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NIGHT OF BLINDNESS Fiction; Turkish, Kurdish; Turkish with English subtitles; Turkey, Germany; 2026; Black and White, 90 minutes. DIRECTOR: Reis Çelik PRODUCERS: Anıl Çelik, Dilek Aydın, Jakob Zaft SCREENPLAY: Reis Çelik CINEMATOGRAPHER: Gökhan Atılmış EDITING: Reis Çelik, Michael Münch CAST: Özge Arslan, İştar Gökseven, Hacı Ali Konuk, Nilüfer Açıkalın, Aydın Orak, Cenk Alibeyoğlu SYNOPSIS: Based on a true story, Night of Blindness is the second film in Reis Çelik's "Night trilogy." The story takes place three days after the 1980 military coup in Turkey. A fugitive militant leader, Fatma, seeks refuge in a construction site. A worker hides her inside a hollow column shaft waiting to be filled with concrete. As soldiers interrogate the crew, only a few centimeters separate the fugitive from her pursuers. As dawn breaks, a cement mixer arrives, preparing to pour concrete into the empty columns. SYNOPSIS: Based on true events, Night of Blindness is the second film in Reis Çelik’s "Night trilogy". Set three days after Turkey's 1980 military coup, the story follows fugitive militant leader Fatma, who seeks refuge in a construction site. A worker conceals her inside a hollow column shaft awaiting concrete. As soldiers interrogate the crew just inches away, only a wooden board separates the hunter from the hunted. At dawn, a cement mixer arrives, preparing to pour concrete into the empty columns.