Meow 2018, we are not catnapping! Pera Film is ready for the New Year and is full of fur-balls! A year ago Pera Film enjoyed presenting heart-warming stories about dogs with Tales of Tails: Dogs on Screen. And this time our new program for the New Year is a warm feline salute to one of the most intriguing and mystical creatures we know – cats! We are delighted that it is not just the Internet that’s obsessed with cats. We are too! Though it has been roughly over thousands of years since cats were first domesticated since Ancient Egypt, the fascination grows. A variety of urban legends have travelled throughout centuries from all around the world: In a few different areas of Europe, it was thought to be ill-advised for a pregnant woman to pick up a cat or let it sleep in her lap. In Portugal, it was once said the cat will afflict the baby with a wart or mole, usually a hairy one, and in England, it was thought the baby will either be born with a cat-shaped birthmark or with the face of a cat. Medieval people thought that cats were the Devil’s personal soul courier, ferrying spirits to Hell. The Japanese believe that cats are lucky; the maneki-neko (“beckoning cat”) an iconic Japanese talisman is believed to bring good fortune to its owner, usually in the form of cash. A Buddhist belief says a cat with a dark coat brings promises of gold, while a light-colored cat brings silver. And the stories go on! Pera Film’s Cat Got Your Tongue? program shines light on cinema’s recent cat stories – from France to Turkey and from Japan to the USA, the selection cherishes these magical and perplexing creatures. Fur the love of cinema!
This program’s screenings are free of admissions. Drop in, no reservations.
January 10
January 12
20:00 The Future
January 13
14:00 A Cat in Paris
16:00 Kedi
January 14
14:00 Samurai Cat
16:00 Neko Ninja
January 17
19:00 The Strange Little Cat
January 19
19:00 Rent-A-Cat
21:00 Tomcat
January 20
16:00 A Cat in Paris
18:00 The Strange Little Cat
January 21
15:00 Tomcat
January 24
19:00 Rent-A-Cat
January 31
19:00 She’s Allergic to Cats
February 2
19:00 The Future
February 3
14:00 She’s Allergic to Cats
16:00 Samurai Cat
February 4
14:00 Neko Ninja
16:00 Kedi
January 12
20:00 The Future
January 13
14:00 A Cat in Paris
16:00 Kedi
January 14
14:00 Samurai Cat
16:00 Neko Ninja
January 17
19:00 The Strange Little Cat
January 19
19:00 Rent-A-Cat
21:00 Tomcat
January 20
16:00 A Cat in Paris
18:00 The Strange Little Cat
January 21
15:00 Tomcat
January 24
19:00 Rent-A-Cat
January 31
19:00 She’s Allergic to Cats
February 2
19:00 The Future
February 3
14:00 She’s Allergic to Cats
16:00 Samurai Cat
February 4
14:00 Neko Ninja
16:00 Kedi
Program Trailer
Each memory tells an intimate story; each collection presents us with the reality of containing an intimate story as well. The collection is akin to a whole in which many memories and stories of the artist, the viewer, and the collector are brought together. At the heart of a collection is memory, nurtured from the past and projecting into the future.
John Frederick Lewis is considered one of the most important British Orientalist artists of the Victorian era. Pera Museum exhibited several of Lewis’ paintings as part of the Lure of the East exhibition in 2008 organized in collaboration with Tate Britain.
Following the opening of his studio, “El Chark Societe Photographic,” on Beyoğlu’s Postacılar Caddesi in 1857, the Levantine-descent Pascal Sébah moves to yet another studio next to the Russian Embassy in 1860 with a Frenchman named A. Laroche, who, apart from having worked in Paris previously, is also quite familiar with photographic techniques.
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)
