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'The Saddest Boy in the World' is a Canadian short black comedy film, directed by Jamie Travis and released in 2006."Emotion gets best of Belling: The Saddest Boy in the World makes its debut at Toronto's film festival". 'Langley Times', September 22, 2006. The film stars Benjamin Smith as Timothy Higgins, a lonely and unhappy young boy who plans to commit suicide by hanging himself on his birthday.Glen Schaefer, "In short, B.C.'s kids are all right". 'The Province', October 12, 2006.

It was the second film in his 'Saddest Children in the World' trilogy, following 'Why the Anderson Children Didn't Come to Dinner' and preceding 'The Armoire'.

The film had its theatrical premiere at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. It was later screened at the 2007 Inside Out Film and Video Festival, where it was cowinner with Michle Pearson Clarke's 'Black Men and Me' of the award for Best Canadian Short Film."Sijie Dai film named Best Feature at Inside Out fest". 'The Globe and Mail', May 29, 2007.

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