On April 12, the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts announced that "A Guerrilla Documentary: Bakur (North)" would not be screened at the prestigious Istanbul Film Festival. The reason cited for the cancelation of the screening: a missing registration document.
Director of the Istanbul Film Festival, Azize Tan, voiced her disappointment about the cancelation decision during a televised interview. “We [as artists] failed to stand up against censorship in time. We struggled to get by the elusive rules and meander through the red tape. Now the audience and the producers of art are paying the price again.”
