“One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.” – bell hooks
Pera Film celebrates Pride Week with its film program entitled Companionship As a Site of Resistance.
In the program that brought together four films from different geographies, which met with the audience at important festivals in the past years, the theme of clinging to life together comes to the fore. All the queer characters in the films resist pressure and being stuck with the people they make friends with while trying to open up breathing spaces for themselves in the country, society and families they live in.
In the program that will take place between 24 June – 8 July; Young and Wild, who turned the unbridled and unbounded nature of adolescent sexuality into a destructive force; How the Room Felt, a documentary about a Georgian women's football club, consisting of a group of women and non-binaries who meet frequently to spend time together, to discuss existential issues; while revealing a story of self-discovery and emancipation, Swing Ride, which conveys an extraordinary friendship, and Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter, which tells a queer era where memories are only shared collectively.
This program’s screenings are free admissions. Drop in, no reservations. As per legal regulations, all our screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age, unless stated otherwise.
June 24
20:00 Young and Wild
June 25
15:00 How the Room Felt
June 29
19:00 Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
July 1
19:00 Swing Ride
21:00 Young and Wild
July 6
19:00 How the Room Felt
July 8
19:00 Swing Ride
21:00 Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
June 24
20:00 Young and Wild
June 25
15:00 How the Room Felt
June 29
19:00 Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
July 1
19:00 Swing Ride
21:00 Young and Wild
July 6
19:00 How the Room Felt
July 8
19:00 Swing Ride
21:00 Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
He had imagined the court room as a big place. It wasn’t. It was about the size of his living room, with an elevation at one end, with a dais on it. The judges and the attorneys sat there. Below it was an old wooden rail, worn out in some places. That was his place. There was another seat for his lawyer. At the back, about 20 or 30 chairs were stowed out for the non-existent crowd.
Organized in collaboration with the Giacometti Foundation, Paris, the exhibition explores Giacometti’s prolific life, most of which the artist led in his studio in Montparnasse, through the works of his early period as well his late work, including one unfinished piece. Devoted to Giacometti’s early works, the first part of the exhibition demonstrates the influence of Giovanni Giacometti, the father of the artist and a Swiss Post-Impressionist painter himself, on Giacometti’s output during these years and his role in his son’s development.
A firm believer in the idea that a collection needs to be upheld at least by four generations and comparing this continuity to a relay race, Nahit Kabakcı began creating the Huma Kabakcı Collection from the 1980s onwards. Today, the collection can be considered one of the most important and outstanding examples among the rare, consciously created, and long-lasting ones of its kind in Turkey.
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 19:00
Friday 10:00 - 22:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00
The museum is closed on Mondays.
On Wednesdays, the students can
visit the museum free of admission.
Full ticket: 300 TL
Discounted: 150 TL
Groups: 200 TL (minimum 10 people)
