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Friday night - the Q&A of the opening film " H is for happiness " is over and the audience is swarming out of the cinema, crowding around the blue photo wall to get an autograph or photo of the two talents or to just enjoy the cheerful atmosphere. In the middle of excited kids and cameras Anna and I - waiting to meet the cast and director of the film for a short interview. Finally we discover the people we are looking for and are led to director John Sheedy, who takes a little time for us. fGR: "Congratulations to the movie. How was is for you to be the opening film of Berlinale’s Generation?" John Sheedy: "It is such a great honour to be the opening film. We love the Berlin film-festival and I always wanted the film to be part of it, so I thought it would fit in nice in this section. It’s my first time at the Berlinale and then to be told that we are the opening was even more exciting." fGR: "We enjoyed the landscape and nature very muc...

A comment on “H is for Happiness” There would not be a better way to kick off this year’s Generation than with a film called “H is for Happiness” – I think while I’m waiting in front of the movie theatre, expecting an easy and cheerfull comedy. But after the last scene of the film has passed, I’m just surprised and touched by a deep film with quite an important message. "H is for Happiness" tells the story of twelve-year-old Candice Chee (Daisy Axon), who lives with mother and father in a small town in Western Australia. You’re realizing soon that the background of Candice, who’s clever, always happy and alert, isn’t that colorful and bright as the first minutes of the film. Since her little sister died of an illness Candice’s mother has been suffering from depression; her father – who had a financial dispute with his brother, called “Rich Uncle Brian” by Candice, spends most of the day isolated from his family in his garage working on new computer programs, and Candice ...

H IS FOR HAPPINESS Das Blubbern von Glück Eröffnungsfilm Regie John Sheedy Australien 2019 Produktion Julie Ryan, Tenille Kennedy, Lisa Hoppe Buch Lisa Hoppe Kamera Bonnie Elliott Montage Johanna Scott Musik Nerida Tyson-Chew mit Daisy Axon, Wesley Patten, Richard Roxburgh, Emma Booth, Joel Jackson, Deborah Mailman, Miriam Margolyes Englisch dt. Einsprache · 103 Min. empfohlen ab 8 Jahren Fr, 21.02. 15:30 Uhr Urania So, 23.02. 12:30 Uhr Filmtheater am Friedrichshain Di, 25.02. 09:30 Uhr Zoo Palast 1 Mi, 26.02. 11:00 Uhr Cubix 8 So, 01.03. 09:30 Uhr Filmtheater am Friedrichshain Für Candice Phee beginnt eine abenteuerliche Mission, als sich das Mädchen im Rahmen eines Schulprojekts zum Ziel setzt, ihre von Trauer und Streit zerrüttete Familie zu versöhnen. Unerschütterlich enthusiastisch – und dabei nicht selten ungewollt komisch – setzt sie sich für das Glück ihrer Mitmenschen ein. In ihrem neuen Mitschüler Douglas Benson, der fest daran glaubt, aus einer anderen...