Happy Together is a coming-of-age story about me, my camera and how it relates to my relationship with my former girlfriend Pieta. In the film I explore the desire to make a self-portrait, and introduce a shift in our dynamic by recording our lives. The process of documentation is incorporated in the editing process, creating a product of multiple iterations over time, morphing and shifting in its objectives.

The film arose out of my longstanding project of self-archival. My mode of working is inspired by gonzo-techniques, creating a highly personal subjective world which I explore with my viewer. The creation process is part of the result, creating a film that searches for itself within itself. In doing so, I want make an intimate representation of filmmaking as a craft and practice, flirting with questions of ethics, desire, and purpose.

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Directed and Edited by Sebastiaan Verbeeten
Music by Mazi Jarvis
Duration: 54 minutes

2024

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Directed and Edited by Sebastiaan Verbeeten
Duration: 10 minutes
2021