Nahid Persson Sarvestani who was born in Iran had to flee to Sweden and take asylum because of her political activity during and after the 1979 Iranian Revolution. She has been directing documentaries in Sweden since 2000 and garnered many awards including Krakow Film Festival Golden Dragon Award, Monte Carlo TV Festival Best International News Documentary Award, Sweden National Television Chrystal Award and she has been nominated International Emmy. She tells the stories about Iran, how she had to flee 30 years ago, and the hard experiences of women who survived the torture and terror in Iranian prisons with films like The Queen and I or Prostitution Behind the Veil, which was nominated for an Emmy in 2005.She continued to make films about women and she was arrested in 2006 for severely criticizing the situation of women living under the oppressing Iranian regime. With My Stolen Revolution she revealed a previously untold story about being under arrest and being tortured in Iran.
March 15
13:00 The Queen and I
March 17
19:00 My Stolen Revolution
March 18
17:00 Prostitution Behind the Veil
March 20
13:00 The Queen and I
21:00 Prostitution Behind the Veil
March 22
13:00 My Stolen Revolution
March 15
13:00 The Queen and I
March 17
19:00 My Stolen Revolution
March 18
17:00 Prostitution Behind the Veil
March 20
13:00 The Queen and I
21:00 Prostitution Behind the Veil
March 22
13:00 My Stolen Revolution
I remembered a game as I was waiting in the passenger lounge for the ferry to arrive just a few minutes ago. A game we used to play at home when I was young, in my country that is very far away from here, a relic from the distant past; I don’t even remember how we used to play it. The kind of game that makes me feel a thousand times lonelier than I already am among the crowd waiting to get on the ferry.
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.
If Manolo Valdés’s paintings convey a search for materiality, his sculpture does so even more. Today, sculpture has taken over most of his workspace, his time, and his efforts.
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)
