We Put the World to Sleep
Synopsis
Adrian and Duru get lost in the characters they play in an apocalyptic film and embark on a secret mission to end the world for real. What follows goes beyond their wildest imagination. Second entry in Adrian Țofei and Duru Yücel's spiritual trilogy which includes "Be My Cat: A Film for Anne" and "Pure". 10 years in the making! Note: We Put the World to Sleep can be watched and understood as a standalone by audiences who haven't seen Be My Cat, because it's not a direct sequel, the connections are loose. Top festival selections thus far: - Nightmares Film Fest 2025 (world premiere announced in Deadline Hollywood) - FilmQuest 2025 (regional premiere announced in Variety) - IndieLisboa 2026 (Mouth of Madness section, European Premiere) - deadCenter 2026 (upcoming) - MoMI's First Look 2026 (East Coast premiere in NYC announced in IndieWire) - Panic Fest 2026 - Nightmare in the Ozarks 2025 - Unnamed Footage Fest 2026 (West Coast premiere) - Romford Horror Fest 2026 (UK Premiere in London) - MidWest WeirdFest & A Night of Horror 2026 Awards won thus far: - Best Midnight Feature at Nightmares Film Fest - Best Supporting Performance (Duru Yücel) at Nightmares FF - Best Performance (Duru Yücel) at Unnamed Footage Fest - Best International Film at MidWest WeirdFest - Best Found Footage at A Night of Horror IFF Top reception/reviews thus far: - "Your film was such a breath of fresh air, truly something unique that we knew we needed to select right away!" (IndieLisboa programmer) - “Absolutely LOVED it, I’ve never seen another film like it, so alive, funny, haunting, touching, really something truly special!" (filmmaker Dallas Hallam) - “The F for Fake (Orson Welles' 1973 film) of found footage." (Rotten Tomatoes critic Anton Bitel) - “Not only one of the best found footage flicks ever, it’s one of the best movies of 2025 period. A cult classic in the making." (filmmaker Joe Gietl) - "A four hour round trip was well worth the effort to see the film, which lived up to and surpassed my already high expectations!" (Letterboxd review by Graham) - "I saw it at a festival and it was so good, Adrian was there to introduce the film and was a joy to hear from!" (Show Me Something Spooky) - “One of the most aggressively strange movies I've seen in my entire life!" (The Movie Blues) - “Nothing like any movie I've seen before, utterly compelling!" (Letterboxd review by Brian Jones) - “Loved every second of the second watch, I cried, I am still crying as we speak." (Fulvio, Be My Cat fan) - “Part reality-bending sci-fi, part chilling horror, part domestic drama, this film masterfully subverts and surpasses the conventional tropes of found footage.” (Dean Bertram, festival director) - “Absolutely loved this film so much! I loved Be My Cat, but this was even better, an absolute masterpiece!” (Pete Brookes)
We Put the World to Sleep (2025) is a 01:23:00 found footage feature film by Adrian Țofei (Romania, Turkey). Adrian and Duru get lost in the characters they play in an apocalyptic film and embark on a secret mission to end the... Generic at FilmQuest (2025).
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Festival History
- A Night of Horror International Film Festival 2026 - Features
- First Look 2026 generic
- IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival 2026 generic
- MidWest WeirdFest 2026 - Midnight
- Panic Fest 2026 generic
- Romford Horror Festival 2026 - Screen 8
- Unnamed Footage Festival 2026 - Main Program
- FERATUM International Fantastic Film Festival 2025 - Confines Fantasticos - Iberoamericana
- FilmQuest 2025 - Feature Films
