Around the world
IN 100 FACES 100 DAYS
Have you ever woken up as someone else?
In What Makes You Happy, host Dmitry Iuanov lives a full day as someone from the far side of the Earth.
Waking in their home, sharing their work, their table, their friends, their night.
Every sunrise is a new life. Every sunset brings the same question: what makes you happy?
ABOUT THE FILM
Location: Dharavi, Mumbai, India
What makes happy: childrens' education
Why cool: you never try such a lifestyle in your life
Chamsundar, an Indian living in Dharavi slums, lives a full day together with Dmitry Iuanov, filmmaker and tech enterpreneur. Together they sleep on a clod floor, brush teeth with fingers, sort plastic in the factory and between all of that try to better understand each other's life vision. This raw and wildly original blog-style-documentary reveals a life lived to extremes and a heart-filled look at what it means to be a sitizen of slums.
DIRECTED BY
Dmitry Iuanov
Dmitry Iuanov
SOUND DESIGNER
Alexander Kuzin
COLORIST
Vit Lyapakhin
Alexander Kuzin
COLORIST
Vit Lyapakhin
ABOUT THE FILM
Location: Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey
What makes happy: fire in eyes
Why cool: this is beauteous film about most romantic profession in the world
Halis is perhaps the most famous hot air balloon pilot in the country. He also has own ballroom factory, radio station, a charming wife from Germany and a couple of stories. Van Dimkinson spent one day with him to take tourists in a hot air balloon above love valley and make own balloon as big red heart. This raw and wildly original blog-style-documentary reveals beautiful and harmonious life in unimaginable locations around.
DIRECTED BY
Dmitry Iuanov
Dmitry Iuanov
Dmitry Lyapakhin
SOUND DESIGNER
Alexander Kuzin
ABOUT THE FILM
Location: Dubai, UAE
What makes happy: accompilsh something
Why cool: controversial story about speaking plastic words in plastic city
Mohamed, a Sheikh of Dubai’s royal family, returns from Washington to reimagine the land that raised him. In the quiet halls of his Alserkal gallery and beneath the lights of a children’s circus built for wonder, business and legacy blur into something deeper. What begins as a portrait of wealth becomes a search for the simple, elusive answer: what makes a Sheikh happy.
DIRECTED BY
Dmitry Iuanov
Dmitry Iuanov
Mikhail Kalibaba
SOUND DESIGNER
Alexander Kuzin
Right now there are 3 filmed episodes and 3 episodes in development. Each episode shows how to be happy on planet Earth, shows the diversity of what it means to be human, brings people together and motivates them to trust their own path.
First 2 episodes participate in film festivals in US & Europe.
All festivals mark films as best short documentary or official selection.
