Short Film

2024

It is the annual birthday party of a treasured daughter. This year the usual traditions feature except her boyfriend has been invited. Is he to be accepted or rejected by the family fold.

Birthday party

  • "Birthday Party" is a 2024 short film directed by Valentina Carrasco Thayer as part of the MA Acting for Screen program at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

    It merges in a comedic and surreal way Wes Anderson’s visuals and brightness of colors with Yorgos Lanthimos unsettling vibes.

    In the film, there are some flashbacks to Daughter’s previous birthday parties, where she always won all the games. Grace Dewhurst plays Daughter in all the scenes, including the flashbacks, and dressing her “as a child” contributes to this surreal telling of the story.

  • Grace Dewhurst, Iryna Poplavska, Kenichi Ri, Davis Weaver

  • Directed by Valentina Carrasco Thayer

    Written by Robert Holtom, produced by Amanda Brennan

    Costume Design by Ilaria Mosca
    Costume trainee Shumai Zhang

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