Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays
  • Scandar Copti
  • Germany
  • France
  • Italy
  • Catarrh
2024
123'
Početak prikazivanja: 13. studenoga 2025.

Leaving the warm but strict family fold, college student Fifi has only just gotten a taste of independence, but her newfound freedom is already under threat. When she wakes up in the hospital after a minor accident, Fifi will quickly have to decide how much of her new life she wants her family to know. But with a suspicious and perceptive mother, some secrets are harder to keep than others. Awarded for Best Screenplay in the Horizons program at the Venice Film Festival, Happy Holidays is award-winning Palestinian director Scandi Copti’s second feature. Its directorial approach brings to mind the films of Asghar Farhadi and Robert Altman as it questions how the power and will of the state spill over into human relations, reshaping personal ties in a conservative society where everyone suffers, especially women.

Scandar Copti
Scandar Copti

Scandar Copti is a Palestinian filmmaker and visual artist, originally from Yafa, now based in Abu Dhabi. His debut feature Ajami (2009) was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 82nd Academy Awards. Happy Holidays (2024) is his latest film.

Film information

Director: Scandar Copti

Screenplay: Scandar Copti

Cast: Manar Shehab, Wafaa Aoun, Meirav Memoresky, Toufic Danial

Director of photography: Tim Kuhn

Editing: Scandar Copti

Music: Pascal Lemercier

Producer: Tony Copti, Jiries Copti, Dorothe Beinemeier, Jean Bréhat, Marco Valerio Fusco, Micaela Fusco

Production: Fresco Films, Red Balloon Film, Tessalit Productions, Intramovies

Festivals and awards:

Venice Film Festival - Best Script in Horizons Competition
Marrakech Int'l Film Festival - Golden Star for Best Feature Film, Best Actress (Manar Shehab, Wafaa Aoun)
Thessaloniki Film Festival - Golden Alexander for Best Film in International Competition
Hamburg Film Festival - Best Interational Co-production
Tromsø Int'l Film Festival - Aurora Award for Best Film
Palm Springs Int'l Film Festival - Special Mention
Chicago Int'l Film Festival
Bangkok World Film Festival
The Hague Movies that Matter Festival
Tokyo FILMeX
Zagreb Film Festival
Pula Film Festival
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