Happy Hour

A lonely woman at a motel,
The rain is pouring .
A telephone call that fails to connect
Who is she waiting for?

”Happy Hour” is a film about ordinary misunderstandings in human communications. About beIng out of time with the world around you. Maybe the final comfort is to express yourself through the dancing body?

  • Helena Franzén
    Director
    Black Island, Tammi
  • Håkan Jelk
    Director
    Black Island, Tammi
  • Jelk / Franzén
    Director
  • Helena Franzén
    Writer
  • Håkan Jelk
    Writer
  • Helena Franzén
    Producer
  • Håkan Jelk
    Producer
  • Helena Franzén
    Key Cast
    "Rachel"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 59 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    August 17, 2017
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 EUR
  • Country of Origin:
    Sweden
  • Country of Filming:
    United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Stockholm Dance Film Festival
    Stockholm
    Sweden
    December 10, 2017
    Swedish Premiere
  • Screen.Dance - Scotland's Festival of Dance on Screen 2021
Distribution Information
  • FRANZÉN / JELK PRODUCTION
    Country: Sweden
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Helena Franzén, Håkan Jelk, Jelk / Franzén

The choreographer and dancer Helena Franzén and
cinematographer and photographer Håkan Jelk has an
ongoing collaboration since 2011. Several of their dancefilms have been presented at filmfestivals around in Europe.
In their work they investigate how to capture the dance.
into photography and film. In all their projects they are
searching for a personal way to approach the language of the moving body.

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