Back In The USSR

Happily returns back to St. Petersburg, Russia to participate in the 4th annual International Short and Animation Film Festival Open Cinema. We are screening on Monday, August 11th at 3:30pm at the famous House of Cinema (ДОМ КИНО) in the big hall. Our group is a selection of video-art, experimental, and music videos.

Both Obama and McCain Endorse 'Happily'

While that headline is not exactly true, it is true that we will be screening at the 5th Annual DC Shorts Film Fest happening in the Nation's capitol. The festival runs from September 11-18, 2008.

Happily is screening three times: on opening night (Thursday, Sept 11th) at 7pm, Sunday, Sept 14th at 4:30pm, and Wednesday, Sept 17th at 9:30pm all at the Landmark E Street Cinema.

California Next Gen Film Fest

Happily has been invited to participate in the First Annual California Next Gen Film Festival, being held in the California capitol, Sacramento. The festival runs from August 28-31, 2008 and is being presented at the Sacramento Memorial Auditorium.

Happily is being shown twice, once at 5:45pm on August 30th, and again at 4:45pm on August 31st.

The Festival Of Festivals

Happily has been invited to participate in the 16th annual Festival of Festivals in Saint Petersburg, Russia. We're screening at the Дом Кино, пятница, 27 июня, 22.30 (House of Cinema, Friday, June 27th at 10:30pm). Ochen horosho and yellow blue bus!

Okie Dokie

Well, we just got back from the deadCenter Film Festival which takes place dead center in Oklahoma (Oklahoma City for you geography majors) and these were the highlights:

1. People there are waaaay to nice. Not in the scary sense, but coming from the west coast, it's strange to have conversations with random people on the street.
2. OK is a wonderful place for carnivores. That being said, the food was quite tasty.
   
3. There's a really cool Chihuly exhibit in the OKC Museum of Art. In case you don't know who that is, he's the master glass-smith (is that how you refer to them?) that did the entry way to the Bellagio Casino in Las Vegas. It's kinda funny to think that a collection of glass sculptures are stationed in Tornado Alley, but that's how they roll there.
4. We learned how Okies use their noodle in the movie Okie Noodling II.
5. Lidia had her hair touched by director Bradley Beesley. And now she will never wash her hair again. Gee thanks Bradley.

All in all, it was a great excuse to go to OK.

Our First STIFFY!

You could file this post under "inappropriate goodness," but as the title says it's true. Happily received it's first STIFFy. The STIFFy is none other than an award given by STIFF (Seattle True Independent Film Festival). What made us STIFF you ask? According to them we were the most original concept. Thanks guys!

Winnipeg International

The great city of Winnipeg has asked Happily to participate in their fourth annual Winnipeg International Film Festival. We will be part of their Experidrama group and will be screening twice: once on Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 3pm and again on Friday, June 6th, 2008 at 6:30pm at the PTE SAAN Theatre (Portage Place Shopping Mall, 393 Portage Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada).