HappyAnt Productions

“Gifted children”. At the mere hearing of these two words our mind starts jumping to conclusions. We tend to visualize them as little Einsteins who spend their days solving equations or as children prodigies in the manner of Mozart. The reality is far more nuanced and complicated.
A new addition to our Nomadoc project.

Wendy was born in England, but chose to live in Greece, where she spends most of her time in the mountains of Arcadia searching for old pathways. We followed her for a while and we discovered how exciting, challenging and rewarding the life of a pathfinder can be. A new addition to our Nomadoc project.

A short but comprehensive introduction to the Theater of the Oppressed through the words of its participants (audience and creators) . This is the first mini documentary produced for our new project Nomadoc.

This 8 minutes mini documentary ,“School without schooling”, is about an alternative educational project that takes place in Modena, Italy, where a small group of families decided to take full responsibility for their children’s education, creating their self-managed school.
They explain us the reasons for that decision, they present the principles and guidelines and, finally, they share their concerns with us.

Italian language with English subtitles.

A 13 minutes mini doc about the ‘black truffle boom’ that is taking place in the mountainous region of Teruel, Spain, one of the poorest and least developed of the country.
The fields around the villages of Sarrión, Manzanera and Mora de Rubielos are covered with oaks, ‘hosting’ in their roots what is known as earth’s black diamonds. considered to be the biggest crop of Tuber melanosporum in the world.

Truffle cultivation started 30 years ago mostly out of desperation as the land there was too poor for other crops. In this short period, the truffle business, even if still run mainly by families, grow so much that became the biggest world production, the major part of which is sold wholesale to France.

Spanish language with English subtitles.

Every year thousands of youngsters from all over Europe reach the Greek island of Zante (Zakynthos), where they head directly to the seaside resort of Laganas, one of the main hotspots for ‘sun and fun’ oriented holidays, with the sole purpose of partying.

But… along with ‘crazy good times’, fights, sexual harassments and accidents, mostly due to the alcohol abuse, are in the daily agenda.
Still the legend of Laganas doesn’t seem to fade away.
Is this Heaven or Hell?

Part of a series of videos for the blog camperistas.com