Film Programme
Happy Birthday Mom
fiction,
Tue, 19:00
Bulgaria / United Kingdom , 2011, 14'40''
Director: Slava Doytcheva
Producer: Khalid Jabaly, Slava Doytcheva
Director of photography: Jorge Ojeda
Editor: Aditi Verma
Synopsis: Ella (11) discovers her mother waiting all alone on a rich, festive table set for her own birthday. Trying to help, Ella roams around the apartment and collects her father and his mother. The festive mood quickly turns sour as the grandmother stirs yet another argument with her sidewise remarks. This is the last straw for the mother who finally explodes. Ella takes all of that in. Later, when the parents go out to reconcile, Ella and her grandmother are left alone in the house. The grandmother has an accident and falls in the bathroom. Ella hears her screams for help. In the moment she freezes. She decides to do nothing.
Director: Slava Doytcheva
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