Pera Museum welcomes Greek Film Days, bringing classic and award-winning films together from the creative directors of Greek cinema in Istanbul for the second time.
Greek Film Days, organized in partnership with EMEIS Cultural Collective from Greece and istos film and istos publishing from Turkey, will take place at the Pera Museum Auditorium on November 21-26, 2023. Within the scope of the film program, a total of 24 films from the 60s to the 90s will meet the audience for the first time in Turkey with restored copies.
Opening with Jules Dassin's extraordinary film The Rehearsal (1988), which he shot secretly in a basement, the program also includes classics such as Theo Angelopoulos' four-hour epic masterpiece The Travelling Players (1975), considered the pinnacle of the New Greek Cinema, and Dimos Avdeliodis' award-winning impressive coming-of-age film The Tree We Hurt (1986). Focusing on themes of collective memory, human rights, migration and diaspora, the program also brings together landmark examples of Greek documentary cinema such as Megara (1972), Last Stop Kreuzberg (1975) and Macedonian Wedding (1960).
This program’s screenings are free admission. Drop in, no reservations. As per legal regulations, all our screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age, unless stated otherwise.
November 21
19:00 The Rehearsal
November 22
13:00 Rom
15:00 Meteor & Shadow
17:30 Fournoi, A Female Society
19:00 Athinai
November 23
13:00 Megara
15:30 Children of Helidona
18:00 Doxobus
November 24
13:00 The Tree We Hurt
15:00 Theofilos
17:30 The Other Letter
19:30 The Travelling Players
November 25
11:00 Short Film Selection
15:30 Happy Day
18:30 See You
November 26
19:00 Byron: Ballad for a Daemon
November 21
19:00 The Rehearsal
November 22
13:00 Rom
15:00 Meteor & Shadow
17:30 Fournoi, A Female Society
19:00 Athinai
November 23
13:00 Megara
15:30 Children of Helidona
18:00 Doxobus
November 24
13:00 The Tree We Hurt
15:00 Theofilos
17:30 The Other Letter
19:30 The Travelling Players
November 25
11:00 Short Film Selection
15:30 Happy Day
18:30 See You
November 26
19:00 Byron: Ballad for a Daemon
Eva Stefani, the renowned figure of the Greek avant-garde, conducts a masterclass discussing the documentary’s position in cinema as an independent artistic creation.
Pera Museum presented a talk on Nicola Lorini’s video installation For All the Time, for All the Sad Stones, bringing together the artists Nicola Lorini, Gülşah Mursaloğlu and Ambiguous Standards Institute to focus on concepts like measuring, calculation, standardisation, time and change.
How can the future be imagined by looking at a collection or an archive? The lasting quality of ceramics allows us to ponder how the future might be remembered through a ceramics collection, since they render conceivable time eternal.
Félix Ziem is accepted as one of the well-known artists of the romantic landscape painting, and has been followed closely by art lovers and collectors of all periods since. He had a profound influence on generations of artists after him, and was the first artist whose works were acquired by the Louvre while he was still alive.
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: 200 TL
Discounted: 100 TL
Groups: 150 TL (minimum 10 people)
