IF YOU’RE HAPPY is about a woman who struggles with the pressures of motherhood and uses a childish game at a local baby group to vent her fury.
AWARDS
- Bolton International Film Festival 2023 - Winner of Best UK Short Award
- Alice Nella Città 2023 - Winner of Premiere Award for Best Short Film
- Ciclope Festival 2023 - Bronze Award for Best Short Film
- Kinsale Sharks 2023 - Gold - Best International Short Film (under 25 minutes)
OFFICIAL SELECTION & IN COMPETITION
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2024
- British Independent Film Awards 2023 - Best British Short Longlist
- BIFA Longlist 2023
- Rhode Island International Film Festival 2023 (US Premiere)
- Bolton International Film Festival 2023 (UK Premiere)
- Alice Nella Citá 2023 (European Premiere)
- Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2023
Starring Erin Doherty, Jo Hartley, Emanuella Cole, Muireann Bird
Writer/Director: Phoebe Arnstein
Producers: Sophia Gibber, Scarlett Barclay, Myles Payne
Execs: James Sorton, Davud Karbassioun
Director of Photography: Michał Dymek
Production Designer: Francesca Massariol
Costume Designer: Amy Thompson
Hair & MU Designer: Holly Miller
Editor: Russell Icke
Sound Design & Mix: Ines Adriana
Casting Director: Martin Ware
Original Score: Tawiah
Line Producer: Rosie Ford
Associate Producer: Arsalan Motavali
Production Manager: Sam Zhodi
1st AD: Emmalouise Smith
2nd AD: Perdita Ogbourne
3rd AD: Imogen Waite
Script Supervisor: Anna Korecká
Art Director: Katherine Black
Assistant Art Director: Keiran Moor
Art Assistants: Plum Stupple-Harris, Tom Jon Aallanson
Petty Cash Buyer: Amalee Gamache
1st AC: Matt Farrant
2nd AC: Arla Albertine
B-Camera Operator: Spike Morris
B-Cam 1st AC: Marco Alonso Manedero
Camera Trainee: Doriana Agacińska
Key Grip: Beau Williams
Rigger: Lee Doran
Gaffer: Krunal Saadrani
Sparks: Luke Hambly, Kieran Brown
Balloon Tech: Jordan Bonomini
Spark Trainee: Vyom Chhaya
Digital Imaging Technicians: Andre Turazzi, Alix Milan
Operations Coordinator: Hanna Larssen
Sound Recordist: Matt Senuik
Boom Operator: Pete Moor
Costume Assistant: Tess Gibson
Hair & MU Assistant: Niki Henry
Stills photographers: Emma Hardy, Libby Burke-Wilde
Production Assistant: Matthew Serafini
Runner: Yusra Ahmed
Runner/Driver: Samuel Jackson
Camera Van Driver: Bradley Smythe
Props Driver: Mobeen Choudry
Mininus Driver: Steve Clark
Chaperones: Donna Andrews, Alastair Youngson, Torron Lester
Overnight Security: Ernest Bosah
Catering: New Quebec Catering
Sound Mixing: 750mph
Mix Engineer: Mark Hellaby
Audio Producer: Aishah Amodu
Client Contact – ARRI Rental: Matthew Bounsall
Client Contact – ARRI Rental: Ed Jones
Baby Casting: Lacara, Mark Jermin Management
Edit Services: Whitehouse Post
Assistant Editor: Thomas Sheriff
Executive Producer: Annabel Bennett
Head of Production: Ella Sedgwick
Colour House: Cheat
Colourist: Toby Tomkins
Colour Producers: Coral Ernest-Rhône, Lisa Fox
Online Post-Production: The Post Arm
Post-Producer: Chloe Bruce-Gardyn
VFX & Flame Artists: Tony Lawrence, Simon Hall
Title Design: Matt Willey
Lettering: Bina Thorsen
Subtitles: Mossie Cassidy
DCP Mastering: Deluxe
Supervising Digital Cinema Producer: Alejandro Fernández Moreno
Digital Cinema Technical Producer: Benedict Turner
Digital Cinema Assistant Producer: Rachelle Alvarez
Digital Cinema Mastering Operators: Dickon Neech
DC Data Operations Manager: Rikki Male
Special Thanks: Stephen & Martha Ledger-Lomas, Amanda Burton, Bríd Arnstein, Lucy Kelly, Michael Pearce, Ed Jones, Tony Longe, Asha Chander, Mina Patel, Francis Rudd, Nathalie Biancheri, Danny Hayward, Jackie & Father David at St Matthias Church, Emma Ferrari, Coral Amiga, We Love Hue, Evelina Marina-Lupu, Viorel Lupu, Elena Carina Lupu, Olivia Sara Lupu, Chris Rogers, Amrit Sahotay, Sam Ritzenberg, Hayley Williams, Sarah Williams, Tonya Youngson, Jordan Coolbear
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