Happyland

Feature Film, AT/BE 2024, DCP, 90 min, OmeU

After many years and a modest music career in London, Helen(e) returns home. There, her mother runs the Happyland sports center. Helen encounters the ghosts of her youth in the person of Tom, her former partner on the stage and in life. Helen feels like a stranger in the idyllic rural setting until she meets young Joe who is just as passionate about horse breeding as Helen once was about her music career. At a party in the sports hall, the time has come for a talk with Tom.

Director: Evi Romen
Script: Evi Romen
Cast: Andrea Wenzl, Simon Frühwirth, Michael Pink
Camera: Martin Gschlacht
Editor: Karina Ressler
Music: Dorit Chrysler
Production Design: Renate Martin, Andreas Donhauser
Costumes: Cinzia Cioffi
Producers: Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck, Gregory Zalcman, Alon Knoll
Production: Amour Fou Vienna
Co-production: Take Five (BE)
Distribution in Austria: Polyfilm
Funded by: ÖFI – Österreichisches Filminstitut
ÖFI+
Land Niederösterreich Kultur
ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen
FFW – Filmfonds Wien
IDM Film Commission Südtirol
World Premiere: Diagonale '25
Kinostart: 13.06.2025
Production format: digital