
Hysteria Feature Review VIFF2025-27
Title: Hysteria Foreign Title: Year: 2025 Country: Germany Language: In German, Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic and English with English subtitles Awards: Director: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay Cast: This is a carefully crafted, suspenseful film within a film, based on a media clip. Director and screenwriter, Mehmet Buyukatalay turns small errors of judgement into devastating outcomes. It is a withering commentary on the fear and misconceptions of the “Other”; on their cultural and