The romantic comedy Get Happy will have its world premiere at the highly acclaimed Montreal World Film Festival. The film will be showing on Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 9:00AM ET and on Friday, September 4, 2015 at 7:00PM ET at Cinéma Quartier Latin (Cégep du Vieux Montréal, 350 Rue Émery, Montréal, QC H2X 1J1, Canada). The film stars Chris Riggi (Gossip Girl), who will be in attendance. Adam LaVorgna (7th Heaven), Jordan Lane Price (All My Children), Rebecca Blumhagen (Other Plans) and Lauren Sweetser (Winter’s Bone) also star in the film.

Get Happy is about a perpetually miserable man who finds happiness when he starts dating a manic pixie dream girl, to the befuddlement of his cynical best friend.

This marks the first feature film from the Indian-born director Manoj Annadurai. As an innovative entrepreneur in India, Annadurai began his career as a successful technology maven before shifting gears to his true passion, filmmaking. In Get Happy, Annadurai explores the idea of happiness. He says, “We live in an age where information is bursting at the seams, we have more access to theories on how to be happy than ever before,” and this is the driving force of the film. He adds, “The theories of happiness are represented by the relationship of two best friends. And when you take these ideas to the extreme, comedy comes into play!”

The film was shot entirely in New York and was completed in just under a year. Produced by Sania Jhankar, the film made its first step at the Manhattan Film Festival earlier this year with a screening for friends and family. Jhankar says, “We’re excited about officially premiering at the Montreal World Film Festival as it’s a great platform for indie movies to build recognition. More than that, we’re really anticipating the feedback and response from a wider audience and industry folks.”

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