United Kingdom, England / 2025 / Fiction / 16’9”I2606631
Happy Birthday, My Best Friend is a quiet and intimate portrait of a fractured friendship. Set over the course of one afternoon, two former university friends reunite for a birthday celebration that gradually unravels their shared past, unspoken tensions, and the quiet violence of emotional distance. Beneath the surface of polite conversation, a deeper existential crisis simmers—a confrontation with meaning, identity, and the loneliness of being. As silence becomes unbearable, a single decision changes everything.
Director
Production
Referent
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Camera
Arnav Sharma
Script
Editing
John McGuire
Cast / With
Bobbie Mac Wells
Chas Dickenson
Film score composer
Prithwish Maji
Decors
Mya Akhina
Sound designer
Otto Frohmader
Sound Editing
Finley Williamson