Streamer Mubi has cancelled Turkish film fest at 11th hour after city governor banned Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, which was to have been opening film.

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Mubi has scrapped an entire festival it had planned in Turkey after local authorities banned a screening of Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer.” The arthouse distributor and streamer was due to hold the annual Mubi Fest Istanbul in the Turkish capital between Nov.

Mubi has pulled the rug out from under its annual Mubi Fest Istanbul only hours before its opening night screening of “Queer.” The indie distributor and streaming platform ann