''Happiness Is Loving Your Teacher'' is a Canadian short drama film directed by

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and released in 1977. The film stars

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as Mr. Todrick, a wheelchair-using

substitute teacher A substitute teacher is a person who teaches a school class when the regular teacher is absent or unavailable; e.g., because of illness, personal leave, maternal leave and so on. "Substitute teacher" (usually abbreviated as sub) is the most c ...

facing an unruly high school class, and Marina Dimakopoulos as Tony, a student and class leader who comes to regret how she treated Mr. Todrick after she is given detention.

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'', June 25, 1980. Dimakopoulos won the

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for Best Actress in a Non-Feature at the

28th Canadian Film Awards The 28th Canadian Film Awards were held on November 20, 1977 to honour achievements in Canadian film."Ceremony dominated by two feature films: NFB Triumphs at Film Awards". ''The Globe and Mail'', November 21, 1977. The ceremony was hosted by acto ...

.Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''.

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, 2000. . p. 119.

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* * 1977 films Canadian coming-of-age drama films National Film Board of Canada short films Films directed by John N. Smith Films about teacher–student relationships Films about educators Films set in schools 1970s English-language films Canadian drama short films 1970s Canadian films English-language Canadian films {{1970s-Canada-film-stub