The Happy Poet Explained

The Happy Poet is a 2010 film written and directed by Paul Gordon.^[1] It was shot on-location in Austin, Texas, US. It has appeared at a number of film festivals, including the Venice Film Festival's Giornate Degli Autori ("Authors' Days") section.

Cast

• Paul Gordon
• Jonny Mars
• Chris Doubek
• Liz Fisher
• Amy Myers Martin
• Ricardo Lerma
• Sam Wainwright Douglas
• Carlos Trevino

Film festivals

• Venice Film Festival 2010^[2]
• SXSW Film Festival 2010
• Traverse City Film Festival where it won the Fiction Jury Prize for Emerging Talent^[3]
• Oldenburg International Film Festival 2010, won the German Independence Award (Audience Award).^[4]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Happy Poet, The | Review. March 29, 2010. Smells Like Screen Spirit.
2. Web site: Venice Days unveils titles. Nick. Vivarelli. July 27, 2010.
3. Web site: Traverse City Film Festival | Awards . www.traversecityfilmfest.org . 17 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111004035540/http://www.traversecityfilmfest.org/archives/archives-2010/awards/ . 4 October 2011 . dead.
4. Web site: Home 26. Internationales Filmfest Oldenburg . Filmfest-oldenburg.de . 2019-09-15 . 2019-11-20.