In RELIANCE we discover the incredible contrasts that frame the life of a Search & Rescue K9 handler: Humor and detachment, hope and despair -- joy and terror -- ecstasy and frustration. The story builds intimately, using live search footage, personal diaries,  animation and an occasional dog-mounted camera.

Painterly and dreamlike imagery by critically acclaimed animator Daniel Sousa weaves in and out of the epic story of RELIANCE, bringing to life the mythic reliance between human and animal.  Daniel’s animation imaginatively engages the dog’s point of view