Dear all,
I hope this email finds you well.
As part of Film at Lincoln Center’s film education program, we’re thrilled to announce our free December student screening, in collaboration with Film Comment. Info below and flyer enclosed.
Friday, December 5: 10:00am-12:30pm – 10th Grade & up
HAPPYEND by Neo Sora – Recorded Intro by Neo Sora + Q&A with Film Comment
2024, Japan / US, 113 minutes, NYFF62
In Japanese with English subtitles
As a tie-in with Film Comment’s Best of 2025 critics poll and editorial package, the film magazine is presenting a special screening of Neo Sora’s Happyend, one of the staff’s favorite films of the year. In this resonant drama set in a Tokyo high school sometime in the near future, two best friends since childhood, Kou and Yuta, run afoul of their disciplinarian principal, who has installed a draconian surveillance system after being the target of an elaborate prank. As the boys try to figure out how to align themselves within the increasingly oppressive education system, larger external forces summon further threats, including constant looming natural disasters. Director Neo Sora’s absorbing and humane debut film tackles universal political fears, the tenuous bonds of friendship, and questions of individual will. This screening is an excellent fit for Japanese, History, Film/Media Studies, Asian Studies, Ethics/Philosophy, ELA and Social Studies classes.
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As always, Registration is on a first-come, first-served basis : RSVP here
Kindly register for your group only if you are committed to participating in the screening. Given that these events are free of charge, our only request is that, once registered, you show full commitment to attending, ensuring the success of the screening and not depriving spots from other students/school groups.
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Adeline Monzier
Film at Lincoln Center
Student Screenings/Film Education Consultant
+1 646 422 9348