Appiness

{{short description|Canadian Film}}

{{More citations needed|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Appiness

| image = Appiness poster.jpg

| alt =

| caption =

| director = Eli Batalion

| producer = Eli Batalion

| writer = Eli Batalion

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Eli Batalion
• Varun Saranga
• Amber Goldfarb
• Jayne Heitmeyer
• Larry Day

}}

| music = Joe Barrucco, Eli Batalion

| cinematography = Benoit Beaulieu

| editing = Mark Bendit

| studio =

| distributor = Gravitas Ventures

| released = {{Film date|2018|9|10|Festival|2020|1|28|Public}}

| runtime = 82 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = English

| budget =

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Appiness is a Canadian comedy film written, directed and produced by Eli Batalion.{{Cite web|url=http://www.thesuburban.com/arts_and_entertainment/entertainment/eli-batalion-s-new-comedy-appiness-makes-its-big-screen/article_fdbbf2c5-aee7-5a6a-a45c-67221a7d1cb6.html|title=Eli Batalion's new comedy Appiness makes its big screen premiere Feb. 21 in Montreal|website=thesuburban.com|access-date=2020-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/review/appiness-2018-film-review-by-jennie-kermode|title=Appiness|website=eyeforfilm.co.uk|access-date=2020-03-05}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2020/varun-saranga-eli-batalion-build-in-app-in-appiness-comedy-trailer/|title=Varun Saranga & Eli Batalion Build in App in 'Appiness' Comedy Trailer|website=firstshowing.net|date=7 January 2020 |access-date=2020-03-05}} The film stars Eli Batalion as Eric Newman, who, upon being laid off from his stuffy corporate job, starts to pursue tech entrepreneurial start-up dreams with long-lost high school friend Raj Patel (Varun Saranga). The film premiered on the festival circuit in 2018, with its domestic premiere at the Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://ctvm.info/la-37e-edition-des-rendez-vous-quebec-cinema-une-programmation-anglophone-bien-presente-au-festival/|title=La 37e édition des Rendez-vous Québec Cinéma - Une programmation anglophone bien présente au festival|website=ctvm.info|date=22 February 2019 |access-date=2020-03-05}}

Appiness was released by distributor Gravitas Ventures in early 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwtv/article/Gravitas-Uploads-Eli-Batalions-APPINESS-to-Digital-HD-January-28th-20200113|title=Gravitas Uploads Eli Batalion's APPINESS to Digital HD January 28th|website=broadwayworld.com|access-date=2020-03-05}}