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3.15-25, 2007
San Francisco International Asian Amercian Film Festival (SF, USA)
Official Selection
Sun 3/18 9:30 PM - AMC 1000 Van Ness
Fri 3/23 7:00 PM - Pacific Film Archive
Sun 3/25 12:00 PM - Camera 12 Cinemas

   

NEW YORK CITY PREMIERE

As a part of IFP Gotham Award nomination,
THE GREAT HAPPINESS SPACE -Tale of an Osaka Love Thief-
will be screened in Museum Of Modern Art.

Screenings: Nov 25, 2006 (Sat) | 6:00pm
  Nov 27, 2006 (Mon) | 8:00pm

Thank you so much for joining the screenings at MoMA. Despite the fact that it was Thanks Giving Holiday weekend, the first screening was almost full and the second screening was sold out.

   

12.8, 2006
IDA Awards Gara 2006 (LA, USA)
Best Documentary Nomination

   

11.29, 2006
BIFA 2006 (London, UK)
Best British Documentary Nomination

   

11.29, 2006
IFP Gotham Award Ceremony 2006 (NY, USA)
Best Film Not Playing at a Theater Near You

   

11.9-19, 2006
Starz Denver Film Festival "Official Selection"
Screening: Saturday, Nov 11 (3:15pm)
Screening: Sunday, Nov 12 (9:30pm)

   

11.10-19, 2006
CPH:DOX "Official Selection"
Screening: Monday, Nov 13rd (TBA)
Screening: Friday, Nov 17 (TBA)

   

10.20-29, 2006
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival "Official Selection"
Screening: Tuesday, Oct 24 (8:30pm)
Screening: Friday, Oct 27 (8:30pm)

   

10.18-22, 2006
Hamptons International Film Festival "Official Selection"


Chris Barrette, Hisayo Kushida, Jake Clennell in Hamptons
International Film Festival | photo by Jonathan Yi

New York Premiere
Screening: Thursday, Oct 19 (9:30pm)
Screening: Friday, Oct 20 (3:30pm)

   

9.27-10.8, 2006
Raindance Film Festival (UK) "Best Documentary Award Nomination"
Screening: Tuesday, Oct 3rd (5:15pm)

   
8.26, 2006
Edinburgh International Film Festival announced Award Winner
BEST DOCUMENTARY FEATURE AWARD to The Great Happiness Space!!
"…The inaugural Best Documentary Feature Award went to Jake Clennell for The Great Happiness Space: Tale of an Osaka Love Thief. The ‘Great Happiness Space’ is Osaka’s Rakkyo Café: a club, run by ambitious young entrepreneur Issei, where a core staff of 20 young men are groomed to become the top male escorts in the city. The film will receive a further screening as part of Best of the Fest, at 10:00 on Sunday 27 August at Filmhouse.…"
Additional Screening: Sunday, Aug 27th (10am)
   

8.23-31, 2006
Indie 2006-World Film Festival (Brazil) "Official Selection"
South American Premiere
Screening: Saturday, Aug 26th (5:10pm)
Screening: Monday, Aug 28th (5:10pm
   
8.14-27, 2006
Edinburgh International Film Festival "Official Selection"
European Premiere
Screening: Friday, Aug 25th (8:15pm)
Screening: Saturday, Aug 26th (3:15pm)
   
7.26- 8/13, 2006
Melbourne International Film Festival "Official Selection"
International Premiere
Screening: Thursday, July 27th (1:00pm)
Screening: Thursday, Aug 3rd (7:10pm)
   
6.13-18, 2006
Silverdocs: AFI/Discovery Channell Documentary Festival
 "Official Selection"
Washington D.C. Area Premiere
Screening: Friday, June 16th (8:00pm)
   
6.9-17, 2006
Atlanta Film Festival "Official Selection"
Screening: Tuesday, June 13th (4:45pm)
   
6.2-4, 2006
Movie Sauce Film Festival "Official Selection"
Screening: Saturday, June 3rd (9:00pm)
   
5.16, 2006
Review from Nichi Bei Times (Japanese American News) by Greg Yano
   
5.16, 2006
Review from Eros Zine by Thomas Roche
   
5.12-21, 2006
San Francisco Documentary Festival "Official Selection"
West Coast Premiere
Screening: Saturday May 20th (5:00pm)
   
4.20-28, 2006
The Palm Beach International Film Festival "Official Selection"
East Coast Premiere
Screening; Apr 23rd (9:35pm)
   
3.1-4.2006
Fargo Film Festival "Official Selection"
Screening: Mar 2nd (1:30pm)
 
2.14.2006
Review from Variety by Joe Leydon
 
1.19-27.2006
Slamdance Film Festival "Official Selection"
World Premiere

Screenings:
  • Sat, Jan 21 (3:30pm)
  • Sun, Jan 22 (7:30pm)
  • Wed, Jan 25 (5:00pm)
 
1.18, 2006
Commented in LA Times

Article: "Excessive access" by Kenneth Turan
"(The irrepressible Slamdance, which debuted "Mad Hot Ballroom" last year after Sundance turned it down, has also become a documentary mecca, accepting nine out of more than 500 films submitted. Two of the best focus on unusual aspects of Japan: "The Great Happiness Space — Tales of an Osaka Love Thief" takes us into the unusual world of bars where women hire young male hosts for emotional support, …"