Birthday Time

Directed by Lawrence Ferber

Tom, a married closeted man, faces unexpected desires when entrusted with his friend's teenage son.
Birthday Time is a deliberately awkward short film about a teenager determined to experience a first kiss. The setup can be uncomfortable, but that discomfort captures something recognisable about adolescence: the desperate urge to reach an imagined milestone before feeling left behind. Its cringe-inducing moments are balanced by genuine vulnerability.

Birthday Time

Directed by Lawrence Ferber

Tom, a married closeted man, faces unexpected desires when entrusted with his friend's teenage son.

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Birthday Time is a deliberately awkward short film about a teenager determined to experience a first kiss. The setup can be uncomfortable, but that discomfort captures something recognisable about adolescence: the desperate urge to reach an imagined milestone before feeling left behind. Its cringe-inducing moments are balanced by genuine vulnerability.