Bio

Ryan McKenna is an award winning Canadian filmmaker. He was born in Saint Boniface (Manitoba), but has been based out of Montreal since 2008. McKenna completed his first feature film in 2012 – The First Winter, which premiered at Montreal’s Festival du Nouveau Cinema, and went on to play Moscow International, Raindance, IndieLisboa, among others. His most recent film is the short experimental documentary Controversies, which is making its rounds on the festival circuit having already played as an official selection at Hot Docs, DOXA, RIDM, DMZ, GST, NSOT at the Cannes Film Festival, the Doc Fortnight MoMA, among many others.

Works

Controversies

  • 2014
  • Ryan McKenna

Editing out the interviewer, "Controversies" presents a popular call in radio show with just the callers.

Controversies

Survival Lessons

  • 2013
  • Ryan McKenna

A portrait of bombastic film producer Greg Klymkiw, who was a major player in the DIY Winnipeg film scene of the 1980s and was instrumental in launching Guy Maddin's career.

Survival Lessons

The First Winter

  • 2012
  • Ryan McKenna

A young man in Portugal impregnates a vacationing Canadian and must face the inhospitable prairie landscape and its hopeless denizens when he emigrates to join her.

The First Winter

Honky Tonk Ben

  • 2011
  • Ryan McKenna

Honky Tonk Ben was a yodeling cowboy with a talent for creating extravagant pianos.

Honky Tonk Ben

Bon Voyage

  • 2009
  • Ryan McKenna

Irreverent homage to the city of my birth.

Bon Voyage