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Revision as of 17:38, 1 June 2020

Appiness
Directed byEli Batalion
Written byEli Batalion
Starring
CinematographyBenoit Beaulieu
Edited byMark Bendit
Music byJoe Barrucco, Eli Batalion
Distributed byGravitas Ventures
Release dates
  • September 10, 2018 (2018-09-10) (Festival)
  • January 28, 2020 (2020-01-28) (Public)
Running time
82 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Appiness is a Canadian comedy film written, directed and produced by Eli Batalion.[1][2][3] The film stars Eli Batalion as Eric Newman, who, upon being laid off from his stuffy corporate job, starts to pursue tech entrepreneurial start-up dreams with long-lost high school friend Raj Patel (Varun Saranga). The film premiered on the festival circuit in 2018, with its domestic premiere at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma in 2019.[4]

Appiness was released by distributor Gravitas Ventures in early 2020.[5]

Cast

  • Eli Batalion as Eric
  • Varun Saranga as Raj
  • Amber Goldfarb as Jeanine
  • Kathleen Stavert as Nila
  • Derek Johns as Jack
  • Jayne Heitmeyer as Sierra
  • Mike Paterson as Schlein
  • Larry Day as Jeffrey
  • Daniel Brochu as Chet

Awards

Year Award Category Recipient(s) and nominee(s) Result
2018 Calcutta International Cult Film Festival Debut Filmmaker Eli Batalion Won[6]
2019 Canada China International Film Festival Best Actress Amber Goldfarb Won

References

  1. ^ "Eli Batalion's new comedy Appiness makes its big screen premiere Feb. 21 in Montreal". thesuburban.com. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  2. ^ "Appiness". eyeforfilm.co.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  3. ^ "Varun Saranga & Eli Batalion Build in App in 'Appiness' Comedy Trailer". firstshowing.net. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  4. ^ "La 37e édition des Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma - Une programmation anglophone bien présente au festival". ctvm.info. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  5. ^ "Gravitas Uploads Eli Batalion's APPINESS to Digital HD January 28th". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 2020-03-05.
  6. ^ "CATEGORY: DEBUT FILMMAKER". hlc-cicff.com. Retrieved 2019-05-10.