Pera Film’s season finale My Way: Gender and Identity in British Cinema is presented in the context of the Museum’s exhibition Grayson Perry: Small Differences. The selected British productions of fiction and documentary films journey through unique stories of gender, identity, as well as eclectic and subjective experiences.
Virginia Woolf observed that “It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple; one must be woman-manly or man-womanly” (A Room of One's Own). This program seeks to exemplify and accentuate stories where there are no clear-cut distinctions between personal, social, cultural roles and behavior in terms of gender and identity. Western culture has come to view gender as a binary concept, with two rigidly fixed options: male or female, both grounded in the individual’s physical anatomy. Yet gender is not inherently nor solely connected to one’s physical anatomy. The most vital aspect of one’s innermost concept of the self as male or female or both or neither—how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves. The selection aims to bring forward the realities and hardship faced by transgender and transsexual individuals, as well as those who find themselves in need to cover up their gender and/or identity to conform to societal expectations. My Way is an attempt to re-think how gender and identity are manifested through narrative and non-fiction cinema. The program, which runs until the end of June, also coincides with the 23rd Istanbul LGBTI Pride Week (22-28 June).
Screenings are free of admissions. Drop in. 
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May 26
May 27
17:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 1
18:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 2
19:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 3
May 29
19:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 1
20:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 2
21:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 3
May 30
13:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 1
14:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 2
15:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 3
16:00 The Wicked Lady (1945)
18:00 The Wicked Lady (1983)
June 3
19:00 Kinky Boots
June 6
11:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 1
12:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 2
13:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 3
15:00 Tipping the Velvet
June 11
19:00 Shame
June 12
19:00 Dream Girls
20:00 Shinjuku Boys
June 13
14:00 Dream Girls
15:00 Shinjuku Boys
16:00 Lilting
18:00 Weekend
June 14
14:00 Tipping the Velvet
June 18
19:00 The Wicked Lady (1983)
June 19
19:00 Lilting
21:00 Weekend
June 20
14:00 Shame
16:00 Kinky Boots
18:00 The Wicked Lady (1945)
June 24
19:00 Breakfast on Pluto
June 26
18:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 1
19:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 2
20:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 3
21:00 Transsexual Teen Beauty Queen
June 27
15:00 Transsexual Teen Beauty Queen
17:00 The Duke of Burgundy
19:00 Breakfast on Pluto
June 28
13:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 1
14:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 2
15:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 3
16:00 The Duke of Burgundy
May 27
17:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 1
18:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 2
19:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 3
May 29
19:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 1
20:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 2
21:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 3
May 30
13:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 1
14:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 2
15:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 3
16:00 The Wicked Lady (1945)
18:00 The Wicked Lady (1983)
June 3
19:00 Kinky Boots
June 6
11:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 1
12:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 2
13:00 In the Best Possible Taste Part 3
15:00 Tipping the Velvet
June 11
19:00 Shame
June 12
19:00 Dream Girls
20:00 Shinjuku Boys
June 13
14:00 Dream Girls
15:00 Shinjuku Boys
16:00 Lilting
18:00 Weekend
June 14
14:00 Tipping the Velvet
June 18
19:00 The Wicked Lady (1983)
June 19
19:00 Lilting
21:00 Weekend
June 20
14:00 Shame
16:00 Kinky Boots
18:00 The Wicked Lady (1945)
June 24
19:00 Breakfast on Pluto
June 26
18:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 1
19:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 2
20:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 3
21:00 Transsexual Teen Beauty Queen
June 27
15:00 Transsexual Teen Beauty Queen
17:00 The Duke of Burgundy
19:00 Breakfast on Pluto
June 28
13:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 1
14:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 2
15:00 Grayson Perry: Who Are You? Part 3
16:00 The Duke of Burgundy
Program Trailer
In his book exploring the cultural history of souvenirs, Rolf Potts discusses how such objects assume meaning through personal stories: Objects turn into memories with the stories they hold.
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.
Pera Museum, in collaboration with Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), is one of the main venues for this year’s 15th Istanbul Biennial from 16 September to 12 November 2017.
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)
