happiness

Firat Yücel • The Netherlands, Turkey • 2025 • 18 min. • HD

SYNOPSIS

An urgent desktop diary made at the intersection of a hectic digital landscape and the inner violence of modern colonization.
The film chronicles the sleepless nights of a group of activists, eyes fixed on screens as they follow the news from Palestine and the Middle East. In Amsterdam, far from their home countries, police violence and the threat of deportation glue them to digital interfaces night after night.
Engaging with anti-colonial resistance across screens and streets, “happiness” is a humble reminder to keep searching for a solution.

TRAILER

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FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS

Visions du Réel International Documentary Film Festival | Medium Length & Short Film Competition. Switzerland (2025)

CREW

DIRECTOR
Fırat Yücel

SCRIPTWRITERS
Fırat Yücel
Aylin Kuryel

EDITOR
Fırat Yücel

PRODUCERS
Image Acts

SOUND MIX
Metin Bozkurt

DCP
Soner Daştan

FESTIVALS & SALES
María Vera (KINO REBELDE)