Mubi cancels four-day event in protest as local government blocks screening of Luca Guadagnino-directed movie Queer
Organisers of an Istanbul film festival announced its cancellation on Thursday to protest against a local authority ban on the screening of Queer, a drama starring Daniel Craig.
The arthouse film streaming platform Mubi said it was cancelling the entire four-day festival just hours before it was set to open in Kadikoy on the Asian side of Istanbul.
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