H is for Happiness

The Family Show

The delightful coming-of-age dramedy provides feel-good entertainment for the entire family without pandering — and definitely without sacrificing style or substance

VARIETY
  • Archive - Festival 36
  • Director: John Sheedy
  • Australia 2019
  • 96 minutes
  • English
  • Subtitles in Hebrew

12-year-old Candice Phee is smart and funny and relentlessly optimistic, hiding an unhappy home life behind her smile. As she faces the uncertainties of impending adolescence with the help of her new friend Douglas Benson, Candice hatches a variety of outlandish schemes to make her nearest and dearest happy again.

The Opening Film of the 2020 Berlinale Generation section, this delightful coming-of-age debut tackles serious themes while remaining laugh-out-loud funny and sweetly uplifting, a charming film for the whole family.

Feature Debut | Ages ten and older


  • Director John Sheedy
  • Production Julie Ryan, Tenille Kennedy, Lisa Hoppe
  • Script Lisa Hoppe, based on the book “My Life as an Alphabet” by Barry Jonsberg
  • Cinematography Bonnie Elliott
  • Editing Johanna Scott
  • Music Nerida Tyson-Chew
  • Festivals Berlinale, Melbourne
  • Actors : Miriam Margolyes, Emma Booth, Richard Roxburgh, Deborah Mailman, Joel Jackson
  • Source Level K, Frederiksberg

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