Directed by Miguel Angel Jimenéz and based on the novel of the same name by Panos Karnezis,
Heretic Production The Birthday Party stars Willem Dafoe alongside Emma Suárez, Joe Cole and Vic Carmen Sonne. Additional cast includes Christos Stergioglou, Carlos Cuevas, Antonis Tsiotsiopoulos, Fransesc Garrido, Maria Pau Pigem, Pelle Heikkilä and Elsa Lekkakou. 

The Story is Set in the late 1970s somewhere in the Mediterranean, where Marcos Timoleon, an Aristotle Onassis-like tycoon, is throwing a lavish, extravagant birthday party for Sofia, his daughter and sole heiress, on his exclusive private island. The party is a perfect excuse for various people in his life to approach him with their own agendas. But Marcos, who is used to ruthlessly controlling everything and everyone around him at whatever cost, is also secretly plotting a big decision on his daughter’s behalf. 
Sofia, however, has come to share some important news of her own. As guests start pouring in and night falls, the party grows rowdier and more decadent, while the inevitable clash between Marcos and Sofia reaches a heartbreaking climax. 

Produced by Heretic’s Giorgos Karnavas, who co-wrote the script along with Jimenéz and Nicos Panayotopoulos. Co-producers are Adria Mones for Fasten Films, Erik Glijnis and Leontine Petit for Lemming Film and Kurban Kassam for Raucous Pictures. 

Funded by the Greek Film Center, ICEC, The Netherlands Film Fund and the Global Screen Fund BFI and backed by Kalamata Films, Eolo Films, Ekome, ERT, Hopeless Romantic, Osmyx Film Clinic and Frontstage Entertainment.