07.01.26, 20:30, Kedi (2016)

Lick your fur and get ready for some cuddles, Kinoautomat treats you to a documentary that will make you purr.

Kedi is a furry urban symphony that sings the praises of Istanbul and its many street cats. Sunbathing on the Bosphorus or begging for scraps at local tea houses, these noble creatures live in symbiosis with the fabric of the big city. Is it the people who take care of cats, or perhaps the other way around? Director Ceyda Torun follows both two- and four-legged creatures in their routines and interactions with each other in a refined observational style. Her attention to animal details ensures that the whole transcends a YouTube cat montage and captures certain nuances surrounding the human relationship with (domestic) animals.

Our guest speaker lets the cat out of the bag with an explanation about pets and their human owners. Drawing on her own experience as a filmmaker and her personal relationship with her cat Henry, she attempts to describe the complex relationship between “owner” and animal. Where does human control end and animal autonomy begin in the symbiosis of living together?

This screening will be introduced by filmmaker Marthe Peters.