Happy Birthday
Local title
Palju õnne sünnipäevaks!
Director
Sarah Goher
Country
Egypt
Year
2025
Exploring issues of class, power and belonging through the eyes of an innocent child.
Eight-year-old maid Toha goes to great lengths to ensure that her best friend Nelly, the daughter of her wealthy employer, has a successful birthday party in this poignant debut feature exploring classism in modern-day Cairo.
Director
Sarah Goher
Screenwriter
Mohamed Diab, Sarah Goher
Cast
Nelly Karim, Hanan Motawie, Hanan Youssef, Doha Ramadan
Producer
Ahmed El Desouky, Ahmed Badawy, Ahmed Abbas, Jamie Foxx, Datari Turner
Cinematographer
Seif Eldin Khaled
Production Design
Radwa Beshir, Afnan Mokhtar
Editing
Ahmed Hafez
Music
Mina Samy
Sound
Gomaa Abdellatif
Production
Skylimit Production, Film Square Productions, Immersive Studios, Foxxhole Productions
Runtime
Language
Arabic
Subtitles
Estonian, English

Director
Sarah Goher

Screenings
2nd Hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening021215 / Palju õnne sünnipäevaks!
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
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7th Hall Apollo Kino Coca-Cola Plaza
Screening080714 / Palju õnne sünnipäevaks!
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
1st Saku hall Apollo Kino Solaris
Screening151115 / Palju õnne sünnipäevaks!
SubtitlesEnglish, Estonian
Screening duration
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