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The birthday

Un cumpleaños como retrato de los ciclos generacionales. Bajo el sol mediterráneo, donde infancia y la adultez comparten espacios, se revela la fragilidad de un futuro que parece repetirse.

A birthday that serves as a portrait of generational cycles, under a mediterranean sun, where childhood and adulthood share spaces, revealing the fragility of a future that seems to repeat itself.

  • Lukas Lotti
    Director
  • Lukas Lotti
    Producer
  • Jorge Conejero
    Actor
  • Isidro Beltrán
    Producer
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    El cumpleaños
  • Project Type:
    Documentary, Short
  • Runtime:
    6 minutes 24 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    February 28, 2025
  • Production Budget:
    0 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Spain
  • Country of Filming:
    Spain
  • Language:
    Spanish
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1.66
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
Director Biography - Lukas Lotti

Lukas Lotti is a Franco-Valencian filmmaker with a visual approach that combines documentary sensibility and poetic aesthetics. His work begins with intimacy to explore the generational, the corporeal, and the atmospheric.

In 2025, his photographic series Grenade was selected for PHotoESPAÑA's DescubrimientosPHE program, confirming his authorial voice within contemporary photography.

As a director, his short documentary "The Birthday" is part of the official selection of the VALEIFF festival, where he portrays a family celebration under the Mediterranean sun as a metaphor for generational cycles.

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