THISBFF2025 - Between Winter and Spring/Agent of Happiness

SINGAPORE PREMIERE

South Korea | 2024 | 30 min | PG

Korean with English subtitles

Directed by SeoAn Kim

Burned out and adrift, healer Lee Yeon climbs a snow-covered mountain to end her life through Cheonhwa—an ancient Buddhist ritual in which monks surrendered their final breath in silence, returning to nature.

After collapsing in the snow, she awakens in the care of a solitary woman deep in the mountains. They spend the winter together, sharing quiet routines.

But none of it was real. The woman was her estranged mother, and everything unfolded within a vision suspended between life and death.

Between Winter and Spring depicts a moment of return at the boundary between life and death.

BHUTAN, HUNGARY | 2024 | 94 min | PG

Nepali, Dzongkha, English with English subtitles

Directed by Arun Bhattarai & Dorottya Zurbo

How can you measure happiness? The country of Bhutan invented Gross National Happiness to do just that, and Amber is one of the agents who travels door to door to meet people and measure how happy they really are.

He is still living with his elderly mother at the age of 40, but is nevertheless a hopeless romantic who dreams of finding love: a happiness agent who is in search of his own happiness. We embark with Amber on a cross-country road trip meeting citizens from all walks of life, reminding us of the fragility and beauty of our own happiness. No matter where we live.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

PLQ Mall, 10 Paya Lebar Road, Paya Lebar, Singapore