“HAPPY BIRTDAY ”
Italy 1998 • 11’ • 35mm color



Screenplay: Serena Castana e Cristiana Mastropietro
Director: Giulio Manfredonia
Director of photography: Roberto Forza
Music: Federico Landini
Production designer: Paola Comencini
Costumi: Antonella Berardi
Producer: Fabrizia Falzetti

CAST
Claudia Pandolfi
Simonetta Martone
Carlo Lizzani
Paolo Sassanelli
Maria Vittoria Piancastelli

It is Alessandra's thirthieth birthday. She comes home after her work: many messages in the answering machine. She listens to them while preparing for the dinner party. The characters of the messages appear and bring her back in the past..... A surprising end will be the best present.

International Sales Agent: FARout FILMS

BEST SHORT FILM NASTRO D’ARGENTO 1999
BEST FIRST FILM AT VALDARNO FEDIC 1999
BEST SHORT FILM AT CARRARA CINEMA 1999
QUALITY AWARD BY MIBAC

Festivals:
Shortlisted at Davide di Donatello 1999
Bruxelles Film Festival 1999
Capalbio Cinema 1999
Manhattan Short Film Festival 2000
Distributed by FICE in 2001