Inside Kenk
Directed by Ron Mann
2019Documentary29 minCanada
The strange story of Igor Kenk, the Toronto man dubbed 'the world's most prolific bicycle thief,' told through interviews and animation from the graphic novel.
Synopsis
Inside Kenk is a half-hour documentary film, based on the successful 2010 graphic novel “KENK: A Graphic Portrait”, chronicling the life of Toronto’s Igor Kenk, the Slovenia-born man dubbed "the world’s most prolific bicycle thief" by The New York Times. The film, written and directed by Jason Gilmore aims to bring to life Kenk’s story, his flawed yet compelling personality and the remarkable, shocking revelation - unforeseen even by his most vocal detractors - that Kenk had been hoarding thousands of stolen bicycles in locations around the city. Told through a collection of present day interviews with various affected parties, interspersed with animated sequences in the original graphic novel style, that recount Igor’s personal story and the lead up to his arrest, culminating in a candid sit-down interview with Igor Kenk today.
The director
Ron Mann is one of Canada's foremost documentary filmmakers and the founder of Films We Like. Since Imagine the Sound (1981) he has chronicled North American pop culture in films including Comic Book Confidential, Grass, Altman and Carmine Street Guitars.
