Ryan McKenna is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from

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.T'cha Dunlevy
"Ryan McKenna finds heart, and humour, in Le coeur de Madame Sabali"
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'', December 3, 2015. He is most noted for his 2017 short documentary film ''

Voices of Kidnapping ''Voices of Kidnapping'' ( es, Voces Del Secuestro) is a Canadian short documentary film, directed by Ryan McKenna and released in 2017. The film profiles ''Voces Del Secuestro'', a long-running radio show in Colombia Colombia (, ; ), offi ...

'', which was a

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nominee for Best Short Documentary at the

7th Canadian Screen Awards The 7th annual Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 31, 2019, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2018.

. He has also directed the theatrical feature films ''The First Winter'', ''

The Heart of Madame Sabali ''The Heart of Madame Sabali'' (french: Le Cœur de Madame Sabali) is a 2015 tragicomic feature film by Canadian director Ryan McKenna.T'cha Dunlevy"Ryan McKenna finds heart, and humour, in Le coeur de Madame Sabali" ''Montreal Gazette'', Decembe ...

(Le Cœur de Madame Sabali)'' and ''Cranks'', and the short films ''Open Window'', ''Chinatown'', ''Bon voyage'', ''Honky Tonk Ben'', ''Four-Mile Creek'', ''Controversies'', ''Gerson Workout'' and ''

I Used to Live There ''I Used to Live There'' is a 2023 Canadian short drama film written, directed, produced, and edited by Ryan McKenna. Blending documentary-style filmmaking with fictional elements, the film stars Daniel Gerson and Monika Schneider as semi-ficti ...

''. An alumnus of the

Winnipeg Film Group The Winnipeg Film Group (WFG) is an artist-run film education, production, distribution, and exhibition centre in Winnipeg, Manitoba, committed to promoting the art of Canadian cinema, especially independent cinema. While specializing in short ...

, he was cowriter with

Matthew Rankin Matthew Rankin is a Canadian experimental filmmaker. He is most noted for his 2014 film ''Mynarski Death Plummet'', which was a shortlisted Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 4th Canadian Screen Awards and a sho ...

of the "Winnipeg Brutalist Manifesto", a

Dogme 95 Dogme 95 is a 1995 avant-garde filmmaking movement founded by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vows of Chastity" ( da, kyskhedsløfter). These were rules to create films ...

-style manifesto of rules for films set in Winnipeg."A Look into The Winnipeg Brutalist Manifesto"

Gimli Film Festival The Gimli International Film Festival is a Canadian film festival, held annually in Gimli, Manitoba. It is Manitoba's largest film festival, showcasing a mix of narrative, documentary and experimental feature films and short films. History The ...

, May 14, 2020.

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