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BIRTHDAY
​by Alberto Viavattene

15min |  Italy |  2017

Night. An abusive nurse wanders through the halls of a nursing home. She integrates her salary by secretly selling prescription drugs to junkies and stealing from the most vulnerable patients. The only thing she hates more than her job is old people. Upon entering room 12, occupied by three sisters, she discovers that one of them has just turned one-hundred years old: there must be a birthday present somewhere… that will change their lives forever. 

Year of production: 2017
Length: 15 min
Country: Italy
Camera: RED DRAGON
Format: 1.85:1
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1
Dialogue: English 

Director Alberto Viavattene
Production Indastria Film, Grey Ladder in association with DImago
Producer Claudio Bronzo, Lorenzo Lotti, Alessandro Regaldo
Produced with the support of the Short Film Fund - Film Commission Torino Piemonte
Associate Producer 
Andrea Scaglione, Emiliano Ranzani
Cinematographer Sandro De Frino
Sound design Enrico Ascoli
Set design Simona Galluccio, Davide Bergia
Writer  Alberto Viavattene
Editor Alessandro Pisani
First Assistant Director Ettore Scarpa
Color Grading  Emiliano Ranzani
Visual FX Donato Sansone
Cast Roxane Duran, Sydne Rome, Stewart Arnold, Viola Sartoretto, Giulia Luna Mazzarino, Stella Clozza, Erika Piroscia, Alina La Costa, Loredana Armanni

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Festival Selections
Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival​ 2017, South Korea (World Premiere)
Fantasia Festival​ 2017, Canada
Busho Film Festival 2017, Hungary
​Étrange Festival 2017, France
Split Film Festival 2017, Croatia
​New York Film Festival 2017, USA
Splat!FilmFest​  2017, Poland
Helsinki International Film Festival – Love & Anarchy 2017, Finland
Brooklyn Horror Film Festival 2017, USA
Panama Horror Film Fest 2017, Panama
Monsters of Film 2017, Sweden
Grimmfest 2017, UK
Screamfest 2017, USA
Festival SPASM 2017, Canada
Celluloid Screams: Sheffield Horror Film Festival 2017, UK
FKM - Festival de Cinema Fantástico da Coruña 2017, Spain
Dracula Film Festival 2017, Romania
SFindie's "Another Hole in the Head" Film Festival 2017, USA
Razor Reel Flanders Film Festival 2017, Belgium
Trieste Science+Fiction Festival 2017, Italy
Hrizantema Horror & Fantasy Film Festival​ 2017, Serbia (Special Mention)
San Sebastian Horror & Fantasy Film Festival 2017, Spain
ALCINE Festival Internacional de Cine 2017, Spain​
Monster Fest 2017, Australia (Best Short Film)
Buried Alive Film Festival 2017, USA
Ekadeshma International Short Film Festival​ 2017, Nepal
Interfilm- International Short Film Festival Berlin 2017, Germany
Vancouver Golden Panda International Film Festival 2017, Canada
Fantafestival 2017, Italy
Festival del cortometraggio di Pescara 2017, Italy
Amarcort Film Festival 2017, Italy
Nox Film Fest 2018, Uruguay
Green Bay Film Festival 2018, USA
Short Waves Festival 2018, Poland
MEME PAS PEUR International Film Festival 2018, France
Aurora - Festival Internacional de Cine de Horror de Guanajuato 2018, Mexico
Cortinametraggio 2018, Italy
Alessandria Film Festival 2018, Italy
17° gLocal Film Festival - Piemonte Movie 2018, Italy
Imagine Film Festival 2018, Netherlands
Sukhum International Film Festival 2018
Festival del Cinema Europeo di Lecce 2018, Italy
Athens International Film and Video Festival 2018, USA
Festival Internacional de Cine de Talca 2018, Chile
Cinedelphia Film Festival 2018, USA
Skepto International Film Festival 2018, Italy
Cluj Shorts International Short Film Festival 2018, Romania (Jury Award)
Texas Frightmare Weekend 2018, USA
FIPILI Horror Festival 2018, Italy
Crypticon Seattle Horror Film Festival 2018, USA
Corti a Ponte 2018, Italy
RSC Shorts Fest (Denver Film Society) 2018, USA
Horrorant Film Festival 2018, Greece
Fantaspoa International Fantastic Film Festival 2018, Brazil
Civitanova Film Festival 2018, Italy
Okotoks Film Festival 2018, Canada
Chimera Comix 2018, Italy
Cape Fear Independent Film Festival 2018, USA
ICFF Canada - Italian Contemporary Film Festival 2018, Canada
Figari Film Fest 2018, Italy
Cryptshow Festival 2018, Spain
Edera Film Festival 2018, Italy
RIFFA - Regina International Film Festival and Awards 2018, Canada
FMK - International Short Film Festival 2018, Italy
I LOVE GAI — Giovani Autori Italiani 2018, Italy
Molo Film Festival 2018, Italy
Nunchi Short Film Festival - Genazzano 2018, Italy
Encounters Short Film Festival 2018,UK
HELL DE JANEIRO - Rio de Janeiro International Horror and Terror Film Festival 2018, Brazil
Rieti e Sabina Film Festival 2018, Italy - Best Short Film
Chicago Horror Film Festival 2018, USA
Sose International Film Festival 2018, Armenia
Video Hackers Film Festival 2018, Italy
Court Métrange Festival 2018, France
TOHorror Film Fest 2018, Italy
Cortocircuito - Savigliano Film Festival 2018, Italy
Festival of Terror 2018, UK
Halloween Horror Fest Tienen 2018, Belgium
Cinefantasy - International Fantastic Film Festival 2018, Brazil
Festival Boca do Inferno 2018, Brazil
Zubroffka Short Film Festival 2018, Poland
International Usak Winged Seahorse Short Film Festival 2018, Turkey​
De Profundis Biannual Horror Short Film Festival 2019, UK - Best International Short
Myrtle Beach International Film Festival 2019, USA
Weekend Du Fantastique 2019, France
SorsiCorti Short Film Festival 2019, Italy
Kinosmena - Minsk International Short Film Festival  2019, Belarus
Death's Parade Film Fest 2019, USA
Monsters- Taranto Horror Film Festival 2019, Italy
Court, c'est Court 2019, France
Orlando International Film Festival 2020, USA





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