Dates & Times For Rocky Mt. Women's & Bolzano Shorts

Happily has been given its screening time at the Rocky Mountain Women's Film Festival and were playing on Saturday, November 8th at the Fine Arts Center [SaGaJi Theater] at 1:45pm before the feature film Begging Naked (an interesting/provocative film to say the least).

At the Bolzano Shorts Film Festival, we have been given two time slots... November 12th at Capitol 2 at 10pm, and November 15th at Club 3 at 4:30pm both participating in the ShortFilm Experiment 3.

Back In Canada

Sorry for the late notice, but Happily is going to be in what is probably the most eastern part of North America later this week. The 19th Annual St. John's International Women's Film Festival has selected us to screen on Friday, October 17th from 7-10pm at The Rooms Mezzanine.

Just some trivia about the area: St. John's is the oldest English-founded settlement in North America. And of all major cities in Canada, St John's is the cloudiest (only 1,497 hours of sunshine a year), snowiest (359 cm; 11.8 ft), and has the most wet days per year. It seems like the perfect place to see our cheerful film!

Now Playing At Indie-Fest

For a limited time, Happily is playing on the Indie-Fest website. From September 19th - 29th, you have the opportunity to bypass the theaters and festival crowds and see it on demand! You will need to register and download a small player to your machine, but it only takes a few minutes (that is, less time than it takes to watch our 5 minute masterpiece) and it's really easy to do.

Just click here to watch it, and remember to rock the vote! Thanks!

WOW, We're Going To Sydney!

All I can say is WOW... Australia! Happily has been selected to participate in the 15th Annual World of Women's Film Festival held in Sydney, Australia. The festival runs October 1st - 5th and we're screening on Friday, October 3rd at 5pm at the Chauvel Cinema.

San Diego Women's Film Festival

Happily has been selected to participate in the 6th Annual San Diego Women's Film Festival, running October 2nd - 5th. Our short is part of a collection of "Super Shorts" which runs at 5pm on Saturday, October 4th at the Pacific Theatres Gaslamp. We hope to see you there.

DC Done Right

I just got back from the DC Shorts Film Fest and had an amazing time. It was the perfect mix of everything: packed houses (yep, we screened on three screens simultaneously in front of a sold out crowd), great parties, free food, free transportation, free housing. Oh my!

A big props goes to Jonathan Gann, festival creator/organizer. This festival was so well organized. Every detail was thought out. Truly amazing.

But my favorite part of this festival (and really all festivals) is seeing what other filmmakers have done. Four films stood out for me during this festival.

1. Bloom - watch for this one at the Oscars. Holy crap. I loved everything about it.
2. The Aviatrix - we've screened with this gem before and I still love it.
3. Path - a cute romantic comedy that gets the balance right.
4. Zombie Jesus! - who would have thought that this one would be that good? But it was.

Although the festival is over for me, it's still playing until September 19th and we screen once more (Showcase 1) on Wednesday, Sept 17th @ 9:30pm.

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!

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).

Trenton Film Festival Screening

Happily has been selected to participate in the 5th annual Trenton Film Festival which is taking place from May 2 - 4, 2008. Specifically, we will be screening on May 4th at 4pm at the Broad Street Bank (Trenton's first skyscraper). Although we would like to attend, it may prove difficult this time. But we hope people in the region are able to show their support and see some nice films.

Short Short, Win Win!

This past Saturday, Happily returned to Rhode Island to participate in the 1st Annual Short Short Story Film Festival and although we couldn't make it we heard it was a very successful event. 34 shorts all under 5 minutes were played to a full house. The best news... we picked up our second award; this time we received the Imagination Award for excellence in artistic vision! All in all, a very successful Saturday!

San Diego Film Fest Screening

At what is the most glamorous festival we have attended to date, on September 29th and 30th we screened at the state-of-the-art Pacific Theatres in the heart of downtown San Diego. What was most amazing was not the fact that they had (super cool) parties every night, nor free food and drink almost all of the time, nor the complementary massages. What then? How about a packed house for every screening? It was amazing to see your film with every seat taken. The icing on the cake, though, were the nice folks running the show.

LA Shorts Fest Screening

On September 7, 2007 we participated in what is probably the largest collection of shorts in the world; around 700 of them. We had a nice time there and enjoyed seeing some old friends we met previously in Rhode Island.

Rhode Island Recap

RIIFF: Columbus Theater
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Our trip to the Rhode Island International Film Festival was great. We met a lot of really good filmmakers and saw some amazing films, two of which have very good Oscar chances.

Happily Happily did well in our category of Experimental. We took home first place. It was quite unexpected, so much so as we showed up to the awards ceremony in less-than-appropriate attire. But we were thrilled nonetheless.

Not to let a vacation opportunity pass, we also did a little sightseeing around Providence and Newport.

We just wanted to say thanks to everyone who put on the festival. It was world class and we were treated incredibly well. Even if we do not submit to next year's festival there is a good possibility we will return just to enjoy the atmosphere and film selection.

Happily Ever After Premieres At DWF

On July 8, 2007 Scared Mouse Production's first short Happily Ever After found its way into the public via the DancesWithFilms festival in Hollywood, CA. It was quite a thrill to see our work on the big screen. We got a lot of good feedback and thank those of you who made it for showing up. It was a lot of fun!