The Saddest Boy in the World
The Saddest Boy in the World
Colour, 35 mm
Canada, 2006, 14 min
Section: Forum of Independents
| Director: | Jamie Travis |
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| Screenplay: | Jamie Travis |
| Dir. of Photography: | Amy Belling |
| Music: | Alfredo Santa Ana |
| Editor: | Jason Schneider |
| Producer: | Amy Belling, Jamie Travis |
| Production: | Modern Family Productions |
| Contact: | Modern Family Productions |
| Cast: | Benjamin B. Smith, Kirsten Robek, Hailey Conner |
Synopsis
Timothy Higgins, the saddest boy in the world, plans to hang himself at his ninth birthday party.
About the director
Jamie Travis (b. 1979, Vancouver), writer, director, producer and production designer. His work has won prestigious awards and has been compared to the films of such masters as David Lynch, Peter Greenaway and Alfred Hitchcock. He received several awards for his first short film The Anderson Children Didn’t Come to Dinner (2003). His next short film Patterns (2005) earned him a prize at the Vancouver International Film Festival. This was followed by Patterns 2 and Patterns 3 which form a dark trilogy.
Amy Belling, Randy White
Modern Family Productions
1932 Adanac Street, V5L 2E4 Vancouver
Canada
Tel: +1 604 323 3320
Fax: +1 604 254 2997
E-mail: info@modernfamily.ca
| Supported by | General partner | Main partners | |||
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