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Il compleanno di Enrico (Enricos Geburtstag)
The Birthday Party

film type fiction Production Country Germany, France, Italy production year 2023 runtime 17'16 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Dolby SR languages Italienisch Subtitles Deutsch, Englisch, Französisch

December 1999. In the midst of the Millennium Bug fears, I remember going to the birthday of Enrico, a child who lived with his family in an old and isolated farmhouse.

Il compleanno di Enrico (Enricos Geburtstag) Il compleanno di Enrico (Enricos Geburtstag) Il compleanno di Enrico (Enricos Geburtstag)
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director Francesco Sossai Produktion / Production Cecilia Trautvetter, François-Pierre Clavel Drehbuch / Script Francesco Sossai Schnitt / Editing Francesco Sossai Bildgestaltung / DOP Giulia Schelhas Szenenbild / Production Design Paula Meuthen Tongestaltung / Sound Design Sebastian Pablo Poloni film school Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
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Festivals
2023 Quinzaine des Cinéastes, Cannes, France
2023 Curtas Vila do Conde - International Film Festival, Portugal (Grand Prix of the International Competition)
2023 Guanajuato International Film Festival (GIFF), San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato City, Mexico
2023 Sarajevo Film Festival, Bosnia and Herzegovina
2023 Festival Silhouette, Paris, France
2023 Canada International Film Festival, Vancouver
2023 Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
2023 Vancouver International Film Festival, Canada
Awards
2023 Nominierung Kategorie Spielfilm von mehr als 10 Minuten bis 30 Minuten Laufzeit Deutscher Kurzfilmpreis 2023
School
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • http://www.dffb.de
Production
  • Cecilia Trautvetter
  • Potsdamerstr. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • Deutschland
Production
  • KIDAM
  • François-Pierre Clavel
Distribution
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de
Sales
  • Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB)
  • Anna Laura Wenzel
  • Potsdamer Str. 2
  • 10785 Berlin
  • +49 30 25759152
  • http://www.dffb.de

Francesco Sossai

Francesco Sossai was born in the Italian Dolomites mountain region. He graduated in English and German literature and then attended the DFFB film school. His first feature-length film ALTRI CANNIBALI celebrated its world premiere at the 2021 Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, where it was awarded Best First Feature.

Filmography
2015 Letzter Akt – Prores
2017 A view of the Grand Canal
2021 Altri Cannibali
2023 Il compleanno di Enrico

Portrait of Francesco Sossai