Dogwood Cinematic has announced the International Premiere of Our Happy Place at Raindance Film Festival on June 20, 2025. The film was written and shot during the pandemic. Working around quarantine limitations influencing the film’s frenetic camera work.
Raya, a lonely woman caring for her bedridden husband, is haunted by terrifying nightmares. She wakes up each morning in the forest, falling deeper into freshly dug graves beneath her. As supernatural forces torment her and the line between dream and reality collapses, she unearths a horrifying secret buried within the woods—and herself.
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Our Happy Place stars Raya Miles and Paul Bickel in their feature acting debuts, Tracie Thoms (Rent, Looper, The Devil Wears Prada), and Eugene Byrd (8 Mile, True Blood, American Horror Story). Our Happy Place was written and directed by Paul Bickel (short films Hollow, and Turning Japanese)and is his feature directing debut.
Our Happy Place will have its International Premiere at Raindance Film Festival on June 20, 2025.