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Jury Programme: Chris Landreth

The Listener

Chris Landreth | United States | 1992 | 2 min | EN

The film was created after Chris Landreth first saw the possibilities of computer animation in the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA). It stars a character portrayed by a part of its head with expressive eyes and moving on three legs. The director calls it: “My first CG animated short film. A tiny fable of information overload and self-discovery.”

the end

Chris Landreth | United States | 1995 | 6 min | EN

An animator finds himself trying to explain his (lack of) artistic vision to his creations, who simply aren’t impressed. “the end is a short film I did while I was with Alias/Wavefront (now Autodesk). I did this to test out new facial animation software AW was developing at the time, but it turned into much more than that." the end was nominated for an Oscar the following year, and a smattering of other awards around the world.

Bingo

Chris Landreth | Canada | 1998 | 6 min | EN

This disturbing film is set in a circus ring and boasts excellent texture processing and remarkable character stylization. “This film I directed while I was working with a group of people to create an animation software package called Maya. I did this film in an attempt to dispel my lifelong fear of clowns. It didn’t work.”

Ryan

Chris Landreth | Canada | 2004 | 14 min | EN

This anidoc is based on the life of Ryan Larkin, a Canadian animator who produced some of the most influential animated films of his time. Ryan is living every artist’s worst nightmare – succumbing to addiction, panhandling on the streets to make ends meet. Through computer-generated characters, Landreth interviews his friend to shed light on his downward spiral.

The Spine

Chris Landreth | Canada | 2009 | 11 min | EN

A therapeutic group is full of strange cases, but the film focuses mainly on a relationship between a man and a woman trapped in a spiral of mutual destruction after 26 years of marriage. The Spine continues Landreth’s pursuit of a twisted, beautiful and highly original visual aesthetic, using digital imagery to create characters whose physical appearances are metaphors for their unique souls.

Subconscious Password

Chris Landreth | Canada | 2013 | 11 min | EN

Here, the author uses a common social gaffe—forgetting somebody’s name—as the starting point for a mind-bending romp through the unconscious. Inspired by the classic TV game show Password, the film features a wealth of animated celebrity guests who try to prompt our beleaguered protagonist to remember his old pal’s name. Finally, he realizes he must surrender to his predicament and jump head-first into his subconscious to find the answer.

Be Cool and Don’t Be an Asshole

Chris Landreth | Canada | 2016 | 1 min

For a campaign by the National Film Board of Canada called Naked Island, Chris Landreth made a short video in which he takes selfies in front of various bizarre places all over the world. In this way, he has taken an unapologetic poke at the self-consumed selfie culture.