Bhutan, Hungary 2024Language:Dzongkha, Nepali, EnglishSubtitles:GermanDirector:Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya ZurbóCinematographer:Arun Bhattarai, Dorottya ZurbóEditor:Péter SassSound:Rudolf Várhegyi, Tamás BohácsProducer:Noémi Veronika Szakonyi, Máté Artur Vincze, Arun BhattaraiProduction Company:BNB FilmDistributor:Filmwelt Verleihagentur GmbH94 min, Colour

High up in the Himalayas, between China and northern India, live the happiest people in the world. In the Kingdom of Bhutan, 93.6 per cent of the population is said to be happy. But how is happiness measured? The film accompanies two ‘happiness surveyors’ on their way to remote mountain villages. They can be recognised by their gho, the official work uniform for civil servants. In a questionnaire, the friendly gentlemen record the answers (on a scale of 1 to 10) to questions such as: How much rice do they have in stock? Do they have many friends? Or: What is their sleeping pattern? A warm-hearted story to make you smile and one of the few films that exist about the Kingdom of Bhutan.

Director's Biography:Arun Bhattarai, born in Bhutan in 1985, and Dorottya Zurbó, born in Budapest in 1988, have been a creative duo for 10 years. They were part of the first cohort of Docnomads students. Bhattarai worked in television in Bhutan, Zurbó is a lecturer.

Director's Filmography:

Arun Bhattarai
2021 MOUNTAIN MAN (DOC/SHORT)
2019 KELDEN (DOC/TV)
2017 THE NEXT GUARDIAN (DOC)

Dorottya Zurbó
2018 EASY LESSONS (DOC)
2017 THE NEXT GUARDIAN (DOC)