Emma, a lonely old woman, reminisces of one of her childhood birthday parties.

Lene Thurner is standing on a train platform in Munich. She has to decide: back to Berlin where she lives, or toward the south, where at the foot of the Alps her family lives on the lonely farm “Hierankl”.

In the heart of Binshe village, Shaoxing, an ancient tradition unfolds each year — a three-day celebration honouring a local goddess with the haunting melodies of The Story of Pipa, performed exclusively by female Yue opera artists. As the villagers intertwine myth, history, and devotion, the lines between reality and legend blur, revealing a tale where music bridges worlds and ancestral echoes linger on sacred stones.

Returning from eight years abroad at work and in prison, Jeong-il struggles to reconnect with his wife and their young daughter, Ye-sol, whom he barely knows.

It's a special day for Annie, but things don't go to plan and a nasty incident with the pet budgie forces her to run away from home.

Two grown men compete to be the most childish at a friend’s birthday party.

'Today (July 10) is Jerry Nelson's birthday! To celebrate, artist Zach Kenny has taken an incredible audio tape from 1999 of over three dozen Muppets wishing him a happy birthday, and created an animatic so we can all see it too!' - ToughPigs on Twitter

A drama about an old man who is lost in the memories of 1945 Hiroshima after getting an unforgettable birthday letter from his first love. During the Japanese colonial rule era, Moo Gil and Il Ae are childhood friends and each other's first love. Against their wills, both Moo Gil and Il Ae have to leave Hapcheon, South Korea, and go to Hiroshima, Japan. They are separated from each other there. Then in 2019 in South Korea, Moo Gil receives a birthday letter from his first love Il Ae.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY follows Craig Smith, a young man grappling with trauma and grief - embodied in the form of a red backpack. Despite his efforts to rid himself of his hurt, the backpack keeps reappearing in his life. But when an advertisement for Hertz Pawn Emporium, a shop that buys trauma, comes on his TV, he finds a possible solution to forget it all. As he navigates his memories and emotions, Craig's journey culminates in a surprising confrontation that leads to a mix of release and acceptance, revealing the complexities of healing and letting go.

Soap actor Steven and his husband Daniel decide to throw the ultimate first birthday party for their daughter. What Daniel doesn’t know is that Steven has invited Daniel’s estranged religious mother and sister to the party. Now, Daniel sees the festivities beginning to spiral out of control. There’s now a dead clown, a demanding diva, a cake that unfortunately looks like a lifeless baby, and a manhunt in the neighborhood for a murderer!