Happy Birthday

***Happy Birthday*** is a 2015 Brazilian film written and directed by Paulo Leão . 

With a notably international career, **Happy Birthday** has the impressive record of *Official Selection* at more than fifty international film festivals, in addition to several nominations and awards. In recent years it has been present in more than twenty countries, on five continents.  the same used by Glauber Rocha.

## Cast 
## Synopsis 
A lonely man awaits the arrival of guests for his birthday celebration. During this wait, his anxiety increases, causing a mixture of memories and delusions. 

## Release 
The film was completed en 2015 and released in 2016 in Spain at the Barcelona Planet Festival. 

* Barcelona Planet Film Festival (trailer) - 2016 - Spain
* The Montly Film Festival (trailer) - 2016 - USA
* Headline International Film Festival - 2016 - USA
* GoldenSun Short Film Festival - 2016 - Malta
* North American Film Awards - 2016 - USA
* TOFF Film Festival - 2016 - Online
* Los Angeles Cine Fest - 2016 - USA
* 2nd Taxco Iberoamerican Film Festival - 2016 - Mexico
* Latino Awards - Cine de Oro - 2016 - Spain
* Ozark Shorts - 2016 - USA
* Golden Frames - 2016 - India
* All Lights India International Film Festival - 2016 - India
* TIF Video Challenge - 2016 - Cyprus
* Ekurhuleni International Film Festival - 2016 - South Africa
* Indie Wise - 2016 - USA
* Kinosmena Short Film Festival - 2016 - Belarus
* Allucinema Film Festival - 2016 - Mexico
* GRAND OFF - WORLD INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS - 2016 - Poland
* BLOW-UP · Chicago International Arthouse FILM FEST - 2016 - USA
* Festival de Cortometrajes Jose Francisco Rosado - 2016 - Spain
* Grand IndieWise Convention - 2016 - USA
* Indie Wise FREE Virtual Festival - online - 2017
* United King Screen One International Film Festival 2017 (trailer) - Scotland
* Miami Epic Festival 2017 - USA
* AM Egypt Film Festival - 2017 - Cairo, Egypt
* Cinema of the World - 2017 - India
* Quarzazate International Film Festival - 2017 - Berlin - Germany
* Cardiff International Film Festival - 2017 - Wales - United Kingdom
* AFC Global Fest 2017 - Kolkata - India
* STIFF - San Marino Torinese International Film Festival - 2018 - Italy
* Grand IndieWise Convention 2018 - Miami, Florida - USA
* Miami Epic Festival 2018 - USA
* San Mauro Film Festival 2018 - Turin, Italy
* InShort Film Festival 2018 - Lagos - Nigeria
* Lift-Off Global Network 2023 - Filmmaker Sessions at Pinewood Studios - UK and Raleigh Studios - Holywood. Berlin, Tokyo, Manchester, Austin, New York, Toronto, Los Angeles, Amsterdam, Paris
* Serbest International Film Festival (SIFF) - 2023 - Moldova
* Cinema Of The World (CWIFF) - 2023 - UAE, India, USA
* Black & White Film Festival (trailer) - 2024 - Toronto, Canada
* WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival - 2024 - Toronto, Canada
* ShortVerse - 2024 - Streaming
* Black & White Film Festival (film) - 2024 - Toronto, Canada
* Festival for Trailers Monthly - 2025 - Los Angeles, USA
* WILDsound Daily Festival (trailer) - 2025 - online
* Kuala Lumpur International Film Academy Awards - 2025 - Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia
* Lift-Off Filmmakers Sessions - 2025 - England
* WideScreen Film & Music Video Festival - 2025 - Canada

## Awards, nominations and highlights 
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