Long Live My Happy Head

For Scottish artist Gordon, creating comic books about his brain tumor is his way of confronting his mortality. With the growth of his tumor accelerating, he and his partner Shawn must navigate chemotherapy and a global pandemic so they can cherish what time they have left. By using observational footage, painfully intimate video diary, stylized key interviews, and animations created from Gordon’s comic illustrations, the directors immerse the audience in Gordon’s world; at the same time, they reveal how art, love, and a sense of humor can soothe our deepest fears of mortality and the prospect of losing the people we care most about.