The streamer MUBI says it has scrapped a film festival due to take place in Turkey this weekend. The decision was made after authorities said the streamer could not screen the new movie, Queer. The acclaimed film comes from Italian director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name,

The arthouse distributor and streamer was due to hold the annual Mubi Fest Istanbul between Nov. 7-10 with “Queer” — based on the William S. Burroughs novel and starring Daniel Craig as a gay expat living in Mexico — set as the opener. But when it ...

Streamer Mubi has cancelled Turkish film festival at the eleventh hour after city governor banned Luca Guadagnino’s Queer.