Kedi (2016 film)

For the Tamil movie directed by Jyothi Krishna and starring Ravi Krishna, see Kedi (2006 film). For the Telugu movie directed by Kiran Kumar and starring Nagarjuna Akkineni, see Kedi (2010 film).

Kedi
A cat looking at the viewer with its eyelids nearly shut, looking sleepy. The title "kedi" is shown to its right in red.
Kedi film poster
Directed byCeyda Torun
Produced by
  • Ceyda Torun
  • Charlie Wuppermann
StarringBülent Üstün
Cinematography
  • Alp Korfali
  • Charlie Wuppermann
Edited byMo Stoebe
Music byKira Fontana
Production
company
Termite Films
Distributed byOscilloscope Laboratories
Release dates
  • February 21, 2016 (2016-02-21) (Istanbul Independent Film Festival)
  • February 10, 2017 (2017-02-10) (United States)
  • May 10, 2017 (2017-05-10) (YouTube Red)
Running time
79 minutes[1]
CountryTurkey
LanguageTurkish
Budget$1 million[citation needed]
Box office$5 million[2]

Kedi ([ceˈdi], Turkish for 'Cat') is a 2016 Turkish documentary film directed by Ceyda Torun about the many stray cats that live in Istanbul.[3] It premiered at the !f Istanbul Independent Film Festival on 21 February 2016 before being given a North American theatrical release on 10 February 2017. It debuted on the YouTube Red streaming service on 10 May 2017.[4] It was released on DVD in the US on 14 November 2017. The film received critical acclaim, and grossed over $5 million.[2] Time magazine listed it as one of its top ten films of 2017.[5]

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