What does it mean to belong? Curated by the Eden Court Cinema Youth Board, this programme of short films explore the spaces where people search for connection while navigating isolation and the search for community. From sleepless nights spent witnessing distant atrocities, to football stadiums, virtual worlds and rural communities, each story follows people searching for somewhere they can feel themselves.

BEYOND THE SCREEN:

Stay on after the screening for an audience conversation exploring isolation in all its guises, and how we can build community in the face of loneliness – hosted by Eden Court’s Youth Board.

FILMS FEATURED:

Happiness (Firat Yücel, Netherlands/Turkey, 2025, 18min)

This desktop diary chronicles the sleepless nights of a group of activists and immigrants in Amsterdam, absorbed by the genocides and atrocities being broadcast in real time.

Log Off, Loser! (Heath Virgoe, Scotland, 2025, 11min)

In the virtual world of The Lounge, you can look however you want. But when a schoolboy realises his dream of creating a female avatar, he finds that the internet isn’t quite the utopia he expected…

I Love Hooligans (Jan-Dirk Bouw, Netherlands, 2013, 13min)

A football hooligan feels unconditional love for his club. However, being gay, he has to hide his identity in order to survive in this world that is so precious to him.

Their Accounts (Hannah Hunter, Scotland, 2024, 6min)

An archival and animated exploration of the past, present andfuture of Ardnamurchan through the voices of its young people.

Access: Films will be presented with English subtitles. Their Accounts and Log Off, Loser! Will have descriptive subtitles.

Content notes: happiness contains discussions and depictions of physical and state violence. I Love Hooligans contains discussions of homophobia and violence.