What is happiness to you?

The producers of a new social video hit the laneways of Melbourne to pose that question to 15 people from 15 different countries.

Their answers range from "living your dream" to "baking".

Brazilian journalist Felippe Canale, who is living in Melbourne for five months to improve his English, made the video with his husband Marlon Moro.

Felippe Canale (right) made the Facebook video with his husband Marlo Moro. ( Supplied )

Mr Canale told ABC Radio Melbourne's Dave O'Neil that Melbourne was a great city in which to shoot such a video.

"I believe that Melbourne, it's such a multicultural city, we can hear different accents on the streets everywhere," he said, adding that he thought Melbourne was a "happy city".

"I feel that everybody here respects each other and this is amazing, to have the possibility to be who you truly are."

Happiness changes between cultures

Mr Canale and Mr Moro shot interviews in Melbourne's laneways and tourist destinations with people from Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Colombia, China, England, India, Pakistan, Portugal, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, the United States, Venezuela and Vietnam.

The interviewees discuss topics ranging from Melbourne's place as the sporting capital to tensions between the US and North Korea.

One woman interviewed for the video says fluffy cats are what brings her happiness. ( Facebook )

"It's amazing to see how happiness can change between cultures and nationalities," Mr Canale said.

"For example, the girl from Vietnam, for her happiness it's to be allowed to live in a peaceful country [such] as Australia.

"A girl from England said happiness for her was fluffy cats."

More videos to come

Mr Canale said he loved to talk to people and that he planned to make more videos on the streets of Melbourne during his time here.

"I'm the kind of person who if I see an interesting person on the street, I go to this person and I say, 'Hi, hello, may I introduce myself'."

He said Melbourne's graffiti-lined laneways provided a fantastic backdrop for such conversations, adding that their next video would most likely be about Australia's same-sex marriage debate.