GOD OF HAPINESS (Wettbewerb)
a film directed by Dito Tsintsadze

Starring
Lasha Bakradze (Lost Killers)
Nadeshda Brennicke
Tina Meliava
Elie James Blezes
Ufuk Bozkurt

Dito Tsintsadze was born in 1957 in Georgia. In 1996, he obtains a grant to go to Berlin and lives between the two countries. The German producer Peter Rommel produces his first feature film « Lost Killers » in 2000 (Cannes Festival – Un Certain Regard). In 2003 he receives a price at San Sebastian Film Festival for his adaptation « Schussangst » from the novel by Dirk Kurbjuweit. « Der Mann von der Botschaft » (2006) is also awarded (Locarno Festival, Mar del Plata festival).

Synopsis
Guram, an unemployed actor and looser is suddenly confronted with his 15-years old daughter whom he hasn’t seen for 10 years. He desperately pretends to be a rich man with a successful life. But his daughter isn’t that stupid.

Production
27 Films (Germany) : Oliver Damian
Manny Films (France) : Philippe Gompel, Birgit Kemner
East End Film (Germany) : Tommy Niessner, Elaine Niessner
Koro Pictures (Georgia) : Guka Rcheulishvili

With the participation of
Film- und Mediengesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MFG)
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM)
CNC Mini-Traité
Deutscher Filmförderfond (DFFF)
Georgian National Film Center (GNFC)
Kinostar Filmverleih GmbH