Happiness is a Journey

International Documentary

Country: United States
Year: 2021
Language: English
Subtitles: Spanish
Runtime: 12 mins.

On the night before Christmas a warehouse of disparate workers process newspapers for deliv-ery before heading out into the city to trace the desolate streets to their few and far between customers.

DIRECTOR
Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas

Ivete was born in Brazil, grew up in Mexico and works as a filmmaker in the UnitedStates and Mexico. She started her film career with a grant from the Mexican Film Institute (IMCINE) to direct her first short film ASMA, which was shortlisted for an Ariel (the Mexican Academy Award), before moving to the United States to obtain an MFA in Film Production at the University of Texas at Austin. Her short films have premiered and won awards at Cannes, Sundance, Berlin, Toronto, and London International Film Festival, as well as a Cinema Eye Honor. PAHOKEE, her first feature film, premiered in the Documentary Competition at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival and received theatrical distribution in the US and France. She is currently in post production of her second feature film about the practice of naturism. Patrick a visual artist and filmmaker. He co-directed THE SEND-OFF which premiered at Sundance '16 and received awards at SXSW, SFIFF and AFI FEST. He directed THE RABBIT HUNT which premiered in the US at Sundance '17 and in Europe at the Berlinale. The film has won 20 awards including the Cinema Eye Honor. He co-directed and shot SKIP DAY which won the grand jury prize at The Directors Fortnight at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival. He was a cinematographer on BOY STATE which won the grand jury prize at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival.

Director: Patrick Bresnan, Ivete Lucas
Cinematography: Patrick Bresnan.
Production: Patrick Bresnan.
Editing: Ivete Lucas.
Sound: Eric Friend.
contacto: ivete@otislucas.com



 Screenings

León
20.9.2021
14:00 (Horario CST)
Auditorio Mateo Herrera

GIFF OnLine
disponible a partir del:21.9.2021
00:00 (Horario CST)
GIFF OnLine

San Miguel de Allende
23.9.2021
15:00 (Horario CST)
Teatro Santa Ana | Biblioteca Pública