Happy Birthday

Saturday, Jul 25
1:00

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Happy Birthday

Virtual Q&A with director Sarah Goher

2025. 91 m. Sarah Goher. Independent. Egypt. Arabic with subtitles. Rated NR.

Eight-year-old Toha works as a maid for a wealthy family in Cairo, and is set on hosting a successful birthday party for her best friend: her employer’s daughter. She soon discovers the social hierarchy that divides them in this poignant debut reflecting class schisms in contemporary Cairo. Happy Birthday made its world premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival, where it won Best International Narrative Feature, Best Screenplay in an International Narrative Feature, and the Nora Ephron Award.

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"Goher, a screenwriter and producer making her feature debut, proves herself to be a director-writer of uncommon sensitivity. She draws a performance of astonishing depth from Doha Ramadan as Toha."
Alissa Simon, Variety

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Virtual Q&A with filmmaker Sarah Goher

Saturday, Jul. 25 2026, 1:00

Sarah Goher is an Egyptian-American writer and director, born and raised in the South Bronx. An alumna of NYU Tisch and the Nightingale Bamford School, she worked as a producer on Mohamed Diab’s Cairo 678 (2010), Clash (2016), Amira (2021), and a producer/writer on Marvel Studios' Moon Knight (2022) before making her directorial debut. Cairo 678, Clash and Amira were all shown at ANA. Happy Birthday premiered at the 2025 Tribeca Festival, where Goher won three awards: Best International Feature, Best International Screenplay, and the Nora Ephron Award for a distinguished female filmmaker. In December 2025, Variety named her one of the top ten directors to watch in 2026.