The Istanbul cats hold up a mirror to 'their' people and make them think about the world and themselves in a way no one or nothing else can. Cat lover or not: you will fall for this worldwide box office hit about the lives of 7 stray cats in Istanbul. For her debut film director Ceyda Torun designed a special camera with which she could film at 'cat height', so that the film contains a lot of unique action images and the cats become real characters. But Kedi is not just a cat film, it is a beautiful ode to Istanbul, its cats and its inhabitants.