The Birth­day Par­ty

December 1999. I remember that, amidst the Millenium Bug anxiety, I went to the birthday of Enrico, a kid who lived with his family in an old and isolated farmhouse.

Credits

Cast:

Nicola Cannarella – Francesco

Matthias Tormen – Enrico

Denis Fasolo – Lucio

Elia Luciani – Loretta

Luisa Trigilla – Großmutter

Livio Pacella – Amos

Script:

Francesco Sossai

Camera:

Giulia Schelhas

Editing:

Francesco Sossai

Producer:

Cecilia Trautvetter

François Pierre Clavel

Sound:

Sebastian Pablo Poloni

Artiom Constantinov

Film info

Direction:

Francesco Sossai

Genre:

Kurzfilm

Country of production:

Germany/France/Italy

Production Company:

Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin

Shooting format:

16mm

Screening format:

16:9

Frame rate:

24 fps

Aspect ratio:

16:9

Sound format:

Dolby 5.1

Language:

Italian

Version:

OmU

Festivals:

Quinzaine at 76. Festival de Cannes (16.-27.05.2023)

31st Curtas Vila do Conde IFF (08.-16.07.2023)

26. Guanajuato International Film Festival (20.-31.07.2023)

29th Sarajevo Film Festival (11.-19.08.2023)

Silhouette Film Festival (25.08.-02.09.2023)

42. Vancouver International Film Festival (28.09.-08.10.2023)

52. Montreal Festival du nouveau cinéma (04.-15.10.2023)

Alice nella città IFF (18.-29.10.2023)

27th Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (03.-19.11.2023)

Brest European Short Film Festival (07.-12.11.2023)

XXIX edition of Caminhos do Cinema Português (10.-18.11.2023)

Leuven International Short Film Festival (24.11.-02.12.2023)

19. Festival del Cortometraggio Mediterraneo "Passaggi d'Autore: intrecci mediterranei" (02.-07.12.2023)

32. Séquence Court Méatrage (06.-10.12.2023)

10th International Uşak Short Film Festival (12.-19.12.2023)

Winter Apricots: Prilep International Film Festival (14.-16.12.2023)

Intervalli Festival Cinema (11.-15.01.2024)

Vilnius International Short Film Festival (17.-23.01.2023)

35. Trieste Film Festival (19.-27.01.2024)

36. Festival Premiers Plans (20.-28.01.2024)

45. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis (22.-28.01.2024)

39th Santa Barbara International Film Festival (07.-17.02.2024)

PLAY - Lisbon International Kids Film Festival (24.02.-03.03.2024)

Watersprite Film Festival (01.-03.03.2024)

KINO ATHENS, International Independent Film Festival (01.-10.03.2024)

30. Internationale Kurzfilmwoche Regensburg (07.-17.03.2024)

41st BUFF Film Festival in Malmö (09.-15.03.2024)

XIX edizione di Cortinametraggio (12.-17.03.2024)

24. Landshuter Kurzfilmfestival (13.-18.03.2024)

63. Festival Internacional de Cine de Cartagena de Indias - FICCI - (16.-21.04.2024)

5. Format Court Festival (25.-28.04.2024)

41. Busan International Short Film Festival (25.04.-01.05.2024)

21. Neisse Film Festival (14.-19.05.2024)

River Film Festival Padova (29.05.-16.06.2024)

40. Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg (04.-09.06.2024)

Generation Film Festival Denmark (12.-16.06.2024)

SyncroFilmFest Buenos Aires (13.-16.06.2024)

53. Lubuskie Filmsommer Festival (23.-30.06.2024)

Lanterne Magiche Film Festival (07.-17.07.2024)

11. Bridge Film Festival (09.-13.07.2024)

Edera Film Festival (17.-20.07.2024)

Aegean Film Festival (18.-26.07.2024)

31. European Film Festival Palić (20.-26.07.2024)

Two Riversides Film and Art Festival (27.07.-04.08.2024)

Concorto Film Festival (17.-24.08.2024)

MoliseCinema Filmfestival Italy (06.-11.08.2024)

Filmfestival Kitzbühel (19.-25.08.2024)

35th São Paulo International Short Film Festival (22.08.-01.09.2024)

18. Fünf Seen Filmfestival (fsff) (03.-12.09.2024)

Nòt Film Fest - Santarcangelo di Romagna (06.-11.09.2024)

Bueu’s International Film Festival (06.-21.09.2024)

ArteSettima Festival (19.-22.09.2024)

INCANTO SHORT FILM FESTIVAL (20.-21.09.2024)

22nd edition of Tirana International Film Festival (22.-28.09.2024)

Young Film Fest Prague (25.-29.09.2024)

Torino Underground Cinefest (26.09.-25.10.2024)

Desenzano Filmfestival (27.-29.09.2024)

Blue Danube Film Festival (01.-05.10.2024)

Tramway Film Festival (03.-06.10.2024)

Edimotion | Festival für Filmschnitt und Montagekunst (11.-14.10.2024)

FLIGHT/ Mostra Internazionale del Cinema di Genova (15.-19.10.2024)

Flensburger Kurzfilmtage (13.-17.11.2024)

35. LJUBLJANA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (13.-24.11.2024)

43. FILMSCHOOLFEST MUNICH (15.-23.11.2024)

KFFK / Kurzfilmfestival Köln N°18  (19.-24.11.2024)

Runtime:

16.46 min