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As part of Film at Lincoln Center\u2019s film education program, we\u2019re thrilled to announce our free December student screening, in collaboration with Film Comment. Info below and flyer enclosed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Friday, December 5: 10:00am-12:30pm – 10th Grade & up <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n HAPPYEND by Neo Sora<\/strong> – Recorded Intro by Neo Sora + Q&A with Film Comment<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2024, Japan \/ US, 113 minutes, NYFF62<\/p>\n\n\n\n In Japanese with English subtitles<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a tie-in with Film Comment\u2019s Best of 2025 critics poll and editorial package, the film magazine is presenting a special screening of Neo Sora\u2019s 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\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About Film Comment:<\/strong> Since 1962, Film Comment has been the home of independent film journalism, publishing in-depth interviews, critical analysis, and feature coverage of mainstream, art-house, and avant-garde filmmaking from around the world. The Film Comment Letter is a free weekly digital newsletter featuring original film criticism and writing\u2014including the Film Comment Podcast, features, reviews, interviews, streaming picks, news, and more. Head to filmcomment.com<\/a> to subscribe today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n