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happiness

North American Premiere

As the unfolding genocide in Gaza is streamed around the world, resistence persists for a group of activists and immigrants in Amsterdam sabotaged by insomnia.

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Country of Origin

Netherlands/Turkey

Year

2025

Language

English

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18+
18 min
Experimental & Avant Garde Human Rights & Social Justice Shorts
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Credits & Director

Screenwriter

Fırat Yücel, Aylin Kuryel

Editor

Fırat Yücel

Original Music

Metin Bozkurt

Fırat Yücel headshot

Fırat Yücel

Firat Yücel is a documentary producer and editor who lives and works in Amsterdam and Istanbul. He curates the video series Altyazı Fasikül: Free Cinema, a part of the Altyazı Cinema Association, which is dedicated to supporting political film and video makers at risk in Turkey and elsewhere. His work centers around collective filmmaking and resistance against censorship, while his documentaries focus on topics like exile, surveillance, and the right to the city, taking forms that include video essays, desktop documentaries, and biopics, among others. Yücel is part of the BAK Cell, Utrecht, in the Fellowship for Situated Practice.

 

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