Happy Days

Happy Days

Synopsis

A charming, uplifting portrait of the director’s irrepressibly upbeat next-door neighbour, 13-year-old Shoon Lei.

Director's Biography

Wai Mar Nyunt graduated in fine art from Yangon University in 1998, and has since created a number of installations and video art pieces. A one-time assistant art teacher at the Yangon International Education Centre, Wai Mar joined the Yangon Film School in 2007 and made Happy Days during a Beginners’ Workshop. She has since created two films for development organisations: My Positive Life  about the NGO François Xavier Bagnoud’s psycho-social support group for people living with HIV, and Sun Behind the Clouds (2008) about World Concern trained health workers in Kachin State. In 2009 she received a one-year scholarship to attend the Czech School of Performing Arts FAMU in Prague. She also took part in the CPH:DOX Film Lab in Copenhagen in the same year.

Screenings

August, 2021
Seoul International Women’s Film Festival “Feminist Collectives”
Seoul, South Korea
August, 2011
Brazil International Disability Film Festival
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
October, 2009
CPH:DOX Film Lab, Copenhagen Documentary Film Festival
Copenhagen, Denmark

Director's Filmography

2010

Co-Director/Cinematographer

32‘17‘‘

2008

20‘0‘‘

2008
Sun Behind the Clouds

Director / Editor

13‘13‘‘

2007
Happy Days

Director

12‘49‘‘

2007
Hotel Chef

Director

3‘17‘‘

Pictures

Happy Days YFS 1
Happy Days YFS 2
Happy Days YFS