Now's Your Time

Logline
Death is in Christine's kitchen. She's going to die today. Christine has one thought: Fuck it.

Synopsis
Death has come to take Christine, very much to the young woman’s surprise. Typical that it would be on a Saturday when she has guests coming over. As the table discuss the rise of populist politics, Christine speaks to us as she has to reckon with whether she tells her partner and whether she actually cares about killing the guests at her dinner table. Accepting that she’s too much of a coward to express those true feelings, her next hurdle is her relationship. When she expresses her latent sexual desire to sleep with other people, Christine naturally expects the worst but to her surprise, her loyal boyfriend demonstrates a possessive competitiveness that Christine finds arousing and dismisses us. Finally, alone in her room with Death being very close now, Christine laments the missed life she could’ve lived in lieu of the pursuit or avoidance of certain societal labels. Telling one last joke, Christine slumps to the floor and dies. Death is about to do her thing but is interrupted by a call. Ending it she walks over and tells, Christine there’s been an admin error. Now’s not her time. Death gives life back to Christine who wakes with a start, breathing in the fact that all she’s done today, she now has to live with.

Produced by Oriane Pick

Written & Directed by Kieran Bourne

Director of Photography Ravenna Tran

Production Design Giorgia Lee Joseph

Costume Design Cécile Van Dijk

Hair & Make Up Taina Vez

First Assistant Director Ben Lyons

Gaffer Hal Pilkington

Sound Recordist Jospeh Dominic

Production Assistant Ava Potter

Production Assistant/Standby Props Alex Bullock

First AC Robert Stanton

Second AC Imani Waweru

Camera Trainee Veronica Dobrochynska

Production Design Trainee Kitty Verity

BTS Vimasha Perera

Cast

Oriane Pick

Paul Kane

Yoon-Joo Jee

Lanre Danmola

Catherine Joy White