HAPPINESS

Firat Yücel • 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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AWARDS

Best Glocal Film Award
NeMaf Seoul International ALT Cinema & Media Arts Festival. South Korea (2025)
Best International Short Film Award
Adana Golden Boll Film Festival. Turkey (2025)

FESTIVALS & ALTERNATIVE SCREENINGS

Visions du Réel International Documentary Film Festival | Medium Length & Short Film Competition. Switzerland (2025)
Ayvalık International Film Festival. Turkey (2025)
BIEFF Bucharest Int. Experimental Film Festival. Romania (2025)
INTERSECCIÓN International Film Festival. Spain (2025)
Vancouver International Film Festival. Canada (2025)
DokumentArt films & future. Germany (2025)
Middle East Now Festival. Italy (2025)
Kaohsiung Film Festival. Taiwan (2025)
BFI London Film Festival. UK (2025)
DOXS RUHR. Germany (2025)
Uppsala International Short Film Festival. Sweden (2025)
Izmir International Short Film Festival. Turkey (2025)
PARISCIENCE International Science Film Festival. France (2025)
INTERFILM International Short Film Festival. Germany (2025)
BISFF Beijing International Short Film Festival. China (2025)
IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam. Netherlands (2025)
Kassel Documentary Film and Video Festival. Germany (2025)
Doha Film Festival. Qatar (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)