HAPPY AS LARRY

Short film (Red Ray Films) 2008

When a search for the happiest person on earth thrusts Larry into the spotlight, he becomes the planet’s newest superstar. His face is splashed across newspapers, magazines and cheesy merchandise, and soon millions of fans are following his life – on TV, online, on demand. But fame brings new temptations, and soon Larry finds his relationship with his girlfriend falling apart. As the media reports every move and mistake he makes, he struggles to stop things spiralling out of control. There may be no happy ending for the world’s happiest man.

Directed by Brian Philip Davis.

The film was funded through the Deviate short film scheme run by Northern Ireland Screen and UK Film Council. It has been screened at Cinemagic and Belfast Film Festivals in Belfast and Foyle Film Festival, Derry, and was included on A1 Pictures’ Capture Anthologies: Fables and Fairytales DVD.