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Duru Yücel

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Duru Yücel

Duru Yücel is a Turkish actress and screenwriter who is fluent in English and speaks Spanish and Romanian enough to play non-native Spanish and Romanian-speaking roles. Even before studying theatre for a year at the age of 10, which led to her first appearance on stage with two different characters in the same play, she knew very clearly that she wanted to be an actress. Duru later chose to study…

Known For

We Put the World to SleepWe Put the World to Sleep · 2025
We Put the World to Sleep
★ 10.02025
MovieScience FictionMystery
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. Second entry in Adrian Țofei and Duru Yücel’s spiritual trilogy which includes Be My Cat: A Film for Anne and Pure.
PurePure
Pure
MovieMysteryHorror
Plot TBA. Final entry in Adrian Țofei and Duru Yücel's spiritual trilogy which includes Be My Cat: A Film for Anne and We Put the World to Sleep.
Bucharest Horror ShowBucharest Horror Show
Bucharest Horror Show
MovieHorrorDrama
On March 9, 2026, two American filmmakers disappeared in Romania while attending a horror festival. On May 14, journalists began receiving footage of the missing women from an anonymous source. This film presents the raw, unedited version.
Lost FootageLost Footage · 2022
Lost Footage
★ 6.02022
MovieMysteryHorror
How would a found footage film look if the footage was never found? This conceptual art experiment questions the very nature of film and cinema while serving as an ironic tribute to the found footage horror pop culture. The found footage format provides the narrative justification for such a film to exist: the non-existence exists because the footage existed yet it was lost and never found.
Grandpas Know BestGrandpas Know Best · 2012
Grandpas Know Best
2012
MovieComedy
When Ali's father hires a new secretary, she awakens desires in Ali that the shy 22-year-old never knew he had. But working for his father, his mother reminding him he's the right age to marry, and trying to be a good Muslim complicate things. Now he must choose between family duty and true love. Can you really make yourself and your family happy at the same time?

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