2004.
Best Canadian Short (Ex-Aequo), Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, 2004.
Best Animated Short, Woodstock Film Festival, 2004.
Z TÉL?New Discovery Award, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, 2004.
Golden Dove (First Prize), Animated Films and Videos, Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Leipzig, Germany, 2004.
Special Jury Prize, 23rd International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, 2004.
Golden Spike (Best Short Film), International Film Festival, Valladolid, Spain, 2004.
Grand Prix, Narrative Shorts Category, AnyZone Competition, Holland Animation Festival, Utrecht, 2004.
World Animation Award, International Film Festival, Leeds, England, 2004.
Special Mention, International Shorts Competition, AFI International Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2004.
Grand Prix (Prize Caixa Geral de Depositos), International Animated Film Festival/CINANIMA, Espinho, Portugal, 2004.
Best Short Film Award, World Cinema Festival, Cape Town, 2004.
First Prize, Art Futura, Barcelona, 2004.
Audience Award, Digital Shorts Competition, Golden Horse International Film Festival, Taipei, 2004.
Silver Mikeldi for Animation, International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, Bilbao, Spain, 2004.
Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking, Sundance Film Festival, 2005.
Best Short Animation, Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival, 2005
Genie, Best Animated Short, Chris Landreth, Steven Hoban, Marcy Page and Mark Smith, 2005.
Nominee, Annie, Best Animated Short Subject, 2005.
Nelvana Grand Prix for Independent Short Film, Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2004.
Canal+ Award, Chris Landreth, Cannes Film Festival, 2004.
Kodak Discovery Award for Best Short Film, Chris Landreth, Cannes Film Festival, 2004.
(Very) Young Critic Award for Best Short Film, Chris Landreth, Cannes Film Festival, 2004.
Sun Life Financial Award for Best Canadian Short, Chris Landreth, Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto, 2004.
Special Citation Award, Toronto Film Critics Association, 2004.
One of the Top 10 Canadian Films of 2004, Toronto International Film Festival Group, 2004.
Renzo Kinoshita Prize, International Animation Festival, Hiroshima, Japan, 2004.
Special Jury Award, Short Fiction Films Category, International Animated Film Festival, Annecy, France, 2004.
Jury Award, SIGGRAPH 2004 Computer Animation Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2004.
Golden Nica, Computer Animation/Visual Effects Category, PRIX ARS Electronica 2004 -- International Competition for Cyber Arts, Linz, Austria, 2004.
Best Experimental Film Award, Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, 2004.
Best Canadian Short (Ex-Aequo), Atlantic Film Festival, Halifax, 2004.
Best Animated Short, Woodstock Film Festival, 2004.
Z TÉL?New Discovery Award, Festival du Nouveau Cinéma de Montréal, 2004.
Golden Dove (First Prize), Animated Films and Videos, Festival for Documentary and Animated Film, Leipzig, Germany, 2004.
Special Jury Prize, 23rd International Short Film Festival, Uppsala, 2004.
Golden Spike (Best Short Film), International Film Festival, Valladolid, Spain, 2004.
Grand Prix, Narrative Shorts Category, AnyZone Competition, Holland Animation Festival, Utrecht, 2004.
World Animation Award, International Film Festival, Leeds, England, 2004.
Special Mention, International Shorts Competition, AFI International Film Festival, Los Angeles, 2004.
Grand Prix (Prize Caixa Geral de Depositos), International Animated Film Festival/CINANIMA, Espinho, Portugal, 2004.
Best Short Film Award, World Cinema Festival, Cape Town, 2004.
First Prize, Art Futura, Barcelona, 2004.
Audience Award, Digital Shorts Competition, Golden Horse International Film Festival, Taipei, 2004.
Silver Mikeldi for Animation, International Festival of Documentary and Short Film, Bilbao, Spain, 2004.
Honorable Mention in Short Filmmaking, Sundance Film Festival, 2005.
Best Short Animation, Victoria Independent Film and Video Festival, 2005
Reviews
Ryan
Redescovering a great artist, and the release of a future one. We already know Chris Landreth for 'The End' and 'Bingo', but with no doubt 'Ryan' has demonstrated Landreth's real artistic and technical talents. When viewing this short film, it is important to analyze it as if it was a painting, since every detail in it will reveal us a feeling, a story. We hope that Ryan Larkin starts working again in animation after this :)