EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to The Birthday Party, from director Miguel Angel Jimenez and adapted from Panos Karnezis’s novel of the same name.

Starring are Willem Dafoe, Vic Carmen Sonne, Joe Cole, Emma Suárez, Carlos Cuevas and Christos Stergioglou.

The film originally premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, and Quiver will release on June 5, 2026. Judah Klatzker negotiated the deal on behalf of Quiver, with Krisztina Laszlo from Bankside Films and Ioanna Stais from Heretic.