Sarajevo Now!
Cinema of Bosnia and Herzegovina

September 16 - October 3, 2015

Pera Film’s new season begins with Sarajevo Now! a program accompanying Pera Museum’s Images of Our Time: Works from the Sarajevo Academy of Fine Arts exhibition. The film program accentuates recent highlights from contemporary Bosnian Cinema. Recent years Bosnian Cinema has produced memorable and acclaimed films, many of which address the country’s turbulent past and contemporary social issues. Its filmmakers have gained worldwide recognition, producing award-winning films, often on low budgets. This five-film selection provides a platform for the exposure of up-and-coming and internationally renowned filmmakers, thus contributing to a greater understanding of this country, its diverse culture and history.

September 16

19:00 Halima’s Path

September 18

20:00 One Day in Sarajevo

Self Reflection

September 19

15:00 Belvedere

September 20

15:00 Flotel Europa

September 26

14:00 Flotel Europa

16:00 Belvedere

October 3

15:00 Halima’s Path

17:00 One Day in Sarajevo

Self Reflection

Halima’s Path

Halima’s Path

One Day in Sarajevo

One Day in Sarajevo

Flotel Europa

Flotel Europa

Belvedere

Belvedere

Self Reflection

Self Reflection

Program Trailer

Sarajevo Now!
Cinema of Bosnia and Herzegovina

This five-film selection provides a platform for the exposure of up-and-coming and internationally renowned filmmakers, thus contributing to a greater understanding of this country, its diverse culture and history.

Images of Our Time

Since its foundation, Pera Museum has supported young artists and contemporary art through collaborations with many universities and art institutions both in Turkey and abroad. 

Images of Our Time

Cameria (Mihrimah Sultan)

Cameria (Mihrimah Sultan)

Based on similar examples by the European painters in various collections, this work is one of the portraits of Mihrimah Sultan, who was depicted rather often in the 16th century.

The Ottoman Way of Serving Coffee

The Ottoman Way of Serving Coffee

Coffee was served with much splendor at the harems of the Ottoman palace and mansions. First, sweets (usually jam) was served on silverware, followed by coffee serving. The coffee jug would be placed in a sitil (brazier), which had three chains on its sides for carrying, had cinders in the middle, and was made of tombac, silver or brass. The sitil had a satin or silk cover embroidered with silver thread, tinsel, sequin or even pearls and diamonds.

A Photographer’s Biography Pascal Sebah

A Photographer’s Biography Pascal Sebah

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.