Turkish director Reis Çelik has crafted 'Night of Blindness,' a tense black-and-white thriller that transforms his own escape during Turkey's 1980 military coup into cinematic art. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the film has emerged as an early front-runner at Shanghai's Golden Goblet awards, drawing international attention for its unflinching exploration of fear and personal trauma rendered as universal experience.

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