Roko belic, the director of the documentary called happy, believes that what we care about has a huge impact on whether we are happy or not. Happy a new film by roko belic the joy trip project. Before watching this film, i did not ponder drastically about why we are happy and why some people are happier than others. My family and i recently watched happy the movie, directed by roko belic, director of the academy award nominated genghis blues. Combining reallife stories and scientific interviews, the film explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion. Ive seen this documentary over 10 times and have recommended it to many of my clients ive been a psychologist almost 30 years as the best introduction to understanding human happiness hint. Happy is a feature documentary that takes us on an incredible journey around the world. Directed, written, and coproduced by belic, happy combines powerful human stories with cuttingedge science to give audiences a deeper understanding of our most desired emotion. Belic is the director of happy, a new documentary that is receiving its theatrical release today. In 1996 he founded the film production company wadi rum with his brother adrian. Mar 05, 2012 last night, i watched the documentary by the director roko belic about happiness. That his latest documentary, happy, should be a look at the profound nature of that state of being is no surprise.
See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Just had to find a program online to plan it vlc media player. Documentary filmmaker roko belic was interested in what makes people happy and where the happy people are in the world. His new movie happy is the result of his travels to investigate what is happiness and who is happy and why. This documentary is like a shot of vitamin c the testimonials from all over the world could potentially be a second documentary on its own as they are so inspiring. At the 2011 mountain film festival in telluride colorado he shared with me his latest project a movie he calls happy. Summary of the documentary happy on netflix goodie mood. Aug 12, 2010 happy, from oscarnominated director roko belic genghis blues, treks the globe from the swamps of louisiana to the slums of kolkata to unearth the sources of the worlds most precious natural resource through ordinary and extraordinary human stories and powerful interviews with the leading neuroscientists and psychologists researching the. Well done and mixes research with profiles of happy people around the world. During his career, belic has worked as director of photography, editor, writer, producer and director. Happy is a movie that sets to find out what is happiness. Taking us from the bayous of louisiana to the deserts of namibia, from the beaches of brazil to the villages of okinawa, happy explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion. What i learned while making a movie about happiness. Roko belic s new documentary happy radio interview by liz saint john.
Taking us from the bayous of louisiana to the deserts of namibia, from the. Rent happy 2011 starring marci shimoff and gregory berns on dvd and blu ray. Happy features insights from experts in the field of positive psychology including ed diener, sonja lyubomirsky, richard davidson, daniel gilbert, nic marks, gregory berns, mihaly csikszentmihalyi, p. Through powerful interviews, we explore what makes people happy across the world. Want to behold the glory that is happy on your tv or mobile device at home. Happy from academy award nominated director roko belic, happy takes us on a compelling journey around the world in search of what really makes us happy.
Roko belic is raising funds for happy a documentary on kickstarter. May 20, 2011 belic is the director of happy, a new documentary that is receiving its theatrical release today. Roko belic has been making films about people living their dreams, including the oscartmnominated documentary, genghis blues. Happy camp 1 hours and 15 minutes movie 2014 in the vast wilderness of the klamath national forest lies the small logging community of happy camp. Roko belics new documentary happy radio interview by liz saint john.
Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Last night, i watched the documentary by the director roko belic about happiness. Feb 14, 20 from academy award nominated director roko belic, happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of louisiana to the slums of kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Jul 03, 20 intrigued he funded director roko belic to make this movie investigating what makes people happy. Best known for his emotionally powerful films that take viewers to exotic parts of the globe, director roko belic was born in 1971 in seattle to czechoslovakian and yugoslavian parents. Its called, quite simply, happy, and in 78 minutes it distills several decades worth of research on happiness. Roko belic, director of the academy award nominated genghis blues brings us happy, a film that sets out to answer these questions and more. Happy movie now available to watch online action for happiness. Heavily influenced by star wars, the young team experimented with special effects. Combining real life stories from around the world and powerful interviews with leading scientists in happiness research, happy explores the secrets behind our most valued emotion. For the very first week of documentary day on my blog i watched happy. Millersdaughter february 21, 20 happy summary summary of the documentary happy the documentary happy, directed by roko belic, is a film that explores the idea of positive psychology by traveling around the world listening to many stories and discovering what makes people happy.
