29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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We Need Happiness

Alexander Sokurov, Alexei Jankowski / France / 2010 / Central European Premiere / 52 min.


synopsis

FilmSNOW bears traces of the style of Alexander Sokurov, whose long, silent shots unite the incongruity of physical and mental reality. This film, which looks at the border villages in Iraq’s autonomous Kurdistan Region, is marked by a similar inner conflict. The Kurds’ history of humiliation and murder has marked entire families, including that of Svetlana, a former citizen of the Soviet Union.

more about film

director: Alexander Sokurov, Alexei Jankowski
producer: Alexei Jankowski
script: Alexander Sokurov, Alexei Jankowski
photography: Sara Cornu
editing: Alexei Jankowski
music: Mehdi Hosseini
sound: Makar Akhpachev, Dominique Vieillard, Vladimir Ozemkov

contact

Hwa-Seon Choi (Mrs.) Doc & Film International www.docandfilm.com Direct line : +33 (0)1 42 77 89 66

Film at festival

premiere type:Central European Premiere
festival edition:2011
section:Between the Seas
format:DigiBeta PAL
language:Russian
subtitles:English
colour:Colour

Info

director:Alexander Sokurov, Alexei Jankowski
original title:Il nous faut du bonheur
country:France
year:2010
running time:52 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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