3rd Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival

November 12 - 21, 2021

Pera Film is hosting 3rd Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival.

After a one-year closure period. Istanbul International Experimental Film Festival, is preparing to bring together the most unique works of contemporary experimental cinema with the cinema lovers of Istanbul for the third time between 12-21 November. 

This year's jury is chaired by British academic and artist Chris Meigh-Andrews, author of Oxford's History of Video Art, who designs space-conscious audio and video installations on renewable energies. Other members of the jury are as follows: Australian animation artist Kathy Smith, who is also the head of the University of South California's Department of Cinematic Arts; Florencia Incarbone, founding member, curator and editor of Hambre; Turkish award-winning experimental film director Gürcan Keltek; and artist-poet Ece Eldek.

As per legal regulations, all our screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age, unless stated otherwise.

November 12

13:30 Competition: Personal Cinema

15:00 Panorama: Colombian Highlights

16:30 Competition: Essay-I

18:00 Competition: A Machine to Live In

November 13

12:30 Competition: Between Motion and Stillness

14:00 Competition: Found Footage – I

17:30 Special Screening: When Forever Dies

November 14

13:00 Panel: Rethinking the Archive

17:00 Competition: Eyes/Eyes
Eyes/Eyes

November 16

13:00 Competition: Ailleurs Partout

14:30 Competition: Fresh Air-I

16:00 Panorama: Emerging Artists

18:00 Competition: The Personal Life of a Hole

November 17

13:30 Competition: Analog Works

15:00 Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Program 1

16:30 Panorama: Hambre

November 18

13:00 Competition: First Experiments

15:00 Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Program 2

16:30 Panorama: Portraits - KLEX

18:00 Competition: Animation - I

November 19

13:00 Competition: This is China of a Particular Sort, I Do Not Know

14:00 Competition: Fresh Air-II

15:30 Competition: Essay-3

17:00 Panorama: Nomadica

18:30 Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Top Ten Designers

20:00 Competition: Essay - 4

November 20

13:30 Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Program 3

15:00 Panorama: Tech-Myth

16:30 Competition: Animation - II

18:00 Competition: Autumnal Sleeps

November 21

13:30 Competition: Ethnogeographic

15:30 Competition: Inside The Outset - Evoking A Space of Passage

16:30 Competition: Memory Boom

Panel: Rethinking the Archive

Panel: Rethinking the Archive

Panorama: Colombian Highlights

Panorama: Colombian Highlights

Panorama: Emerging Artists

Panorama: Emerging Artists

Panorama: Hambre

Panorama: Hambre

Panorama: Nomadica

Panorama: Nomadica

Panorama: Portraits - KLEX

Panorama: Portraits - KLEX

Panorama: Tech-Myth

Panorama: Tech-Myth

Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Program 1

Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Program 1

Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Program 2

Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Program 2

Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Program 3

Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Program 3

Competition: Analog Works

Competition: Analog Works

Competition: Animation - I

Competition: Animation - I

Competition: Animation - II

Competition: Animation - II

Competition: Between Motion and Stillness

Competition: Between Motion and Stillness

Competition: Essay-I

Competition: Essay-I

Competition: Essay-3

Competition: Essay-3

Competition: Essay - 4

Competition: Essay - 4

Competition: Ethnogeographic

Competition: Ethnogeographic

Competition: First Experiments

Competition: First Experiments

Competition: Found Footage – I

Competition: Found Footage – I

Competition: Fresh Air-I

Competition: Fresh Air-I

Competition: Fresh Air-II

Competition: Fresh Air-II

Competition: Memory Boom

Competition: Memory Boom

Competition: Personal Cinema

Competition: Personal Cinema

Competition: A Machine to Live In

Competition: A Machine to Live In

Special Screening: When Forever Dies

Special Screening: When Forever Dies

Competition: Eyes/Eyes<br>Eyes/Eyes

Competition: Eyes/Eyes
Eyes/Eyes

Competition: Ailleurs Partout

Competition: Ailleurs Partout

Competition: The Personal Life of a Hole

Competition: The Personal Life of a Hole

Competition: This is China of a Particular Sort, I Do Not Know

Competition: This is China of a Particular Sort, I Do Not Know

Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Top Ten Designers

Retrospective of Vivian Ostrovsky: Top Ten Designers

Competition: Autumnal Sleeps

Competition: Autumnal Sleeps

Competition: Inside The Outset - Evoking A Space of Passage

Competition: Inside The Outset - Evoking A Space of Passage

The Battle of Varna

The Battle of Varna

Over the years of 1864 through 1876, Stanisław Chlebowski served Sultan Abdülaziz in Istanbul as his court painter. As it was, Abdülaziz disposed of considerable artistic talents of his own, and he actively involved himself in Chlebowski’s creative process, suggesting ideas for compositions –such as ballistic pieces praising the victories of Turkish arms. 

It’s better to burn out than to fade away

It’s better to burn out than to fade away

In 1962 Philip Corner, one of the most prominent members of the Fluxus movement, caused a great commotion in serious music circles when during a performance entitled Piano Activities he climbed up onto a grand piano and began to kick it while other members of the group attacked it with saws, hammers and all kinds of other implements.

Soothsayer Serenades I Serenades to the Sun by Kornelia Binicewicz

Soothsayer Serenades I Serenades to the Sun by Kornelia Binicewicz

Today we are thrilled to present the third playlist of Amrita Hepi’s Soothsayer Serenades series as part of the Notes for Tomorrow exhibition. The playlist titled Serenades to the Sun is presented by Kornelia Binicewiczon Pera Museum’s Spotify account.