• New Talent
  • Feature Film
  • Drama

Happyland

Helene returns to her hometown by the Danube after a career as a pop musician in London. There, she encounters the ghosts of her youth in the form of former band mates, her childhood sweetheart and a mysterious young horse lover…

Data

Genre
Drama
Category
Feature Film, New Talent
Financing
Nationaler Film
Format
Digit, Farbe
Release
13.06.2025
Distribution
Filmcasino & Polyfilm Betriebs GmbH
Admissions
2.081
Funding Film Institute
800.280 €
Share of Austrian production costs
22 %
Share of total production costs
22 %
Funding ÖFI+
1.031.000 €
Share of total production costs
28 %
Television investment
450.000 €
International funding

MEDIA, IDM Südtirol – Alto Adige, Tax Credit Italien, Tax Shelter Belgien

Funding program
ÖFI, ÖFI+
Film location
Vienna Lower Austria
Shooting time
Autumn 2023
Days of shooting
28
Completion
Autumn 2023
Funding institutions Austria
Filminstitut, Filmfonds Wien, Land Niederösterreich
Credits
Production
AMOUR FOU Vienna GmbH
Producer Austria
Alexander Dumreicher-Ivanceanu, Bady Minck
Director
Evi Romen
Script
Evi Romen
DOP
Martin Gschlacht
Editor
Karina Ressler
Sound engineer
Fabrice Osinski
Sound design
Valérie Le Docte
Costume design
Cinzia Cioffi
Set design
Renate Martin, Andreas Donhauser
Music
Dorit Chrysler
Green Film Consultant
Marion Rossmann
Cast
Andrea Wenzl (Helen), Simon Frühwirth (Joe), Michael Pink (Tom)
Production manager
Igor Orovac
German Title
Happyland
Television investment
ORF Film/Fernseh-Abkommen

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