Can happiness be purchased? Did your donation to a non-profit organisation actually make a difference in someone's life? How do you even measure that impact?
These are all questions that Singaporean filmmaker, Mak CK, wants audiences to think about after watching his new documentary: Buying Happiness. Never mind that it'll only come out in 2019 — the film is more of a personal project, and it's an ongoing one about the lives of a group of people very close to his heart. It's been more than a decade in the making — well, sort of — but to understand that, you'll have to rewind back to the beginning.
How it all started