Spare Change

Don't always count a coin by its face value. Because until you hold it yourself, you will never know its 'true' worth.

Three disillusioned outcasts meet in a laundromat. A punk who's lost his pills, a freshly-kicked-out-of-home youth, and a girl obsessed with vampires. What could go wrong?

A light-hearted, urban fable about a homeless man's attempt to connect to the busy world around him.

Eccentrics answer the question "What do you spend your spare change on?"

This animation short by Ryan Larkin recounts some “comical experiences” Larkin had during his many years as a panhandler in Montreal. It tells the story of Astral Pan, a street beggar, who takes us on a wild journey from the sidewalks of a wintry Montreal day, to the gates of Heaven and Hell and back. The great filmmaker passed away before finishing his film. Spare Change was completed by a friend, producer and singer-songwriter Laurie Gordon, assisted by a team of young, devoted animators.

Jane, along with her best friend Lily, hatch a plan to feign homelessness and find different, creative ways to get money from strangers. What is a girl to do when lying is your job and you start to bring work home with you?

Two frustrated indie filmmakers pretend to be homeless because no one will help them fund their first project. Will their luck change for the better or will they give up on everything.

A nomadic grifter speeds from one brief encounter to the next, pocketing what spare change, electronics, jewelry, etc. she can before moving on to the next hit. That is, until an unexpectedly intimate connection gets in the way of business as usual.