Workhorse – With cinematographer Ryan Randall

An event hosted by The Cinema Society of Kingston.

For the first time since its premiere at the Montreal International Film Festival in 2019, the Canadian Screen Award-winning documentary film Workhorse will be making its theatrical debut at the Screening Room at a special event hosted by the Cinema Society of Kingston. The film shall be followed by a Q&A with Kingston-based cinematographer Ryan A. Randall, whose work on the film earned him a Canadian Screen Award for Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary. 

• Admission: $10 (HST included) – tickets going on sale in early March.

Workhorse follows three humans whose work and lives are deeply connected with their stoic equine partners. Filmed in beautiful black-and-white, this lyrical documentary reflects on and honours our ancient dependence on horse power.

“This exquisitely shot elegy for a fading way of life captures the power and beauty of horses with a nostalgic lustre. Caines’ film considers how the relationship between humans and animals changes with the cultural and industrial tides.” – Pat Mullen, Point of View Magazine

Guest Biography

Ryan A. Randall is a cinematographer, and educator who graduated from the Ontario College of Art & Design in 2002 with a major in Integrated Media.

An Associate of the Canadian Society of Cinematographers for the past decade, he actively shoots commercials, documentaries, shorts, and media arts projects. Ryan is also engaged in higher education and preservation. Currently at Queen’s University, in the Department of Film & Media where he is the Senior Technician and Technical Director of the Vulnerable Media Lab, as well as an Adjunct Lecturer. 

Works lensed have shown at Toronto International Film Festival, Montreal International Documentary Festival (RIDM), Sebastopol, Vancouver International Film Festival, Images Film Festival, Locarno International Film Festival, and DOXA Documentary Festival, amongst others. 

Ryan’s recent work on Workhorse (Caines, 2020) was awarded the 2021 Canadian Screen Awards: Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary and was nominated for the 2020 Canadian Society of Cinematographer Awards: Robert Brooks Award for Documentary Long Format Cinematography.