Streaming platform Mubi has cancelled its long planned Mubi Fest Istanbul at the eleventh hour after the city governor banned a screening of Luca Guadagnino’s LGBTI+ themed movie Queer, which was to have been the opening film.

Mubi Fest Istanbul was due to open with Luca Guadagnino's 'Queer' but the film was deemed a threat to public peace

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The opening film was banned in the country for “provocative content that would endanger the peace of society.”