Original title
a happy day
Language
Norwegian
Genres
Director
Hisham Zaman
Actors
- Salah Qadi, Ravand Ali Taha, Mohamed Salah, Sarah Aman Mentzoni, Hilde Skovdahl, Aryan Pezeshki, Thea Sofie Loch Næss, Stig Frode Henriksen, Anja Saiva Bongo Bjørnstad
Writer
Hisham Zaman
Cinematographer
Łukasz Zamaro
Producer
Hisham Zaman, Snowfall Cinema, (Marie Gade, Zentropa (DK), Mathis Ståle Mathisen, Rein Film (NO), Turid Øversveen, Take1 (NO))
Production company
Snowfall Cinema
Distributor
Available worldwide excl. nordic territories (handled by
scandinavian film distribution)
THREE TEENAGE FRIENDS are stuck in a freezing refugee camp in remote northern Norway, waiting to be sent home on their 18th birthdays. Together, they come up with a plan to escape over the mountain to a world where their dreams can be fulfilled. But when one of them falls in love, their plan begins to unravel.
A Happy Day will premiere at Toronto International Film Festival 2023
Director
HISHAM ZAMAN is a director, screenwriter
and producer known for his films exploring
themes related to migration, identity and
belonging. His breakthrough short film
Bawke (2005) screened at over 100 festivals and was named the best Norwegian
short film of the decade by Rushprint
magazine in 2010. He also directed the award-winning
feature films Before Snowfall (2013) and Letter to the King (2014)
