Title: Oliver Bump's Birthday
Short Dark Comedy/Fantasy
Running Time: 16:23 / Format: 35mm / Year: 2011
Director: Jordan Canning
Writer: Simon McNabb
Producers: Jessica Cheung & Mark Purdy
Editor: Tiffany Beaudin
DOP: Arthur E. Cooper, CSC
Composer: Igor Correia
Production Designer: Adam William Wilson
Cast: Jason Spevack, Reiya West Downs, Steve Cumyn and Fiona Byrne
Synopsis:
On the eve of his birthday, 12-year-old child prodigy Oliver Bump is about to die. Spurred by their demanding parents, his four brothers and sisters lived lives of endless intellectual toil until their inexplicable deaths at the exact moment they turn thirteen. Oliver is fated to be next. He spends his final hours with his parents in rigid preparations for his funeral. But with his new friend Sally at his side, the mysterious solution Oliver's been working on might help him to escape his impending demise.
