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After several successful screenings in New York, the award-winning documentary Agent of Happiness will make its debut in Los Angeles on November 22 from 1PM and at 7:30PM PST at the Laemmle Monica Film Center. Directed by Dorottya Zurbó and Arun Bhattarai, the film has been shortlisted at the IDA Documentary Awards, the world's most prestigious event dedicated to the documentary genre.
ABOUT THE FILM
Documentary (2024), 93 minutes
How can you measure happiness? The country of Bhutan invented Gross National Happiness to do just that,and Amber is one of the agents who travels door to door to meet people and measure how happy they really are. He is still living with his elderly mother at the age of 40, but is nevertheless a hopeless romantic who dreams of finding love: a happiness agent who is in search of his own happiness.
Directed by Hungarian director Dorottya Zurbó and Bhutanese director Arun Bhattarai, in the movie Agent of Happiness the audience embarks with on a cross-country road trip meeting citizens from all walks of life, reminding us of the fragility and beauty of our own happiness. No matter where we live.
Directors: Dorottya Zurbó, Arun Bhattarai
Producers: Noémi Veronika Szakonyi, Máté Artur Vincze, Arun Bhattarai
About the Directors
Director Arun Bhattarai
Arun Bhattarai began his career as television director for Bhutan Broadcasting Service before striking out on his own as an independent filmmaker. He made his feature debut as co-director with Dorottya Zurbó of The Next Guardian (Festival 2018), winner of the best documentary award at the Vilmos Zsigmond Film Festival. His other films include Dreams of Birds Flying in the Sky (2021) and Mountain Man (2022), which captured the best short documentary prize at DOC NYC.
Director Dorottya Zurbó
A native of Budapest, Hungary, Dorottya Zurbó is a teacher at Doc Nomads, as well as a filmmaker. In addition to the two features she co-directed with Arun Bhattarai, she also made Easy Lessons (2018), winner of the Movies that Matter Award and a youth jury special mention at ZagrebDox.
