October 15, 2023 at 1:00 pm
Black Box at the Rose Wagner
Suggested Price $15: Pay-What-You-Can model
Happy BirthGay
Fiction (Dramatic etc), Hebrew, Live Action, Not Rated, Short

Happy BirthGay

Ronit throws her son Nadav a grandiose surprise party, celebrating a year anniversary of his coming out of the closet. However, he struggles to cooperate. Happy BirthGay is a sad farce about the mother’s closet, rather than the son’s.

Directed by: Niv Manzur
Runtime: 16 minutes
Year: 2022
Country: Israel
Content advisory: Sex Toys
Language: Hebrew
Subtitles: English Subtitles
Cast: Dorit Lev Ari, Noam Karmeli, Shifra Milshtein, Gilad Merhavi

Awards

Best Short Film Award TlvFest–2022 Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival

Official Selection:

2022 TLVFest Tel Aviv International LGBT Film Festival

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