SMS From Shangri-La
Jan 21, 2010
Director
Dieter Fahrer, Lisa RöösliOverview
"Gross national happiness is more important than gross national product", declares the King of Bhutan. Can happiness be decreed? We accompany seven Swiss musicians to this mountainous Himalayan country. Between concerts, we meet Bhutanese people in their daily lives, who tell us, as if in passing, what makes them happy. Are we capable of finding happiness elsewhere? Does the advantage of globalization lie precisely in the erasure of the elsewhere? The whole world is in the here and now, and distant horizons are always close to us, transported by SMS...
Crew of SMS From Shangri-La
Dieter FahrerDirector, Screenplay, Producer, Director of Photography- Lisa RöösliDirector, Screenplay, Director of Photography
- Ugyen WangdiDirector of Photography
- Maya SchmidEditor
- Balthasar JuckerSound Director
- Peter von SiebenthalSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Mark OberholzerMusic
- Gilbert PaeffgenMusic
- Wege WüthrichMusic
- Dodo HunzikerAnimation
About SMS From Shangri-La
What is SMS From Shangri-La about?
"Gross national happiness is more important than gross national product", declares the King of Bhutan. Can happiness be decreed? We accompany seven Swiss musicians to this mountainous Himalayan country. Between concerts, we meet Bhutanese people in their daily lives, who tell us, as if in passing, what makes them happy. Are we capable of finding happiness elsewhere? Does the advantage of…
When was SMS From Shangri-La released?
SMS From Shangri-La was released on January 21, 2010.
Who directed SMS From Shangri-La?
SMS From Shangri-La was directed by Dieter Fahrer and Lisa Röösli.