We Put the World to Sleep

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)