FILMS ON SPIRITUALITY AND FAITH

Happy
(75 min; 2011; dvd)
Director: Roko Belic

Audience Choice Award, Arizona International Film Festival; Best Documentary, Rincon International Film Festival; Grand Jury Prize, Amsterdam Film Festival; Best Documentary, Mexico International Film Festival

The filmmaker travels from the swamps of Louisiana to slums in Kolkata looking for the real cause behind people's happiness. Combining testimonies by people and interviews with scientists involved in happiness research, the film explores the secrets behind this one emotion that we all value