Adrian Țofei and Duru Yücel’s nine-year-in-the-making apocalyptic sci-fi horror feature We Put the World to Sleep, a spiritual sequel to Adrian’s cult horror movie Be My Cat: A Film for Anne, has been selected to four major North American horror festivals, which Țofei and Yücel will be touring this Halloween season.
The tour commences with the World Premiere on October 18 at the 10th anniversary Nightmares Film Festival in Columbus, Ohio, where the movie has received four award nominations: Best Midnight Feature, Best Supporting Performance (Duru Yücel), Best Directing, and Best Lead Performance (Adrian Țofei).
The US segment of the tour continues with the regional premiere at Nightmare in the Ozarks Film Festival in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, on October 25. It concludes with the regional premiere on October 28 at FilmQuest in Provo, Utah, where the movie has received four more nominations: Best Found Footage Feature, Best Lead Actress (Duru Yücel), Best Editing, and overall Best Feature Film.
From the US, Țofei and Yücel will fly to Mexico for the Latin American premiere at Feratum International Fantastic Film Festival, which runs from November 6 to 9.
Țofei and Yücel told Dread Central,
“Our ambitious goal for We Put the World to Sleep was to combine the metaphysics of 2001: A Space Odyssey with the realism of The Blair Witch Project. What followed was a wild odyssey not only on screen but in real life as well, over the nine years of production, with numerous unforeseen obstacles —from the pandemic to financial and creative ones—during which we partially lived in characters, on-and-off. The themes that were purely sci-fi when we began production in 2015—such as AI and the confusion between what’s real and what’s not—by the time the movie was completed, they became real worldwide fears.”
The filmmaking duo shot the feature in multiple locations across Romania, Türkiye, and Ukraine, with a diverse international cast that includes Erisse Peterson, Andreea Enciu, and Danha Yunes in supporting roles.
Directed by Adrian Țofei, the movie was written and produced by Adrian and Duru Yücel together. They play fictional characters also named Adrian and Duru, who, within the story of the movie, are themselves making an apocalyptic film. But, things take a dark turn when they set out on a mission to end the world for real using the film’s budget.
Țofei and Yücel are currently running a crowdfunding campaign to attend the festivals (not to end the world). And to celebrate Yücel’s two acting nominations, a second exclusive teaser clip has been released, titled “Powerful in Death”, which you can watch below!
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