Canadian viewers watching the 2005 Academy Awards on Feb. 27 witnessed local filmmaker Chris Landreth win the Oscar for best animated short for Ryan. The groundbreaking 3D film tells the story of troubled former National Film Board animator Ryan Larkin, and is based around interviews with Larkin himself. "I couldn't have asked for anything better," Landreth said of the culmination of many months of flying around the world promoting the film and collecting awards. Ryan is a copro between Copper Heart Entertainment and the NFB

Bottom: a scene from Ryan.