Pera film in collaboration with Dogwoof, the UK’s leading documentary distributor, is kicking off 2014’s first program of the year with Reality Bites. The selection of six recent documentaries from the past three years brings powerful stories together. In defining the documentary film, Bill Nichols, an internationally recognized authority on documentary and ethnographic film, explains: “Given the vitality of expression, range of voices, and dramatic popularity of documentary film, we might well wonder what, if anything all these films have in common. Have they broadened the appeal of documentary by becoming more like feature fiction films in their use of compelling music, reenactments and staged encounters, sequences or entire films based on animation, portrayals of fascinating characters and the creation of compelling stories? Or do they remain a fiction like any other? That is, do they tell stories that, although similar to feature fiction, remain distinct from it?” This program aims to delve into the fascinating and shocking stories while celebrating and exploring the exceptional documentary form.
January 11
14:00 The House I Live In
16:00 Girl Model
January 12
14:00 Town of Runners
16:00 Sound it Out
January 15
19:00 Tabloid
January 17
19:00 Town of Runners
January 18
14:00 InRealLife
16:00 Girl Model
18:00 Sound it Out
January 19
14:00 Tabloid
16:00 The House I Live In
January 22
19:00 InRealLife
January 11
14:00 The House I Live In
16:00 Girl Model
January 12
14:00 Town of Runners
16:00 Sound it Out
January 15
19:00 Tabloid
January 17
19:00 Town of Runners
January 18
14:00 InRealLife
16:00 Girl Model
18:00 Sound it Out
January 19
14:00 Tabloid
16:00 The House I Live In
January 22
19:00 InRealLife
Program Trailer
A closer look at the life and works of the artist Barbara Kruger, who is represented with two striking works in the exhibition And Now The Good News, a selection of works from the Nobel Collection.
When regarding the paintings of Istanbul by western painters, Golden Horn has a distinctive place and value. This body of water that separates the Topkapı Palace and the Historical Peninsula, in which monumental edifices are located, from Galata, where westerners and foreign embassies dwell, is as though an interpenetrating boundary.
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)
