{"id":16555,"date":"2026-08-18T05:03:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T04:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/video\/happiness\/"},"modified":"2026-08-28T06:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T05:39:33","slug":"happiness","status":"publish","type":"portfolio","link":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/video\/happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"HAPPINESS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Katia vit \u00e0 Berlin depuis 2022&nbsp;; elle a fui la guerre. Alors qu\u2019elle m\u00e9dite sur les profondes blessures qu\u2019elle laisse, elle confie \u00e0 Yann combien il est important et in\u00e9vitable de chercher \u00e0 \u00eatre heureux. Pendant ce temps, les nuages d\u00e9rivent dans la nuit, les gens d\u00e9rivent dans les nuages, dans les rues, en mer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Katia lives in Berlin since 2022, she is fleeing a war. As she reflects on the deep wounds that a war can leave, she tells Yann how important and inevitable it is to try to be happy. Meanwhile the clouds are drifting in the night, people are drifting in th clouds, in the streets, at sea.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"happiness (trailer) _ Yann les Jours _ 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1104932653?h=a754a29b56&amp;dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/attachments\/files\/008\/959\/707\/original\/happiness.00_07_58_14.Still007.jpg?1737022542\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/attachments\/files\/008\/959\/720\/original\/happiness.00_02_27_17.Still002.jpg?1737022541\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/attachments\/files\/008\/959\/709\/original\/happiness.00_06_24_06.Still005.jpg?1737022542\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfreeway-production-storage-01-connector.filmfreeway.com\/press_kits\/headshots\/002\/972\/568\/original\/aa7416281e-headshot.jpg?1768579605\" alt=\"\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover;width:200px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Yann les Jours <\/strong>est n\u00e9 \u00e0 Lyon et vit et travaille \u00e0 Berlin. Il a \u00e9tudi\u00e9 l&rsquo;histoire de l&rsquo;art et la litt\u00e9rature anglaise \u00e0 l&rsquo;Universit\u00e9 Lyon 2 Lumi\u00e8re, puis a particip\u00e9 \u00e0 l&rsquo;\u00e9cole d&rsquo;\u00e9t\u00e9 de documentaire du Festival international du film de Locarno et \u00e0 l&rsquo;Acad\u00e9mie Jihlava IDFF. Son \u0153uvre documentaire, qui englobe films, clips musicaux et performances, est souvent qualifi\u00e9e de po\u00e9tique, abstraite et exp\u00e9rimentale. Son premier court m\u00e9trage, *Repetitions*, a \u00e9t\u00e9 pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en avant-premi\u00e8re mondiale en 2022 aux Journ\u00e9es internationales du court m\u00e9trage d&rsquo;Oberhausen. Entre 2023 et 2024, Yann a r\u00e9alis\u00e9 une s\u00e9rie de trois courts m\u00e9trages documentaires exp\u00e9rimentaux\u00a0: *Mars*, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en avant-premi\u00e8re au Short Waves Pozna\u0144 dans la section RAW Competition (2023)\u00a0; *kindergarten*, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en avant-premi\u00e8re au 20minmax Ingolstadt ISFF (2023) et r\u00e9compens\u00e9 du prix du meilleur court m\u00e9trage international au festival L&rsquo;Alternativa Film Festival (CCCB Barcelone) en 2024\u00a0; et *Sonnet*, pr\u00e9sent\u00e9 en avant-premi\u00e8re au ShorTS IFF de Trieste (juin 2025) et r\u00e9compens\u00e9 des prix de la meilleure r\u00e9alisation et du meilleur son \u00e0 l&rsquo;Indy Film Library Experimental Showcase 2025 \u00e0 Amsterdam (Pays-Bas). L&rsquo;ann\u00e9e 2025 a \u00e9galement vu les avant-premi\u00e8res de *Fireworks* (Les Instants Vid\u00e9o, Marseille), *The Hedgehog* (Riga IFF), *My name is Renata, she says* (C\u00f4t\u00e9 Court, Pantin) et *Happiness* (FLIGHT, G\u00eanes, Ann Arbor 26). Lorsqu&rsquo;il ne travaille pas sur des projets pour l&rsquo;\u00e9cran, Yann les Jours prolonge son travail cin\u00e9matographique dans le domaine de la performance en direct\u00a0: en 2024, il a cr\u00e9\u00e9 Europa (sur l&#8217;empathie) au club OHM, sous la direction artistique de KOOKOO, \u00e0 Berlin. En 2025, il a cr\u00e9\u00e9 une performance sonore intitul\u00e9e \u00ab\u00a0Close your eyes\u00a0\u00bb pour VIDEOAKTION#6, sous la direction artistique d&rsquo;attaque(e)r le visible, \u00e0 Berlin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>Yann les Jours <\/strong>was born in Lyon, France, and lives and works in Berlin, Germany. He studied Art History and English Literature at Lyon II Lumi\u00e8re University and later attended the Documentary Summer School at the Locarno Film Festival and the Ji.hlava IDFF Academy. His documentary work\u2014spanning film, music videos, and performance\u2014is often described as poetic, abstract, and experimental. His debut short film, Repetitions, had its world premiere in 2022 at the Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen. In 2023\u201324, Yann created a series of three short experimental documentaries: Mars which premiered at Short Waves Pozna\u0144 in the RAW Competition (2023). kindergarten which premiered at 20minmax Ingolstadt ISFF (2023), winner Best International Short at L&rsquo;Alternativa Film Festival, CCCB Barcelona, in 2024. Sonnet which premiered at ShorTS IFF in Trieste, Italy (June 2025) and won the awards for Best Director and Best Sound Design at the Indy Film Library Experimental Showcase 2025, Amsterdam, NL. 2025 also saw the premieres of Fireworks (Les Instants Vid\u00e9o, Marseille), The Hedgehog (Riga IFF), My name is Renata, she says (C\u00f4t\u00e9 Court, Pantin), and Happiness (FLIGHT, Genoa, Ann Arbor 26). When not working on projects for screens, Yann les Jours extends his cinema work in the sphere of live performance: in 2024 he created Europa (on empathy) at OHM club curated by KOOKOO, Berlin. In 2025 he created a sound peformance \u00ab\u00a0Close your eyes\u00a0\u00bb at VIDEOAKTION#6 curated by attaque(e)r le visible, Berlin.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kottifilms.com\/productions\/happiness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.kottifilms.com\/productions\/happiness<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16708,"menu_order":2,"template":"","portfolio-category":[597],"portfolio-tag":[],"class_list":["post-16555","portfolio","type-portfolio","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","portfolio-category-friche-24-oct-2026-14h30"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio\/16555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/portfolio"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16708"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"portfolio-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-category?post=16555"},{"taxonomy":"portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.instantsvideo.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/portfolio-tag?post=16555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}