Within the scope of the exhibition Istanbuls Today, which opened at Pera Museum in December, the program includes nine film examples from experimental, documentary and fiction genres. The word “uğrak” (the beaten track), which is thought to originate from the Turkish-Mongolian language family, means to stop by and go. The word uğrak, transformed over the years to mean to make a temporary stop and to go frequently, allows us to show the films that transform Istanbul into a place of a haunt.
Until March 31, the program includes Alain Robbe-Grillet's directorial debut The Immortal, in which the static hotel setting of Marienbad is replaced by a magical, surrealistically static Istanbul; Merlyn Solakhan's The City and Tongue Twister, which have rarely been seen in Turkey and which construct Istanbul sometimes as a set, sometimes as a setting, but mostly as the main character of the story; Zombie and the Ghost Train, a tragicomedy directed by Mika Kaurismäki about Zombie, a young musician trying to find a place for himself in a band and in the world; and Maurice Pialat's Turkish Chronicles, a series of five lyrical short films by Maurice Pialat, who traveled to Turkey in 1964 and dedicated himself to the history and people of the country.
Tickets will be available at Biletix and the museum. As per legal regulations, all our screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age, unless stated otherwise.
January 15
January 31
February 3
February 8
19:00 Tongue Twister
February 10
February 15
19:00 Zombie and The Ghost Train
February 17
February 22
19:00 The City
February 24
February 26
15:00 Turkish Chronicles
18:30 Turkish Chronicles
March 15
19:00 Tongue Twister
March 16
19:00 Tongue Twister
March 17
19:00 The Immortal
21:00 Zombie and The Ghost Train
March 22
19:00 The City
March 24
19:30 Turkish Chronicles
21:00 Tongue Twister
March 29
19:00 The City
March 31
19:00 Zombie and The Ghost Train
21:00 Turkish Chronicles
March 15
19:00 Tongue Twister
March 17
19:00 The Immortal
21:00 Zombie and The Ghost Train
March 24
19:30 Turkish Chronicles
21:00 Tongue Twister
March 29
19:00 The City
March 31
19:00 Zombie and The Ghost Train
21:00 Turkish Chronicles
Although mythological themes are not commonly encountered in Turkish painting, it is possible to see variations of widespread themes such as the Venus at her Toilet.
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.
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.
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)
