Competition - Creative documentaries
My Name is Happy
By Ayşe Toprak & Nick Read
Mutlu, a Kurdish teenager from South East Turkey, is destined for a career in music following her appearance on a televised singing competition. On the eve of the final, she is shot by a man she had rejected. Mutlu survives but with life-changing injuries. A few years later, while still recovering, she is affected by a new tragedy. "My Name is Happy" is an emotionally gripping film about a patriarchal Turkish society plagued by feminicide, from the point of view of the survivors and the women seeking justice.
Section Compétition - Documentaire de création
Original language(s) Turkish
Subtitle(s) English & French
- Director(s)
- Ayşe Toprak & Nick Read
World sales
- Autlook Filmsales
Production
- October Films
Cinematographer
- Meryem Yavuz
Music
- Smith & Elms
Sound
- Oguzhan Akalin
Editor
- Anna Price
- Duration
- 82'
- Year
- 2022
- Production country
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Swiss Premiere
Saturday 11 March
19:30
Espace Pitoëff - Grande salle
sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening
Followed by the debate "Feminicides: why do men kill?"
Tuesday 14 March
20:30
Espace Pitoëff - Théâtre
sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening
In presence of the protagonist (in video-conference) and her sister
Sunday 19 March
20:15
Grütli - Salle Langlois
sold out - in case of cancellation, tickets will be put back on sale before the screening
