Streaming service Mubi cancelled their international film festival in Istanbul to protest the local government’s decision to ban the opening film, a gay romance drama starring Daniel Craig.The MUBI Fest was scheduled to open on Thursday evening with a screening of Queer,

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.

Turkish authorities increasingly intervening in movie screenings and festivals citing 'danger to public peace'

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.

"This ban not only targets a single film but also undermines the very essence and purpose of the festival," a company statement said after the local government banned the opening night feature.

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