People who care about money, fame, good looks, popularity and social status, whether they achieve these things or not, are less likely to be happy. He directs, writes, shoots and edits feature and short films for his company, wadi rum films, and for external clients. During his childhood, his mother used a wrench to lock a broken dial on the family tv to the local pbs channel. Roko belic is a multiaward winning filmmaker whose work has been theatrically distributed and broadcast around the world. Jul 21, 2011 roko belic started making films in third grade with his brother, adrian belic, and a friend of theirs, christopher nolan, who borrowed a super8 movie camera from his parents and started experimenting with the surreality of film. Roko belic starring the dalai lama, richard davidson, ed diener. Rent happy 2011 starring marci shimoff and gregory berns on dvd and bluray. Roko belic is a creative activist member at creative visions foundation. It also explores what exactly led them to make these. Happy is a documentary film that explores the true meaning of happiness, and what exactly it takes in order to reach true happiness. Directed by roko belic executive producer tom shadyac produced by eiji shimizu, frances reid, roko belic. With a population consisting of only a few hundred souls, this mysterious mountain town has become world renowned for its staggeringly high number of missing persons. Roko belic, director of genghis blues now brings us happy, a film that sets out to answer these questions and more. Happy, the latest awardwinning film from academy award nominated director, roko belic genghis blues and executive producer, tom shadyac nutty professor, bruce almighty, i am, takes us on a journey from the swamps of louisiana to the slums of kolkata in search of what really makes people happy.
Roko belic is raising funds for happy a docu mentary on kickstarter. Happy is a 2011 feature documentary film directed, written, and coproduced by roko belic. Happy takes viewers on a journey from the swamps of louisiana to the slums of kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Excellent documentary for personal and educational use. And the executive director is tom shadyac, of the movie i am. When you ask someone what they want in life, they almost always say to be happy, but what does that actually. Right now, a generous supporter will match your donation 2to. Special directors package oscar nominated director roko belic will screen up to a 3 hr rough cut of your film project and give written feedback. Jun 19, 2014 from the academy award nominated director roko belic genghis blues comes a new cinematic adventure. Discovering a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the roko belicdirected movie via subscription can be. Roko belic no violation intended, uploaded for education purpose. Intrigued he funded director roko belic to make this movie investigating what makes people happy.
The issues are explored through science as well human. Happy, from oscarnominated director roko belic genghis blues, treks the globe from the swamps of louisiana to the slums of kolkata to unearth the sources of the worlds most precious natural resource through ordinary and extraordinary human stories and powerful interviews with the leading neuroscientists and psychologists researching the. Happy is a feature documentary that takes us on an incredible journey around the world, exploring the power and mystery of human happiness. Millersdaughter february 21, 20 happy summary summary of the documentary happy the documentary happy, directed by roko belic, is a film that explores the idea of positive psychology by traveling around the world listening to many. With marci shimoff, ed diener, richard davidson, mihaly csikszentmihalyi. His directorial debut, genghis blues 1999, was nominated for an academy award for best documentary feature and won the sundance audience award. Happy is a feature documentary that takes us on an incredible journey. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 3 days to finish once started. As the title would seem to imply, it was about the human pursuit of being happy, specifically what makes people happy, and what doesnt. He goes to denmark, namibia, scotland, china, kenya, brazil, japan, bhutan and india and interviews a bunch of people and the result is quite an interesting movie on how things play out. For five years while making the film, belic traveled the world capturing stories of people who were truly happyand not so happytaking him from the united states to india to japan to denmark and many points in between. So we should get to the bottom of this and explore happiness in a documentary film. Happy seeks to share the wisdom of traditional cultures and the cutting edge science that is now, for the first time, exploring human happiness.
To the internet archive community, time is running out. From the academy award nominated director roko belic genghis blues comes a new cinematic adventure. The film follows people who have chosen alternate paths i life based on what they thought would make them happy. The way that i got into making happy is very simple, belic said. It explores human happiness through interviews with people from all walks of life in 14 different countries, weaving in the newest findings of positive psychology. A few years ago, i was fortunate enough to see the documentary happy and hear the director roko belic speak at the happiness and its causes conference in brisbane. Happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of louisiana. From academy award nominated director roko belic, happy takes us on a journey from the swamps of louisiana to the slums of kolkata in search of what really makes people happy. Happy the documentary takes you on a journey across 5 continents and explores many issues we face in our society today.
The documentary shows examples of people who work hard under tough conditions and live simple lifestyles but experience happiness. Happy won numerous awards and screened in 70 countries. The happiness mechanisms according to the documentary happy on netflix by roko belic. Happy combines cuttingedge science from the new field of positive. Now, you can bring happy to a theater near you and join read more.
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