Exclusive Clip: How We Create Images Questioned in Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay’s “Hysteria”

After premiering his debut feature Oray at the Berlinale in 2019 with Oray (winner of the best first feature award), German-based filmmaker Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay returns with his sophomore feature titled Hysteria. A suspense conspiracy thriller using the meta world of cinema within cinema, this is set for a world premiere this Saturday in the Panorama programme, this movie about making movies adds a certain level of provocation – when a burned Quran is found on a film set, the shoot takes a dark turn and the crew is thrown into turmoil. Caught in the crossfire of accusations, 24-year-old intern Elif is drawn into a dangerous game of secrets and lies, finding herself at the heart of an all-absorbing conspiracy. Devrim Lingnau toplines. We have an exclusive first look at a clip from the film: