The Art of Happiness Wins Best European Feature Animation Award
The European Film Awards, presented annually by the European Film Academy and EFA Productions, aim to celebrate European cinematic cultural activity in 21 categories.
A single category for European animation features exists, in which the 27th European Awards (given in Riga, 13 December 2014) awarded the Italian feature The Art of Happiness (L'arte della felicità) Best European Animation Feature.
In the Alessandro Rak-directed feature (our film review), Sergio is a 40-something Neapolitan cab driver and a former musician who receives news that will change his life forever. While the storm rages outside, he begins to unveil his music memories, which are intertwined with philosophical identity questions and his relationship with his brother, Alfredo.
The film is produced by Luciano Stella and the Naples studio Mad Entertainment.
L'arte della felicità won over the 2 French/Belgium features, Jack and the Cuckoo-Clock Heart (Mathias Malzieu & Stéphane Berla) and Miniscule-Valley of the Lost Ants (Thomas Szabo & Hélène Giraud).
Ari Folman's The Congress was the recipient of the 2013 European Film Award for Best Animated Feature.
Alessandro Rak and the creative team of L'arte della felicità at the 2014 EFA awards (c) L'arte della felicità-il film
