The film is currently in production (more than half way through) by our own funding. We need help to continue filming, post-production, music clearances, film festivals, promotion, etc.

What started off as a documentary, looking to interview kids who had been bullied, director Shane Ryan realized he had his next narrative feature film of a different breed. Casting mostly "real kids" and mixing their interviews in with staged scenes and the occasional actor, Ryan decided to paint more a portrait of the isolated child. "Think of the film as a moving scrap book," says Ryan. "I'd look through these disturbing photo books which were nothing but images of horrible things in life that people, for the most part, choose not to acknowledge. I'm also a huge people watcher. I decided to take this idea of photo-journalism, and people-watching, and turn it into a fictionalized film. We follow -  mostly dialogue-free - real isolated kids, in a mix of real/staged environments, faced with horrible things. Things parents, teachers, even other kids, aren't aware of because these types of kids are loners."

"I was a complete loner for most of my childhood and bullied in school so badly that I'm left with permanent injuries to my eye and jaw, so I'm fascinated (in a horrific way) by this subject, and feel I know exactly how to capture this kind of child. It's the type of film that needs to be made, and these are the types of films I'm always interested in making."

Ryan's films always strike a nerve. He's been acclaimed by everything from the diverse points of views of the Los Angeles Times, Variety, MTV and Mr. Skin, from the horror and exploitation companies Bloody-Disgusting.com, Ultra Violent Magazine and Shock Cinema Magazine, to leading indie contributors Film Threat and Film School Rejects. His films have been written about in more than a dozen published books, invited to film festivals and shown in theatres all around the globe, distributed on DVD through multiple releases and companies (including the major label E1 Entertainment, the cult studio Troma, even receiving special new VHS collector releases of his films through various new companies bringing the retro tapes back in style).

God Got Ill, based on the trailer alone and Ryan's resume, already has had distribution offers, so a release is guaranteed (though Ryan would like to hit the film festival market first).

Ryan's previous film about troubled youth, My Name is 'A' by anonymous (based on real-life teenage murderer, then 15-year-old Alyssa Bustamante), was released late last year by Wild Eye Releasing and was awarded with outstanding reviews Worldwide.

You can visit Ryan's site and check out more of his work @ MadSinCinema.com