Happiness Machine
Ten short films by ten female directors with music by ten female composers
An interdisciplinary project between film and music
World Premiere: ECLAT Festival 2019
Austria 2019 // color // 10x 8min
Synopsis
Every little group is as a mirror. Our current economic system is subject to review and with it the question: how happy are we under its influence? In a cinematic performance comprised of animated films, musical compositions and testimonials, Klangforum Wien raises the question: How do we want to live?
Ten women filmmakers and ten women composers present Christian Felber’s Common Good Economy for discussion. The films tell stories of consumption and greed, solidarity and competition, cohesion and revolt. The ensemble will open new pathways for musical interaction and create a space for reflection and participation.
| Films | Film Artists & Composers |
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| The Flounder | Elizabeth Hobbs & Carola Bauckholt |
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| Lickalike | Rebecca Blöcher & Eva Reiter |
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| PANTOPOS | Eni Brandner & Misato Mochizuki |
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| Music Box | Johanna Kozuch & Ying Wang |
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| Bloomers | Samantha Moore & Malin Bang |
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| Hierarchy Glitch | Vessela Dantcheva & Electric Indigo |
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| The Happiness Machine | Ana Nedeljkovic & Hanna Hartman |
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| Measuring the Distance | Susi Jirkuff & Joanna Bailie |
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| Generator/Operator | Andrea Schneider & Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri |
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| Suggestion of Least Resistance | Michelle Kranot & Iris ter Schiphorst |
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| Production Manager | Martin Repka |
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| Funded by | Cultural Affairs Department of the City of Vienna, the Federal Chancellery of Austria, the German Federal Cultural Foundation and Interfaces, Creative Europe Programme of the European Union, Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung |
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| Producers | Bady Minck, Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Sven Hartberger |
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| Production | AMOUR FOU Vienna, Klangforum Wien, Musik der Jahrhunderte |
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| In cooperation with | Tricky Women |
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| Worldsales | Klangforum Vienna |
