Birthday
Germany / Switzerland, January 2001
FILM,
Fiction,
92 min.
- directed by
- Stefan Jäger
- Written by
- Stefan Jäger
- Status
- In distribution
- Website
- www.birhtday-der-film.de
The story of four “old friends” – Bibiana, Tamara, Harald and Claudio – who many years earlier agreed to get together again at their 30th birthdays. Old feelings and anxieties immediately bubble to the surface, secrets are discovered, and ultimately the spirit of friendship is renewed: four different points of the compass reach a kind of equilibrium in the same constellation. Believing that they are about to leap over all the hurdles and enjoy a new period of life together, they provoke a storm that is destined to change them all.
credits
- World Premiere
- January 2001
- Original Version
- German, colour, 35mm, 92 min.
- Production
- Naked Eye Filmproduktion GmbH & Co., Stefan Jäger
- Producer
- directed by
- Stefan Jäger
- Written by
- Stefan Jäger
- Editing
- Nicholas Goodwin, Oliver Keidel
- Music
- Angelo Berardi
- Production Design
- Lars Janowitz
Cast
World Sales / World Rights
- World Sales
- Peppermint Enterprises Ltd. & Co. KG
Worldwide Distribution
- Germany
- Delphi Filmverleih Distribution
- Switzerland
- Filmcoopi Zürich AG Distribution
Awards
(a selection)
-
Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis,
Drehbuchpreis
2001
(Winner)
Stefan Jäger - Saarbrücken, Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis, Publikumspreis 2001 (Winner)
Festivals
(a selection)
-
26th Cairo International Film Festival
15.10.2002 - 25.10.2002 -
Gothenburg, 25th Göteborg Film Festival
25.01.2002 - 04.02.2002 -
Montréal, 25e Festival des films du monde
23.08.2001 - 03.09.2001 -
Locarno, 54. Festival internazionale del film Locarno
02.08.2001 - 12.08.2001 -
Karlovy Vary, 36th Int. Filmfestival Karlovy Vary
05.07.2001 - 14.07.2001 -
Ludwigsburg, Europäische Kurzfilmbiennale Ludwigsburg
06.06.2001 - 12.06.2001 -
Filmkunstfest Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
02.05.2001 - 06.05.2001 -
Solothurn, Solothurner Filmtage
23.01.2001 - 28.01.2001 -
Saarbrücken, 22. Filmfestival Max Ophüls Preis
16.01.2001 - 21.01.2001