Kiki of Montparnesse / NewBorns / Blue Blue Sky / #SlutWalkNYC / Cousin Bert / The Centipede and The Toad

Kiki of Montparnesse

France, 2013, DigiBeta, Color, 14’,  French, English Subtitled
Director: Amelie Harrault

Kiki, a plain model, a painter who became the Queen of the Night, an illustrator and cabaret singer, “a source of inspiration” who blindsided well-known avant-garde painters of 20st century

NewBorns

India, 2014, Blu-Ray, Color, 8’, Hindi, English Subtitled
Director: Megha Ramaswamy

New Borns is a documentary on women who survived acid attacks, calling the audience to a journey in the suffocation of private and public spaces in a nameless dystopia city…

Blue Blue Sky

Switzerland, 2014, Blu-Ray, Color, 9’, German, English Subtitled
Director: Bigna Tomschin

“In summer every body go for holidays, probably to the beaches. They don’t know there is nothing there.”

Maria stops talking before the summer holiday. She lives away from holiday activities and swimming pool, in her secret world where she is rarely visited.

#SlutWalkNYC

USA, 2013, Blu-Ray, Color, 5’, English
Director: Therese Shechter

“Women should avoid dressing like sluts in order not to be victimized.” This quote by a Toronto police officer galvanized feminist women to create the first SlutWalk in 2011, unleashing a global political movement.

Often mis-characterized as a march demanding the right to dress like ‘sluts’, its true aim is to shed the stereotypes and dangerous myths that justify rape and whitewash the guilty. The film documents New York SlutWalk empowering for some and contraversial and exclusionary for others.

Cousin Bert

Belgium, 2014, Blu-Ray, Color, 4’, Dutch, French, English Subtitled
Director: Camera-etc

The pig family is farming for generations. Girls and boys have their own specific chores in this family. Cousin Bert from Holland spends her summer holiday in this farm.

The Centipede and The Toad

France, 2013, Blu-Ray, Color, 10’, French, English Subtitled
Director: Anna Khmelevskaya

In a faraway forest, the gracious, lissome Centipede is admired by all the other creatures. Except for an old haughty and jealous Toad, who hates him. One day, he decides to get rid of the Centipede…

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

Reel Herstory: Real History of Reel Women

Reel Herstory: Real History of Reel Women

No Corpse Dumping / Cordelias / Sad Monsters

No Corpse Dumping / Cordelias / Sad Monsters

Vulva 3.0

Vulva 3.0

The Truth Beneath The Ground Guatemala, Silenced Genocide

The Truth Beneath The Ground Guatemala, Silenced Genocide

Kiki of Montparnesse / NewBorns / Blue Blue Sky / #SlutWalkNYC / Cousin Bert / The Centipede and The Toad

Kiki of Montparnesse / NewBorns / Blue Blue Sky / #SlutWalkNYC / Cousin Bert / The Centipede and The Toad

A Cup of Turkish Coffee / Doodle / Child’s Play / Ziazan

A Cup of Turkish Coffee / Doodle / Child’s Play / Ziazan

Hijabi Girls / The Easter Crumble / The Vast Landscape-Porcelain Stories / Matilde The Big Shake / Pulse

Hijabi Girls / The Easter Crumble / The Vast Landscape-Porcelain Stories / Matilde The Big Shake / Pulse

Piecemeal Ostim

Piecemeal Ostim

Marussia

Marussia

Diyar

Diyar

Blue Wave

Blue Wave

From the Age of Reason to the “Tortoise Trainer”

From the Age of Reason to the “Tortoise Trainer”

A Salon exhibition held in the Grand Palais in Paris on May 1, 1906 showcased an Ottoman painting. This was Osman Hamdi Bey’s famous “Tortoise Trainer”. 

Giacometti & the Human Figure

Giacometti & the Human Figure

Giacometti worked nonstop on his sculptures, either from nature or from memory, trying to capture the universal facial expressions.  

Family and Shared Cultural Histories  <br>Njideka Akunyili Crosby

Family and Shared Cultural Histories
Njideka Akunyili Crosby

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.