Something Like Happiness

35mm – colour – Cinemascope – running time: 101’53 min. / 2911m – Dolby Digital
World Premiere: 11.09.2005, 30th Toronto International Film Festival 2005
German theatrical release: 20.04.2006

Production: A German-Czech co-production between PALLAS FILM and NEGATIV FILM PRODUCTIONS, Prag

In co-production with ČESKÁ TELEVIZE and with ZDF „Das kleine Fernsehspiel“ in cooperation with ARTE

supported by:
MDM – Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, Media, FFA,EURIMAGES, STATE FUND FOR THE SUPPORT AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CZECH CINEMATOGRAPHY

German distributor: Neue Visionen Filmverleih

World sales: WILD BUNCH

Drehbuch & Regie:  Bohdan Sláma

Producers: Karl Baumgartner, Thanassis Karathanos, Pavel Strnad

Shooting Locations: Czech Republic, i.e. Most, Plzen, Kopisty, Komorany, Boren, Prag, Litvinov, Chomutov

Monika, Tonik and Dasha grew up together in the same housing project on the outskirts of a small industrial city. Now the childhood friends are adults, each struggling with feelings of desire and loneliness, longing and failure.Though none would admit it, each craves something the other has: love, family, children… it’s these unspoken longings that bind them in difficult, complex, passionate friendship.

Monika: Tatiana Vilhelmová

Toník: Pavel Liška

Dáša: Aňa Geislerová

Jára: Marek Daniel

Mr Souček: Bolek Polívka

Mrs Souček: Simona Stašová

Toníks Father: Martin Huba

Toníks Mother: Anna Kočišová

Aunt: Zuzana Krónerová

30th Toronto International Film Festival 2005

53th Donostia San Sebastian International Film Festival 2005
GOLDEN SHELL for BEST FILM, SILVER SHELL for BEST ACTRESS ( Anna Geislerova)

11th IFF Athens 2005:
GOLDEN ATHENA for BEST FILM

34th Festival du Nouveau Cinema de Montréal 2005,
LOUVE D’OR for BEST FEATURE FILM

43rd New York Film Festival 2005

IFF Reykjavik 2005

49th London Film Festival

ACADEMY AWARDS 2006 – Czech submission

Filmfestival Cottbus 2005,
AUDIENCE AWARD, FIPRESCI AWARD

29th Sao Paulo International Filmfestival 2006

Palm Springs 2006

Trieste Film Festival 2006

Premiers Plans Angers 2006

Rotterdam 2006

Goteburg 2006

Istanbul 2006

Sofia 2006

Hong Kong Filmart 2006

Czech Lion Awards 2006
WINNER BEST FILM, WINNER BEST DIRECTOR, WINNER BEST SCREENPLAY, WINNER BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY, WINNER BEST ACTRESS, WINNER BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS, WINNER BEST ACTOR