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Nazli Elif Durlu’s film premieres tomorrow evening.

UK-based Film Republic has acquired world sales rights to Nazli Elif Durlu’s Turkish feature Zuhal.

The film has its international premiere tomorrow night (Wednesday 24) in the First Feature Competition at Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival. It debuted at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival in Turkey last month, where Nihal Yalcin won the best actress award.

The film follows a woman whose routine is disturbed by the meow of a cat she keeps hearing in her flat. Even though none of her neighbours hear it, she begins an investigation to find the animal.

While some countries have started vaccinating their population against Covid-19 and there seems to be a glimpse of an end to the worldwide pandemic, the majority of public life continues to be defined by the lockdown, with schools, shops and museums still closed. Apart from the financial factor, many people long for a way to be constructive outside their own home, meet others and simply enjoy a coffee in a nearby cafe, which is a feeling Turkish director Reha Erdem took as a foundation for his feature “Hey There!”, now exclusively streaming on Mubi. Especially in the field of culture, people long for a way to be productive again as the concept of home office does not work as well as it does in other professions, making it rather easy to for Erdem to find collaborators for his project.

“Hey There!” is streaming on Mubi Europe

As Istanbul is still...